John Lipscomb (Ocean Ridge, Florida) celebrated 19 years of sobriety on January 5th, 2018. Since becoming sober John has sponsored many men in recovery, written and blogged about recovery, helped fund raising for The Exodus Outpatient program and spoke at their annual meeting. He has also been on the board of several men’s recovery homes, continually speaks at Alcoholic’s Anonymous meetings and is himself fully immersed in the recovery community in South Florida. John was involved in the Alcoholic Anonymous program bringing meetings into prison and for a few years was very involved with the Catholic Church Ministries where he worked with men and women in maximum security prison and even worked with prisoners on death row. Since the launch of, The Painting and The Piano, he has been busy speaking at Book Clubs, Podcasts, Radio Interviews and a TV appearance. He is passionate about recovery knowing what it did for him and is constantly reaching out to help others. John was graduated from Columbia College in 1984 with a Business Administration degree and professionally John has owned a Dogwatch Hidden Fence System dealership, a pet containment company, for over 25 years.