About Me

On July 20, 1997 I made a choice to do something about my drinking and I would like to share this humbling and empowering journey with you. It’s because of you that I sit here sober today, for without the wonderful souls that I have met along the way, I wouldn’t be here with you and for that, I am truly grateful.
My first true love was alcohol and our long painful relationship began as most relationships do, with a passion like I’d never felt before.  However, over the course of two decades our love affair became more challenging, and we only wanted to be with each other, shutting out our friends and families as if they had never existed at all.
However, today I know that they do exist because they never actually left me, it was I who left them.  I ran through so many lives without a care in the world, never considering the damage and pain that I was causing along the way.  I know today that it was their love, albeit most often from a distance that guided me on those dark nights of the soul. 
Especially, my mother who always loved me without judgement, never once did she get angry or look at me as if I were hopeless, she just loved me unconditionally, always there if I needed a friend. Mom, my love for you grows more and more each day because today I realize it was the things that you didn’t say or do that actually helped me the most. 
I have told many since becoming sober that alcohol was the most gracious gift that I have ever received, for without it I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. Why you might ask, it was my addiction that put me on the fast-track to Self-discovery.
My recovery journey has taken me down many paths, all of which I needed to walk, none more or less important than the other. I have picked up tools along the way that have helped me get to where I am today.
I would like to invite you to accompany me on my journey through life with hope that something I have experienced will be of assistance to anyone who still finds life without any external thing a challenge.