Jim Dover:  

Life I got my GED in Dec.'78, so officially, I'm class of '79, but I'll always be class of '80. 2 days after taking my GED, I was in the navy. we parted ways at their request in 1981. Later that year, I had a life-altering experience; the end result is that I came back to California and went to college. This was a "religious" experience, and I became a preacher for about the next 4 years. I hadn't slowed my drinking down much and I was still dealing with drug issues, so I don't think I was a very effective preacher. After 4 years my church asked me to change my profession. I took their advice and became a full time drunk. While in this stupor I was married and divorced twice. I finally got sober over 20 years ago, and my life couldn't be better! I've been married and divorced a couple of times, and I have two wonderful daughters (Beverly age 27 and Amanda age 20) I have a grandson Victor who turned 6 years old on May 28th. I was the neighborhood ice cream man for over a dozen years with the same company. ( and a total of over 20). I went back to school!! I attended the CAARR (California association of addiction recovery resources) and became an "alcoholism and drug addiction specialist". A fancy way of saying a drug counselor. Along the way, I got my Masters in Psych...Expand for more