The Real Thing

Louis M. got sober forty-five years ago at one of the first groups in New York City, the Twenty-fourth Street Clubhouse, and he has been sober ever since. Born in rural Pennsylvania, Lou moved to New York with his family when he was a child. He now frequents meetings on Manhattan's Upper West Side. This interview, conducted by a member of the Grapevine's Editorial Advisory Board, Kirk W., was conducted on a park bench overlooking the Hudson River.