Having moved to Asheville from Hampton Roads, Virginia (near Virginia Beach), I have fallen in love with the energy of Western North Carolina as a whole but particularly the Recovery community. After 20 years of heroin use, and everything which that entails, it sometimes feels very surreal to find myself in such a magical place, both literally and figuratively. Having been given this profound gift, my top priorities are sharing my experience, both personally and professionally, with others on journeys of their own. Life has in every sense of the concept become about the journey and not the destination. That is true freedom and what more can I ask for?