Dan Griffin, M.A., has worked in the mental health and addictions field for over a decade. His graduate work was centered on the social construction of masculinity in the culture of Alcoholics Anonymous. Griffin lives in Minnesota and has been in recovery for fifteen years. He is author of A Man’s Way Through the Twelve Steps and co-author of the groundbreaking curriculum, Helping Men Recover. It is the first addiction curriculum to look comprehensively and holistically at men’s needs and issues in recovery.