David Cambra:  

Life OK! Gotta try to summarize this. Quit Camden in my Jr year, forced into USAF by parents, was let out after 3 mos due to a congenital back disorder, but with NO benefits. Did time in Healds Bus School. worked for a CPA firm a couple of years, thought I knew it all and went into industrial accounting and did farely well into management accounting. While involved in that, became very successful in drug-doing and dealing and eventually slid down to that deep, dark, cavern of self-abuse with chemicals. Climed out in 1986, was back in accounting but really got burned out; retraining for an almost old dog. Had to start all over, 1989 SJCC for a couple of AAs, on to SJSU for BA in Clinical Conseling and Social work, some Masters level classes until my fiance (for a third marriage) passed away from leukemia that had been in remission for five years--I was really ready for this marriage, not like the previous two. Dropped my Masters work and piddled around in Chem Dependency counseling for too long. I was able to maintain my clean-and-sober status through the most painful and dark part of my life--no desire to get high or breathe, but had many thoughts about wanting to die; obviously I made it through or this would not be available for reading. Applied for and was accepted into a Doctoral program for Psychology. Am half-way through and taking a little break at the Masters level before I move on--working part-time through-out in counseling/...Expand for more