Ben considered himself a healthy 41-year-old. He was a true waterman: a paddleboarder, fly fisherman, and many years ago, a champion crew team member at his university. He ate nutritious food, drank enough filtered water, and made himself invaluable at work as the vice president of a large company. To an outsider, he looked like the all-American dad, but behind closed doors, there existed two Bens: the lovable, sociable, kind Ben, and Ben the mean drunk.
Between a separation, a divorce, the estrangement of his children, and a recent relationship that ended because of his excessive drinking, he knew he had a problem. Worse, he felt like he had tried and failed every treatment available.
