Charles Elizalde:  

My life has been very adventurous, exciting and lucky to say the least. I now travel around playing Major Championship Poker Tournaments, go to the Best Rock/Blues/Comedy concerts and Sporting events. When I'm not busy, I love driving (car top down) to Laguna Beach or just relax in my swimming pool. I have all my hair with minimal gray (LOL), weigh 160 pounds, completely sober for over 30 years, love laughing and joking around. After living a life of DOOM and DESPAIR, I decided to enter a long term rehab facility to turn my life around. Upon graduating from the program after more than 1 year of intense therapy, I went back to school and achieved degrees in Business Administration, Social Psychology, State Certified Clinical Drug Counselor and ironically Criminal Justice. I was hired by Phoenix House and opened a residential Drug and Alcohol program as Clinical administrator in Venice Beach for 5 years. I was then transferred to our in-patient residential and out-patient treatment facility as clinical counselor In Santa Ana for over 10 years. I then was promoted to being a regional administrator overseeing all California Youth Authority, Adult Dept. of Correctional Parole community Programs and Orange County Jail inmate programs over 8 years. In my semi-retirement phase of life, I ...Expand for more