61. Guest Ben Tuff: "Swim Tuff: How I Swam my Way Out of the Bottle"

The Weekend Sober

Kim and Kezia welcome guest Ben Tuff to share his unique story of recovery. He eloquently shares his belief of quality over quantity, friendships and his perspective on overcoming adversity.

Instagram:@ben.tuff

Ben Tuff grew up splitting his time between Atlanta, GA and Jamestown, RI. He attended

Colby College where he met his now wife, Gretchen and treasured his times working at a sailing

instructor and boat captain in the British Virgin Islands. Between Jamestown and the BVI, Ben

developed a lifelong appreciation for the ocean. Ben is a lifelong educator and has had the

privilege of working with hundreds of boarding students from across the world. In 2012, Ben

made the life-altering decision to break free of the hold that the addiction to alcohol had on

him. Despite not knowing how to swim, the sport of triathlon arrived quickly in his life. After

seven years of competitive triathlon, Ben made the switch to marathon swimming. After many

crossings from Newport, RI to Jamestown, RI on Save the Bay Swims, Ben throttled it up with

the 12.5 Mile FKCC Swim Around Key West. After that, he couldn’t stop and completed a 21-

mile swim around Jamestown, a 19-mile swim from Block Island to Jamestown, and most

recently swimming the length of Narragansett Bay by swimming 24 miles from Providence, RI to

Jamestown, RI. Esteemed producer, Matt Corliss, chronicled Ben’s journey to sobriety and the

parallels of his recent swim. The film, “Swim Tuff: How I Swam my Way Out of the Bottle” is

projected to be released Spring 2023.