On today’s Episode of The SHAIR Podcast we have a special guest Paul Churchill, the host and founder of The Recovery Elevator Podcast.

Paul started experimenting with alcohol in high school at age 13 with 4 of his buddies and drank until he puked.  Loving the effects of alcohol Paul continued to drink all through college as a normal drinker.  After graduation he decides to move to Spain and open a bar and the progression into alcoholism begins when he open Dolce Vita.  It’s an instant success and the money starts flowing in.

Almost from the start Paul would drink every night till 3am go home and pass out.  He would then wake up at 6am through no choice of his own and need to down a box of cheap wine with a couple of warm beers to fall back to sleep.  This behavior went on for years with stints of staying dry for month’s even years without drinking only to relapse again.  He finally hits rock bottom when he starts taking benzodiazepine to kick the drinking only to find himself consuming enough benzos to commit suicide. When his attempt fails his journey into recovery begins.