My why
Lived recovery, then professional training.
I came to this work the long way. Decades in sales and music taught me how to read a room, how to keep a commitment, and — eventually — how badly I needed help. My own recovery is the foundation everything else sits on.
After getting sober, I went looking for the practical, human-scale support I had needed myself: someone to ride to treatment with, someone to pick up the phone in the first uncertain weeks, someone who had been there. That's the role I now fill for other people's loved ones.
Early recovery is less about insight and more about structure. Most people don't need a sermon; they need a ride, a meal, and a steady person at the door.
