and alcohol are history. be patient. when you come out of addiction it leaves a gap in your life. it's about filling that gap with positive stuff. you do feel very alone. you feel like you're the only one in the world that it's _ actually happened to. a lot of what they do here is peer to peer support. many volunteers and staff have lived through addiction themselves and they're now helping others. jennifer works as a co—ordinator. i'm in recovery myself. i'm a recovering alcoholic. there's nothing worse than having doors closed on you. because i think for a lot of us we've experienced doors being closed, closed, closed. i've been in that desperation — if i'm not constantly working on my recovery, i could be back there in an instant. even if someone is still drinking or using, we're not going just going to kick them out. what we're going to do is make sure that they get the necessary help to move them on. just giving people hope that they're no longer alone.