Faces of Recovery: Sean Mortimer

Faces of Recovery is a column begun by Wendy Weicki of Oxbow Center about people in the community who are in active recovery from addiction. As both a newspaper reporter and a recovering alcoholic, I’m in a unique position to bring back this column with the story of my own journey.

Hi, I’m Sean and I’m an alcoholic.

My addiction began at 19, my first year of college. That was the year I first trie...