Richard Broom grew up in Albany, New York. He is a recovering alcoholic with more than twenty three years of sobriety. In 1982 he was arrested for murder. He feels that prison and Alcoholics Anonymous saved his life. In 1997 he began working for Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches, Inc.(FL), where he continues to share his story of horror and delusion under the influence of addiction, and to celebrate the joy of his new life today.