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Bio, Ken Powers

Ken Powers was raised in poverty among what would in AA terminology be referred to as “low-bottom drunks.” Neither of his parents drank, but both were children of alcoholic mothers, and both had long histories of alcohol addiction in past generations. After watching two uncles die of acute alcoholism only a half of a block from his childhood home drinking on the same couch, he was married for 19 years to a woman who became a practicing alcoholic.

He is a singular man in that he has been active in the Al-Anon recovery program for 35 years, a program usually attended by women. Ken started attending meetings when men in Al-Anon were extremely rare. In 1976 he was one of only four male Al-Anons in all of Houston. During three decades he has attended two to three meetings per week, led meetings, sponsored many men, spoken at major Al-Anon and AA conferences, and served as chairman of the board of directors for the Al-Anon Intergroup office, which serves over 200 weekly meetings in the Houston area.

Recently, Ken has dedicated himself to his 12-step program, and to tutoring students in the SAT, ACT, biology, higher math, and French. He began writing about the recovery process for men with addicted family members in June of 2006, and he recently published an article titled “Are you Living with an Addicted Person?” in Going Bonkers Magazine. This with a second article for parents living with addicted children was published in all of the English-speaking countries with the exception of Japan and The Netherlands. He has authored a book with other “program people” titled We Codependent Men, We Mute Coyotes. That book was published by Outskirts Press on April 20 of this year, and is already being read in every state in the USA, as well as in Canada, The UK, Germany. Italy, France. Ken es ESPECIALLY excited that his new book was published by KDP for readers on the new Kindle on May 26, and is already enjoying brisk sales!

For Ken personally, publication of the book represents the chance to help the families of addicts on an even broader scale, which he is convinced is one of the most important purposes for his life.