LGBTQ + Sober Podcast - Marty M. – Women Suffer Too

Marty wrote her story (personal experience) "Women Suffer Too" in the Story Section of second through fourth editions of the Big Book. Marty M. was one of the first women to join AA. She had her spiritual experience while reading the manuscript version of the Big Book, given her while under treatment by Dr. Tiebout, who later became Bill W.’s therapist. She attended her first meeting in the home of Bill and Lois in Brooklyn. Bill W. was her sponsor. Founder of the National Council on Alcoholism, she was tireless in her effort to gain acceptance for the disease concept of alcoholism