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I was an overachiever from the beginning.  Couple that with a less than ideal up bringing and the stage was set. From a young age I decided I would take on the world with intelligence and persistence, while being sure to never be too vulnerable emotionally.  My youth had taught me that attachments were temporary and that it was best not to become invested emotionally.  I also realized with my intelligence in certain areas I would be able to excel professionally and financially.  Drugs and alcohol filled the emotional void perfectly at first, and my profession/intelligence enabled me to avoid the stereotypical consequences e.g. unemployment, prison, homelessness.  I lost relationships, but I hadn't invested much into them anyway.  As I continued to "succeed" in obtaining my goals, I started realizing the goals I had defined were flawed.  That money, status, appearances, etc. were not going to bring me fulfillment.  With every goal achieved I felt more empty inside.  I began to investigate recovery.

For the next 11 years I spiraled.  My addiction got exponentially worse and my intelligence and drive only worsened it by mitigating the external consequences.  Throughout this entire time I was in and out of treatment.  Going to rehabs, meetings, programs, IOPs, PHPs, hospitals, reading all of the literature.  I became a student of recovery but couldn't practice it or find it to save my life.  I finally came to the conclusion that recovery is fantastic for everyone else but it isn't going to work for me.  I then proceeded further in my addiction hoping it would all just end.  Obviously, and thankfully, it did not.  After countless horrific mornings, I finally gave into the fact that whatever higher power was at play just wasn't going to let me go.  I decided that I would just die miserably at some point surrounded by people in recovery.

And I was pretty miserable for a while.  However, I was too scared to get caught out there alive again so I stayed.  After thousands of meetings and people, hundreds of books, countless programs, I finally found recovery.  No one should ever have to go the route that I went to find recovery.  I will never get that time back but I was fortunate, I lived.  Most do not, especially now with the prevalence of more deadly drugs.

Today, at over nine years clean and sober, I've been employed in leadership roles at fortune 100 companies.  I am the CEO of a local non-profit, the Orange County Community leader for The Phoenix, and a certified Smart Recovery facilitator.  I have a vast network of therapists, treatment professionals, counselors, treatment center founders, authors, sober living providers, and an unimaginably large and diverse group of associates who are solid in their recovery.

My new goals are to raise my son and help as many people as possible find recovery.

Chris