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

Peer Stories

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Jeff King

Scott Bennett

My name is Scott Bennett and I’m a recovering alcoholic and addict.  My sobriety date is February 9, 2013.  I grew up in an alcoholic family and there was a lot of drug use. I had my first

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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.

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Troy Williams-Holmes
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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

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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

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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

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Damon Gangi

I would like to say my addiction started when I picked up my first drug or took my first drink, but it didn’t.  Through working the Narcotics Anonymous 12-Step program I realized my addiction started when I was

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Joe Kite
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Joe Kite

My personal video can be viewed here:Joe’s Video Hello My name is Joe Kite and I am a recovering alcoholic/addict. I’d like to tell you a little about me. I come from a large family, where I never

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