Rachael Brownell

By Rachael Brownell

I drank alcoholically when my children were little. And now I worry they’ll grow up to be just like me. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

Addicts in recovery often try to give up smoking, sugar, caffeine and other bad habits at the same time. Is that too much of a good thing? MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

There’s no training required to become a sponsor in AA—and that means people still getting their bearings can end up working with those who may not have any themselves. What's a newcomer to do?  MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

Experts suggest that people in recovery are happier than their non-alcoholic peers. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

We all know how to take a drink or pill to reach an ecstatic state. But you can also get high without spending a dime—or losing your sobriety. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

It can be difficult to determine if you really you have a drinking problem—especially when denial’s at work. Here are a few ways to answer what may be the most important question of your life. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

The most commonly-used AA words and phrases can confuse even the most intrepid wordsmiths. Let us help clear things up. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

AA suggests that we practice sober principles in all our affairs—even in circumstances that can drive the most-well adjusted among us to emotional agony and homicidal rage. How one woman serenely survived her split. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

Must you believe in God if you want to stay sober? Rachael Brownell doesn't think so. MORE  

By Rachael Brownell

Children are adorable blessings—but raising them sober isn't for the faint of heart. Here's what motherhood in early sobriety is really like. MORE