Hope is a beautiful start

My life story is one of great achievements, and of profound loss.  I was an entitled, top-tier athlete, but one saddled with addiction to alcohol and drugs.  I ended up ruining a full ride collegiate scholarship (baseball and basketball) at a flagship school in Minnesota by celebrating my team’s entry to a tournament in Hawaii by getting blackout drunk and waking up in Florida. The beginning of my demise, where I would end up hopeless and homeless.  Even my saint of a mother, my biggest fan/supporter, had started saving for my funeral.  Passed out in my parent’s basement, I had a dream that literally saved my life; one where she was attending my funeral.  And by whatever greater power there is, she was sitting right next to me as I awoke, and she asked me, “What are you going to do, John?”  And for the first time in my life, I said, “I need help.”  She ran to the phone, and within minutes, I was in a car, headed for treatment, and set on a path that brings me to the present.  And this is just one of many compelling stories I’m alive to tell.

Am I the right fit for your recovery specialist and/or interventionist needs?

As a Dad, friend, sponsor, dead head, entrepreneur and world traveler I am grateful to have lived a full and sober life, and want to help others do the same. 33 years of sobriety has blessed me with a life better than anything I could have dreamed of. I have had many beautiful chapters in my life filled with raising children, starting multiple businesses, working the program, and helping others do the same. My last chapter as an Executive Director rebuilding a treatment center blended my vast business experiences with my decades gift/ experience being in recovery.

 And now, at 59, I will take everything that I am and all I have learned and direct it towards being the best recovery specialist/interventionist I can be.  And not just any run-of-the-mill version; I will bring a unique perspective that incorporates amazing highs, profound lows, and overcoming addiction to directly connect and help someone in need.