Anonymous Member
Anonymous Member Why am I a member of the Alano Club of San Jose? I did a lot of drinking in bars. We are very fortunate to have such a fine place to come to, a safe place, a place that is like a home for the wayward soul. I love the old building we […]
Nina S’s story
Nina S’s story When I began in recovery on June 11, 2013, I attended meetings daily all around the town. Some were held in church basements, others outside. The first few years I had to learn to listen, clean up my language and find out what the tools were that people kept talking about. When […]
Kerry B’s story
Kerry B’s story I remember the first time I came to the Club, around 2008 when I really needed a meeting and had resentment against so many at my home group (easy to do lol!). I ended up at a 4pm meeting and a gal was the chairperson. I heard a lot that day, or […]
Gino’s story
Gino’s story Gino H. I was born Over-Seas in a military family. “I was age 13 when I had my first drink. I loved the way alcohol made me feel. But, by age 16 I was blacking-out regularly. I got married at age 20 and I put my family through the nightmare for the next […]
Mingo’s Story
Mingo’s Story Mingo H. came into the Alano Club on July 9, 1989 and put down the bottle for good that same day! It was at the Alano Club of San Jose that Mingo heard the County needed volunteers to work with the homeless. He wanted to help people so he volunteered and after two […]
Terisa’s Story
Terisa’s Story I come from a broken family with a lot of drugs alcohol and violence. I grew up in Oregon and moved to California when I was 11 with my mom and my two younger brothers. I left home at the age of 13 to go live in a group home in Mountain View. […]
Kiki’s Story
Kiki’s Story Kiki Martinez talks about “My Journey in Recovery – The 12 Steps Definitely Work!” by Susan W of The Alano Club of San Jose. Anthony (Kiki) Martinez has turned his life completely around! This is his journey to pass along for those new in recovery. On Christmas Eve of 2008, Kiki returned to […]
Steve H’s Story
Steve H’s Story “Steve H. was a great kid who lost my way to alcohol and other addictions. Then I found my way back to being a great kid again, at an older age.” Steve was born in Chicago and grew-up on a large farm outside of the city. Steve’s mother was a “Stay-at-home Mom” […]
Tony B’s story
Tony B’s Story Tony Baron has been associated with the Alano Club for over 40 years. He was first a member, then a member of the Board of Directors after only one year of sobriety, and then within two years became the Club’s manager, a post he has held for most of the past 38 […]
Dorothy’s Story
Dorothy’s Story The day I finally had enough I called Central office, they told me the nearest meeting to my home was the Alano Club of San Jose, but they wouldn’t recommend going there because they allowed addicts in the Club. Since I was on marijuana maintenance at the time, after all I wasn’t going […]
