Letter From the Editor By Kristin S. Thank you for being a Harbor Light reader! You may have noticed that we haven’t had a Harbor Light edition in a few months. We would like to sincerely apologize for our absence. The editor position has recently changed hands and it takes some time to adjust. We would also like to take […]

Born This Way As a child, a good portion of my childhood consisted of fear and instability. I was the product of a booty call gone array. Born into a military family, I grew accustomed to constant moves and split time between grandparents. I am of Mexican and Italian descent. I was considered too “white washed” for the projects that […]

A LETTER TO MY SPONSORS SON 1 year ago today, my first sponsor passed away. Most of you won’t have known him as he had moved to Arizona a number of years ago. But many of you have heard of him, because I have spoken of him many, many times from podiums far and wide. I regret, Robert, that though […]

The Pamphlet Series For many years, alcoholism has been recognized as a highly prevalent and disabling health problem, one that affects far more than just the alcoholic alone. Family, friends and others are hurt by its effects — in the home, on the job, on our highways and roads.

My name is Danny G. and I am alcoholic.  I’m mixed with all sorts of things to the point that I usually get asked what nationality I am.  As a child I was called racial slurs;  I was never black enough or brown enough or white enough. I stuttered, and I felt like I didn’t fit in anywhere. All I wanted to do was be loved

When The Student Is Ready Certain events have occurred in my life that seemed at the time to be coincidences, but I think were actually miracles. Take what happened on my first day of sobriety, for example. I woke up that morning with a massive hangover, not knowing how I got home. My wife said she had heard a noise […]