Tommy Sablan

Sablan is a radio personality and the first radio producer inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2016. He lives in San Diego County. To celebrate 40 years of the Sony CD player, you have to consider how radio was before the invention of the compact disc. Just close your eyes and I can take you back to the early ’80s and radio in San Diego. I was just a kid, a kid out of high school working at KBEST 95.

In this March 6 photo, Gene Campbell, left, watches through his window as he talks with his son, Charlie, foreground, using a phone at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington. In mid-March, Charlie, 61, tried his first online Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. His internet was shaky and he didn't get to speak. The meeting did not give him the peace and serenity he craved. “I’m a face-to-face kind of person,” he said. Still, he hasn't relapsed. Ted S.

My name is Tommy Sablan, and I’m 13 years clean. Ever since I was a little boy, addiction has been in my life. Now, with all that is going on in the world because of this coronavirus pandemic, my heart goes out to the addicts or alcoholics who have made the choice to live a life of sobriety. Advertisement The Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that saved their lives is gone.