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"I was the CEO of a successful company, and I was able to retire early when I sold the company at forty years old. I began to travel with my wife and kids and was living the good life. Without the structure of a day-to-day schedule, I became restless and felt empty, irritable and began to drink more. When I working I was able to keep my alcholism at bay, but in retirement, my alcoholism escalated and my wife left me within 2 years. I began the process of attempting to get sober. It took another three years and four treatment center programs. I got sober the last time three years ago when I detoxed at home under the supervision of a doctor and nurse.

"I've done many detoxes in my life. None of them worked except for the last time. I was finally ready. Every other time my parents, the court, my girlfriend and my friends were the ones that I did it for. But this last time, I detoxed for myself. The last time I detoxed was the first time I felt I had the proper care, the previous times I felt like just another patient. Those previous times were hospital-based and I felt like I was part of a system that worked like a revolving door for people who detoxed over and over again.

As I've seen people grow in recovery, the people who seem successful approach their recovery with several different tools.
  1. Spirituality: New recovery often includes a focus on spirituality. For some this means prayer, meditation, journaling, working the 12 Steps, taking yoga, attending church or attending solo workshop retreats.Nutrition: Maintaining a well-balanced diet including breakfast, lunch and dinner is important to feeling sane and balanced. Often when someone is new in recovery, planning to eat in healthy ways is a new skill. Many folks start with learning to plan to eat nutritious foods like oatmeal or fruit, and then when they've mastered simple foods, they often find that they'd like to experiment with cooking more complicated and interesting foods.

I've been asked why someone would want their family member to start their recovery in Los Angeles. Concerned parents have wondered if LA might be a risky place for someone to get sober because it's a big city with seemingly lots of temptation for a person who is attempting to get sober.

I've been polling my friends who have all had many successful years of sobriety about what they've found in the Westside LA recovery community that they haven't seen in other communities where they've lived.