{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 26: GEOFF","description":"Do you read or write poetry? Do you struggle with addiction? Are you interested in the history of New York City? Then you are Geoff.   Mentioned in this episode: Geoff\u2019s books:  themcsorleypoems.net Geoff\u2019s son\u2019s book: http:\/\/a.co\/j7zv4Le - https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0316231592 McSorley\u2019s website: https:\/\/mcsorleysoldalehouse.nyc\/ AA: http:\/\/www.aa.org\/ Joseph Mitchell: Up In the Old Hotel - http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/210783.Up_in_the_Old_Hotel Photograph of Babe Ruth: Nat Fein - https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nat_Fein Music: Billy Murray \u201cThe Streets of New York\u201d Hyden Quartet \u201cTake Me Out to the Ball Game\u201d   NOTES: 2:00 Join our FB community group! - https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/afaceprojectcommunity\/ 2:15 Info about Ask the Storyteller 3:00 Next Ask the Storyteller is Julia (episode #2). She will be LIVE Sunday May 7th, 7pm CST in A Face Project: Community group on Facebook 3:45 Natalie loses her voice 5:50 About McSorley\u2019s Wonderful Saloon and Joseph Mitchell 9:45 Geoff\u2019s story begins\u2026\u201dIt\u2019s the oldest operating bar in New York City\u2026\u201d 11:00 Geoff gets an apartment above McSorley\u2019s 11:30 Grew up in an abusive household 12:20 Geoff\u2019s mother falls ill 14:00 Geoff starts a writing program in NYC 15:00 Started working the bar 44 years ago 15:20 Recognizes he has a drinking problem 16:20 Starts to feel suicidal and attends his first AA meeting 18:30 Bar patrons try to get Geoff to drink after he was sober 19:00 You lose friends, but it becomes about surviving 20:15 \u201cYou don\u2019t drink one day at a time.\u201d 21:25 \u201cIt\u2019s the little things that can really drive people to drink.\u201d 22:11 The bar is where he is supposed to be 22:57 Everything in the bar is original 23:10 Nat Fein\u2019s Babe Ruth photo inspires a poem in Geoff\u2019s collection 23:40 Geoff reads from his book 25:50 All male bar until 1970 26:40 Light & dark ale are the only things on tap...still 27:30 Why is there sawdust on the floor? 28:10 Simple food and a free trip through time 28:25 \u201cBe careful what you\u2019re doing because you may end up doing it.\u201d 29:00 If you think you have a drinking problem, ask for help 29:40 \u201cThere\u2019s no shame in asking for help if you want to live.\u201d 30:35 What the bar has taught Geoff\u2026 31:05 If I drop dead tomorrow... 32:30 Get a free sample of our magazine - http:\/\/www.afaceproject.com\/ 34:45 Geoff reads another poem ","author_name":"A FACE PROJECT","author_url":"http:\/\/www.afaceproject.com","html":"