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 constantly 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 notjust 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. you remember when you were in that position, where you isolated yourself. it s good to give something back. this is community self help. i wouldn t be where i am right now if i d not had peers around me, if i d not had people who were so willing to share their experience, their knowledge, and make me feel that i wasn t alone. and it can be a matter of life and death, can t it? you see that time and time again. it s pretty staggering how many people who have lived
so, yeah, excited and nervous but give it my all, really. a few days later, mike called. he got thejob! ok, it s temporary, but after years of booze, cocaine and depression, it s proper, paid employment. carefully watching mike s progress is dave dunne. i am suffering from depression. but i am getting antidepressants. ..himself a recovering alcoholic. it s a long journey. i am 23 years in recovery. i believe i m in recovery and always will be. i haven t beat it. i haven t picked up a drink in 23 years. next tuesday, 23 years was the last time i drank. you measure it to the day? absolutely, yeah. there are plenty in birkenhead who regard dave as a lifesaver. he has been there and done it. it s nice to hold onto where
what show yeah, right? what show or character surprised you the most in its ability to connect compared from where you may have started with it? um, that s at a tough question. i think probably will & grace. the humanity that the two boys attained through careful writing and worrying about giving respect to the gay characters and give them vulnerability, which is the most important thing for hooking anybody into a sitcom is to make the character vulnerable. i mean, ted, we used a bartender, but we made him a recovering alcoholic. that gave him a sense of vulnerability. judd hirsch on taxi was within the in that garage who wanted
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. yeah. 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 and 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 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. you remember when you were in that position, where you d isolated yourself. it s good to give something back. once you d printed it, it looked good. | this is community self help. i wouldn t be where i am right now if i d not had peers around me, if i d no
i didn t get to where i am overnight. i can tell you that right now and i didn t do it without no sweats, cries, or heartache. so, yeah, excited and nervous, but give it my all, really. a few days later, mike called. he got thejob! ok, it s temporary, but after years of booze, cocaine and depression, it s proper, paid employment. carefully watching mike s progress is dave dunne. i am suffering from depression. but i am getting antidepressants. himself, a recovering alcoholic. it s a long journey. i am 23 years in recovery. i believe i m in recovery and always will be. i haven t beat it. i haven t picked up a drink in 23 years. next tuesday, 23 years was the last time i drank. you measure it to the day? absolutely, yeah.