EP 26: Geoff

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's books: themcsorleypoems.net Geoff's son's book: - McSorley's website: AA: Joseph Mitchell: Up In the Old Hotel - Photograph of Babe Ruth: Nat Fein - Music: Billy Murray "The Streets of New York" Hyden Quartet "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" NOTES: 2:00 Join our FB community group ! - 2:15 Info about Ask the Storyteller 3:00 Next Ask the Storyteller is Julia (episode ). 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's Wonderful Saloon and Joseph Mitchell 9:45 Geoff's story begins…"It's the oldest operating bar in New York City…" 11:00 Geoff gets an apartment above McSorley's 11:30 Grew up in an abusive household 12:20 Geoff's 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 "You don't drink one day at a time." 21:25 "It's the little things that can really drive people to drink." 22:11 The bar is where he is supposed to be 22:57 Everything in the bar is original 23:10 Nat Fein's Babe Ruth photo inspires a poem in Geoff's 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 "Be careful what you're doing because you may end up doing it." 29:00 If you think you have a drinking problem, ask for help 29:40 "There's no shame in asking for help if you want to live." 30:35 What the bar has taught Geoff… 31:05 If I drop dead tomorrow... 32:30 Get a free sample of our magazine - 34:45 Geoff reads another poem

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EP 26: Geoff is an episode from A FACE PROJECT by Natalie Jennings.

This episode is 36:05 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2017.

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