Today is my 3rd year in recovery. Three years ago I weighed 352 lbs and was drinking 10 beers a day. Just waiting to die really. My car got towed away 6 times because I was too heavy to walk down the stairs and move it every 3 days.

Then I was diagnosed with diabetes and had to change or face permanent damage to my body. I quit drinking and went on a low carb diet and started biking. Now I weigh 205 and today rode from Stearns wharf to the top of Le Cumbre peak 3900 feet of elevation gain with several pitches of 20 percent grade.

I say all this not to brag but to let others know that you can change from a hopeless situation to one that gives you joy.

Charlie