Tim left Louisville in 1966 as an all-state basketball player with a college scholarship, then came home four years later carrying a lie only his mother knew.

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In this three-part Vancouver men’s retreat talk from 2009, Tim shares how alcohol took over the life of a Kentucky basketball player who once thought the plan was college, law school, Congress, and maybe even the White House. Instead, he came home from school living a lie, became a teacher and coach who could barely show up, lost credibility with his family, and spent years starting over until April 12, 1990, when an AA meeting directory in his desk finally became the way out. Tim’s story moves from ego, dishonesty, and broken relationships into sponsorship, family healing, daily step use, and the simple instruction that changed his life: do the stitches and leave the patterns up to God.

Tim H. from Louisville, KY speaking at the 21st Annual AA Fall Mens Retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - September 19th 2009