LADWP/IBEW-Local 18/JSTI

A joint company-union program

peer volunteer program

Help with alcohol and substance use disorder or coping with a loved one’s alcohol/substance use disorder

Author: LADWP Cares

Bobby Shank

I’ve been a DWP employee since 2011, starting as a Utility Pre-Craft Trainee and currently as a Steam Plant Operator at Haynes Generating Station. I’m also a shop steward, husband, father, step-father, youth football coach, and an alcoholic. Without recovery in my life, I lose all those things and anything else of value in my… Continue reading Bobby Shank

Troy Williams-Holmes

My name is Troy Williams-Holmes and I am an Alcoholic / Addict. I have slept on sidewalks eaten out of garbage cans and begged at gas stations for change. I have survived two hostage situations and one hostile takeover of a sovereign state, better known, as my 3 failed marriages. My life at its worst, I… Continue reading Troy Williams-Holmes

Jeremy Buckley

My personal video can be viewed here: Jeremy’s Video Story coming soon! Jeremy Buckley

Ralph Jackson

My personal video can be viewed here: Ralph’s Video Hello my name is Ralph Jackson I am a MCH for Power PC&M and I would like to share my story with my brothers and sisters here at the Department of Water and Power and anywhere else for that matter. I share this life experience for   the… Continue reading Ralph Jackson

Justice Baldwin

My personal video can be viewed here: Justice’s Video Growing up in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, city of Van Nuys (Saticoy & Sepulveda), there wasn’t much I didn’t see. My blue collar father and on and off again stay at home mom gave me structure and support but the environment played its part,… Continue reading Justice Baldwin

LADWP/IBEW-Local 18/JSTI