He came out of the gate angry and drinking heavily.  The environmental and genetic ingredients were all certainly present.  Fending largely for himself he was out-drinking his buddies at age 12.  Drinking, drugging and “supplementing his income” he managed to buy a house just after high school shortly after his Mom notified him she was moving to Florida and he should find a place.  He married a bartender with three kids in an attempt to have a “normal” family but it ended in an ugly divorce.  He decided that she needed to get sober and went to a treatment center to investigate and found that he needed to stay.  He’s been sober since.  Early sobriety wasn’t a bed of roses but the anger is gone.  Join us this week to talk to Phil J.

CJ Harmer and Trish Justis are two of Pioneer Center's youth program superstars.
Their philosophy and that of the whole youth services team is one of respect for the kids they work with
and support of each other.  They ask for kids to examine their thinking, take responsibility for their actions
and they celebrate even the smallest of successes.  CJ works as a prevention specialist in schools and Trish
works with court referred kids in the Daily Reporting Center program.  Listen in as they discuss the way they work,
trends in behavior and the substance abuse connection.