{"id":1664,"date":"2018-10-26T09:03:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2021-03-14T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T06:55:32","slug":"troy-williams-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/26\/troy-williams-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Williams-Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1664\" class=\"elementor elementor-1664\" 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><strong>My name is Troy Williams-Holmes<\/strong>\u00a0and 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 prayed for death being too cowardly to take my own life. Thus, did I decide to continue this march through the gates of hell until the bitter end. Though horrific, my story is not unique. I am one of hundreds of thousands that have endured a state of being which appeared hopeless and never ending. Never do I remember as a child dreaming or planning to become a crackhead. And while wielding superior athletic and intellectual ability in high school, the Marine Corps and college, never did I believe that I had a problem or that my drinking and using would turn on me, in such a way as to destroy me, at my essence. Still, there I was a junior at USC one year, on my way to jail the next. Little did I know, that my body, mind and soul was sick. That relief was not only possible, but highly probable and all I had to do was become willing. My life today is filled with love and joy. I have four beautiful daughters and one son. Three of which attend college, two soon to graduate. I no longer take hostages in relationships nor have I found it necessary to drink or use for over 16 yrs. I am gainfully employed and have a host of friends and acquaintances. Folk no longer lock doors when they see me coming, this includes the ex\u2019s. This turn around in my life is nothing short of a miracle and it is happening daily for others just like me. The road to a better way of life is broad, all-inclusive and waiting for those who choose to follow some simple suggestions. I found that, I knew way too much about not enough and didn\u2019t know enough about way too much.<\/p><p><em><strong>Troy Williams-Holmes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Troy Williams-Holmes&nbsp;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&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/26\/troy-williams-holmes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Troy Williams-Holmes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peer-stories","tag-troy-williams-holmes","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troy Williams-Holmes - Peer Volunteer Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troy Williams-Holmes - Peer Volunteer Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My name is Troy Williams-Holmes&nbsp;and I am an Alcoholic \/ Addict. 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