SARAH ALLEN BENTON is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Boston, where she is co-leader of an alcohol skills training program directed to help problem drinkers. She previously held several counselor positions at McLean Psychiatric Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In an earlier career, in journalism, Benton produced television segments for markets including the Disney Channel in California, a CBS affilate in Denver, and an NBC affiliate in Boston. Benton is herself a member of a 12-Step Program, and in her fourth year of recovery.