Sober Dad

Michael Graubart is a long-time sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous, has been a member of Al-Anon for decades, and attends Overeaters Anonymous meetings as well. As he says, "If it moves, I'm obsessed with it, and if it stands still, I'm addicted to it." A New York Times bestselling author, Michael is married and the father of four children. He writes under a pseudonym to maintain his anonymity and speak frankly about his experiences in Twelve Step recovery.

A Note from Sober Dad on Anonymity & the Use of the Name GodAn InvitationChapter 1: ""You Might Not Have Had a Happy Childhood, but You Sure Are Having a Long One""Chapter 2: Just Because They Were Lousy Parents Doesn't Give You the Right to Be a Lousy SonChapter 3: If Marriage Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It WellChapter 4: The Complicated Territory of Parenthood and Your RelationshipChapter 5: How to Fight with Your Wife When She's Pregnant or Recently Became a MomChapter 6: Knowing Where She Ends and Where You BeginChapter 7: Cracking the Baby CodeChapter 8: Talking with Your Kids about GodChapter 9: A Perfectly Imperfect DadChapter 10: Dads and DisciplineChapter 11: Setting Limits-First on Yourself, Then on Your KidsChapter 12: How Do You Talk about Your Kid?Chapter 13: School Daze: Should You Pay Your Kid to Get A's?Chapter 14: Me, Myself, and MoneyChapter 15: Should You Leave Your Teens to Their Own Devices?Chapter 16: How Much Truth Do You Tell Your Kids?Chapter 17: And Finally . . . an Ode to JoyAcknowledgementsAbout the Author