Drinking has become a great Alaskan pastime, but Alaska also has the second-highest alcoholism rate in the nation. UAA professor Dr. Vivian Gonzales and Tiffany Hall of Recover Alaska discuss sober living as the winter months emerge. Listen now.
September has been recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as National Recovery Month since 1989. In Alaska, where alcohol consumption has become both a positive and negative pastime, it is often seen as a challenge to approach sobriety or sober-curious living when this state has the second-highest rate of alcoholism in the United States. However, many people here still find sobriety not just worth fighting for, but celebrating beyond September.
Tiffany Hall is the executive director of Recover Alaska, an organization dedicated to providing resources and guidance for those interested in stepping into sobriety. Dr. Vivian Gonzales professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage, having obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2004 and has intensively studied addiction and recovery throughout her education and career.
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