Two People,
One Body.

Two People, One Body was born out of a lifetime of experience — not from a textbook, but from the steel mills of Northwest Indiana, the rooms of AA and NA, and the long, hard road of recovery walked one day at a time.

I spent 36 years in the steel industry before retiring in February 2024. Not long after, I became a peer recovery coach — not because I needed the income, but because I needed the purpose. Helping others navigate addiction is not just a calling; it is a cornerstone of my own continued sobriety.

I have been clean and sober for over four years. If that sounds like a short time, consider this: I have quit drinking alcohol approximately 50 times in my life. Of those 50 attempts, only two were truly for myself. The other 48 were for a spouse, a judge, a doctor, or someone else who needed me to stop. And every single one of those 48 failed. That is not a coincidence. That is a pattern.

During my first marriage of 28 years, I was what many would call a functional alcoholic. My wife and I raised two wonderful children and paid for both of their college educations. I was hungover or intoxicated roughly 90% of the time, yet I kept the lights on, showed up, and held it together on the outside.