Bill W. has been an ocean lifeguard, commercial pilot, security guard, policeman, chauffeur, and held several positions in the recovery field. He currently helps run a small security company and writes about addiction and recovery for his own web site and others. In addition to spending time with his recovery buddy (to whom he has been married for going on 35 years), he enjoys photography, reading, bird watching, hanging out with his two daughters, their husbands and two children, playing with Charlie Longtail and Freddie Razortoes, his two black cats, and killing time with his smartphone. If he makes it to 90, he will have been sober half his life.