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A little while back, I had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Hunt. In our talk, we discussed how powerful hospitality can be and specifically, as a kind of Medicine for one’s own sobriety.

Todd shares some of his battles and subsequent victories, and here’s an overview of our discussion:

Members of the food and beverage industry (FnB) are twice as likely to struggle with an addiction
Keeping your job in the FnB and entering recovery
Ben’s Friends came out of the tragedy of Ben’s suicide. He was a chef surrounded by three other sober chefs.
Todd could not have pulled through without the fellowship and support of others in the FNB
Addiction wrecking a marriage, divorce and reconciliation: a story three years in the making
The power of fatherhood
Will I lose my edge in sobriety?
Being “lucky to be an addict” and sorry for others who aren’t
Unreasonable hospitality and esteemable acts


I’ve taken this bio from his Ben’s Friends introduction page and you can find his email at the end of it if you, or someone you know, is in the FNB and could use some help. Ben’s Friends is a welcoming and supportive Home to many who in this field.

I Sobriety Date: 6/6/09

Todd Hunt is the Leader of the Alexandria Group which started in January 2020. He has been in the restaurant business for over thirty years. Starting out as a cook in high school, then a bartender in college, In sobriety Todd has been a Bar Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager.
Todd loved the work hard / play hard philosophy of working in restaurants. Unfortunately, it took everything from him, his wife, his kids and his career.
He found Ben's Friends through an article about a friend he had known in Charleston years earlier. That friend was Co-Founder Steve Palmer. Ben's Friends was a Godsend in that it introduced him to a sober F&B community. A tribe within a tribe. It has opened a whole new world in his sobriety and he directly attributes it to his success through the pandemic. He currently is a General Manager in Old Town, Alexandria working for one of the largest restaurant groups in the country.

[email protected]


Resources from our talk:
Ben’s Friends: https://www.bensfriendshope.com/
They have Zoom meetings every day: https://www.bensfriendshope.com/meetings

Books:
Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara
Esteemable Acts: A Guide to Right Living by Francine Ward