{"id":1638,"date":"2019-12-09T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T08:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2021-03-14T23:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T06:55:10","slug":"bobby-shank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/09\/bobby-shank\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Shank"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1638\" class=\"elementor elementor-1638\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f2af82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f2af82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a842ee6\" data-id=\"a842ee6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-837b2c2 de_scroll_animation_no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"837b2c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve 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\u2019m 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 life. I\u2019m the type of alcoholic that stops showing up to work and doesn\u2019t come home. No way I make it to watch my kids play sports, and there\u2019s definitely no time in my life to volunteer or help others, because that would get in the way of my drinking and using.<\/p><p>No matter how many times I tried to stop or control my drinking and drug use on my own, I failed. Every. Single. Time. I was hopeless. I resigned myself to the idea that there was no way out for me and that eventually I was going to die. At 18 years old, just after (barely) graduating high school, I was arrested. A few weeks later I made my way to a meeting where I spoke to a man who would introduce me to a program that would save my life, and on December 14, 2003 I surrendered to a new way of living.<\/p><p>The man I am today is a far cry from who I was when I got sober years ago. Today I am present in my life. Today I think of others and how my actions will affect them. Most importantly, today I have hope.<\/p><p>If you\u2019re reading this and struggling with your drinking or drug use and can\u2019t see a way out, know that I\u2019ve been where you\u2019ve been and felt what you\u2019re feeling and there is hope for you.<\/p><p>Feel free to call me any time if you want someone to talk to or just listen. 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