What it was like?

Started at 12 years old drinking by 14 I had a needle in my arm ended up on heroin for 10 years.

What happened?

After many attempts to get sober on November 19th 2001 I walked into the Helping Up Mission in Baltimore,MD

What it is like now?

Good relationships across the board especially with my two beautiful daughters who are blessed me with six grandchildren. I'm a licensed chemical dependency counselor in the state of Texas. I'm currently a doctorate program studying traumatology in an effort to be better at what I do.