The Program: A Ballad of a Sober Man Short Story

by J.D. Remy

A standalone short story that ties into the award-winning memoir Ballad of a Sober An ER Doctor's Journey of Recovery by J.D. Remy, M.D.

19 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 2, 2021

About the author

Dr. J.D. Remy has been a practicing emergency physician since 1995. Born in New York City, he and his sister were raised in the suburbs of New Jersey by their mother and stepfather. After graduating medical school in Washington DC, he completed an emergency medicine residency in Baltimore and has since worked full-time in several emergency departments througout the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. During his career he has served as medical director for local EMS agencies, president of his hospital’s medical staff, and has led five medical missions to Haiti from 2010 to 2015. In his spare time, he enjoys running and playing acoustic guitar.

He works his recovery from alcoholism every day.

He is father to a daughter and two sons, whom he loves dearly.