In the latest episode of The Rest Is Alcohol, Jacki and Lyle are delighted to be joined by the incredible David J. Greer. David is a 40+ year entrepreneur. At just 22, he joined a young software startup, stayed 20 years, becoming co-owner, while building the company into a global powerhouse. After selling out of that business, David took a break, commissioning a sailboat in the South of France and home schooling his three children for two years while sailing 5,000 miles across the Mediterranean! He is now a successful author and entrepreneurial coach, specialising in creating high performing and high growth mid-market businesses. Crucially for this podcast, David also helps entrepreneurs and businesspeople challenged with alcoholism or addiction. In a wide-ranging and poignant episode, David opens up about his own recovery journey, going from someone who would drunk upwards of 15 drinks a day to embarking on a 12-step recovery programme that has led to him remaining sober for over 15 years and counting. He talks to Lyle about the need for people to want to start their recovery for themselves, despite how important it can seem to use other people as motivation. David also speaks to the team about how he has only recently discovered a drive he always knew he had, and how his work has led him to connect with very high-performing individuals, one of whom is on a quest to become a 6-time Olympian! David also discusses the superb mantra of Task Master Spirit, or TMS for short, which he states he sometimes has to subdue for fear of doing too much in any one day, something which very much resonates with Jacki! He eloquently and correctly describes alcoholism as a mental health disease, referencing the medical name for the disease, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), before stating that he hopes the judgement of people who suffer from this disease starts to become a thing of the past very soon. Lyle is devastates that there isn't time to discuss David and his family's sailing adventures, but there will definitely be time for that when David returns very soon!

For more information on the brilliant work David does, head to: https://coachdjgreer.com/

Artwork by Dimoso

Music by Lyle Fulton

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