Daryl Dittmer has been sober for 40 years since 18 days after his 19th birthday. He grew up on a farm, became a liar and a thief chasing addiction, entered recovery before he could legally drink, put himself through college as a first-generation student, built a business, retired at 48, and wrote two books in six months. His memoir When I Stopped Fighting and follow-up When You Stop Fighting cover the life and the lessons. He joins Jocelyn Moore to break it all down including the one sentence his sponsor Bud told him that changed the trajectory of everything.
Daryl shares:
✅ Growing up on the farm: dawn to dusk, $1.25 an hour, and a work ethic built to last
✅ "First things first, and the rest will be added on" — the lesson from Bud
✅ You can only want change for someone as much as they want it for themselves
Chapters/Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Change and Growth
03:12 The Journey of Hard Work and Ethics
05:55 Memoirs and Life Lessons
08:48 The Importance of Recovery and Change
11:57 The Power of Mentorship and Support
14:46 Writing as a Therapeutic Process
18:13 Sustaining Sobriety and Life Lessons
20:53 The First Steps to Change
23:59 The Possibility of Change at Any Age
26:48 Showing Up and Doing the Work
30:10 Daily Habits for Growth
33:05 Retirement and New Beginnings
35:57 Future Projects and Closing Thoughts
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