My Boss Positive Influence On The Therapeutic Community

Once he was placed back in the world of his family he was enlightened yet confused. He was unable to do anything with the powers he was given until he was older. As he came to be a man, he was blessed with a gift of helping people. He worked curing illnesses until he felt it was time that his life should take another turn.

He had his fate going one way, but through his own free will he was able to turn it another way.

He learned that politics, personal life, and Christianity were of the same piece. They were not three separate things but they were one.

This caused in him a feeling in which he had never felt before, and thus inspired him to new things to get himself more aquatinted with God:

Currently, I am a counselor in training at East Carolina University within the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies. Upon graduation, I will be pursuing licensure as a Clinical Addiction Specialist and a Professional Counselor. I am working at the Navigate Counseling Clinic, under the supervision of Qunesha Hinton, who also serves as my ECU doctoral student supervisor. My faculty supervisor is Shari Sias, Associate Professor, Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling Program Director at East Carolina University (office number: 252-744-6304; email: siass@ecu.edu) and facility supervisor is Dr. Leigh Atherton at Navigate Counseling Clinic (office number: 252-744-6300; email: athertonw@ecu.edu) .

You can rest a sure that whatever I give him to get done; he goes above and beyond all measures to get it completed. He works constantly and through his dedication and hard work, this company is in a better place every day due to his efforts. There have been days that I’ve tried to get contact Leonard here at the office and could not, then I walk up front and find him staying in the rain, heat, etc. helping a patient get in or out of their vehicle or even carrying our own equipment out to patient’s so they were able to even get in the store. Not only does he show compassion to his patient’s but also to his fellow employees. My grandmother was a long time patient of ours here at Liberty and when she passed away in October, he was one of the ones that I remembered that attend her funeral and let me and my family know, he

What gave him purpose, formed his values, and reinforced his trust in God? We all, like John Lewis, have many life changing moments.

was a significant turning point in his life. He was in his late twenties and excited for the

It was a wake up call for him to eliminate the bad in life and incorporate what needed to be done to make life truly something worth living and

All of these things show his self-improvement, his strength for working on his problems alone and trying to get salvation in ways he can be proud of after, being able to say he made himself a better person.

His journey is complete, and he was able to do something that he never thought was

Why was everything suddenly so marvelous? It was almost as though he were being reborn all of a sudden.

Finally, in his later years, he comes to understand that Heaven brings the process to an

The road to recovery was not an easy road back. I still do the same elementary things today that I had to do to achieve recovery. I realized that honesty and open-mindedness was a must. I had to surrender all—I wanted real success.”

This focus seemed to motivate him to carry on, and gave him a purpose to live.