Charles

Review of Ocean Breeze Recovery

Good day to all! Today is a good day for a great ...

Good day to all! Today is a good day for a great day! I was asked by Delphi to give a little story on my life with drug and alcohol abuse, and I MEAN ABUSE in later years.
My name is not important, but the results of my treatment is, and I thank Arete Detox, OBR, and Defining Moments Recovery, and the entire staff of the Delphi family. I wouldn t be sharing this if not for them. This will be condensed, but I hope you get the picture.
I m 63 yoa from a hard working family. I ve worked since I was 8-9 years old and retired at 62 yoa. My parents were not alcoholics, just worked hard. We moved a lot because of my father s job, a lot of schools and not many close friends. I started smoking cigarettes at 9 and smoked my first joint at 13yoa, and my first beer around the same time. New schools are hard and peer pressure is harder. One thing led to another, and by high school, I was doing mushrooms, downers, and a little acid.
I finished school in south Florida and worked every day. I smoked a lot of weed and drank almost every day. Then came cocaine and PCP. I thought I could drink more with the coke and I did. This went on for a couple years and then I moved north to a nice small town, got married to a great girl, had a beautiful daughter, and I messed that up with drinking. We got divorced and I hit the road Fla, Ark, NJ, NY, OH, IL, Ok, Cali, and Canada, without missing a drink. A lot of years trying to maintain.
Fast forward to 1991, met a woman who got me sober for 10 years. I had a heart attack in 1998, split up with her in 2001 or 2002, went back to the bottle. That was a big mistake, OD ed on booze. Spent 9 days in the hospital, had another heart attack, went right back to the bottle.
Finally, I retired and moved back home, still drinking then, moved again and got real, real bad. Better than a quart a day, back in the ER, alcohol level was better than 4.0, must be a God and a reason This is where a really good friend got me into Arete Detox and the bad times ended there. I , a happy camper with 402 days of being sober and loving it. I ve got a great family and wonderful grandkids, I m just feeling great! I know God has a plan, and I hope this helps at least 1 or more. I wouldn t be alive today if not for Delphi. So, if you want to make it to 63 and beyond, break away from your Demons!
Remember- I can. I will. I must. Something I picked up at Arete, and it works.

Thank you all and Good Luck.