>> So I [inaudible] kind of a unique background.
I actually started in the field of addiction treatment because I'm in recovery,
and I got sober when I was 17 after being in treatment the year prior.
And I started working at that inpatient treatment center when I was about 19
and had two years sober at the time.
And they gave me my first opportunity and introduction into the field on the other end.
And so I've worked kind of from the intro level.
I was a counselor tech, which means I was really responsible for managing the population and kind
of just being there to provide for support after all the counselors went home
to make sure nobody was fighting or, you know.
You know, that everyone stayed.
And kind of worked my way through different experiences in the field.