Director of Drug Treatment

Providing a chance for those who suffer from chemical addiction has been my goal for the last 23 years. Being a part of someone getting well is one of the most meaningful facets of my life. It is right alongside the other important events of my life; marriage, the birth of my 2 daughters, and the year I spent in drug treatment myself 23 years ago. All of those stand out equally in my memory, and they are the highlights of my life. They make up a big part of who I am. And that's a far cry from what I was before a got sober and clean. 1989 was my first year of recovery and I can remember much of it like it was yesterday. The highs and lows were a roller coaster! There were times when I knew I couldn't make it, and times when I felt like it was a piece of cake. There were times when I felt like I was a good person getting better, and there were times when I felt like I was sub human, and I'd never find my place in the world. There were times when I felt like I was on top of the world, and days when I didn't feel I could go outside and say 'hi" to the mailman.

The Professional in Drug Treatment

Any person getting well from addiction has to become his own hero. Thank goodness I had a Direction to follow, fellow addicts supporting me, and the TOOLS of drug treatment. Treatment Therapy showed me my weak 'links' in my character, and showed me principles I could practice to avoid them becoming my downfall like so many times before. I learned then that we all do the best we can with what we have, and I realized I needed to change. We are not what we think we are, more accurately, we are what we do! Finally, I saw some life saving principles and forced myself at times to apply them: Never give up on my recovery regimen: Just show up; Don't drink or use drugs no matter what; You can do anything for a day.

Touching and changing lives, watching shattered families reunited, and witnessing young people fight off the shackles of a 'I don't care' attitude, all makes me reflect back when I first got sober. It was one of the hardest things I ever did, that first year of recovery. And it has turned out to be the most rewarding thing. You cannot get to the good, unless you go through the bad is very appropriate here.

Although thousands have gone through the doors of C.T.C., it has always been my personal belief that our program at Comeback should focus its sights on one thing: helping the next person just coming into drug treatment get well.

Now, personally with over 23 years clean and sober I Thank God for those people who were willing to help me get well and the fact they knew what they were doing. Helping those who are chemically addicted is my passion, and you can imagine I often think back to those early times in my own recovery for motivation. When I wanted to get sober, someone was there.