STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –
Sept. 16, 2025 – Gary K serves as CEO of Gary K Recovery providing recovery education and addiction solutions through the arts, media and live events. Gary recently launched Recovery Getaways and partnered with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Sober Not Boring to produce an affordable recovery cruise – “Sail to Serenity – A Gratitude and Wellness Retreat at Sea” aboard the luxurious Norwegian Jewel November 26-26, 2026.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. Alcohol, Marijuana, Opium, Hash, Morphine, Ketamine, Percocet, Percodan, Vicodin, Restoril, Quaaludes, Black Beauties, IV Heroin, Crack Cocaine. My sobriety date is August 25, 1996.
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. The clear-cut specific directions found in the first 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. I was born with a chronic progressive brain disease accompanied by a physical allergic reaction to alcohol.
