Bobby grew up as an angry and rebellious young man, that could not trust anyone. He didn't do well in school and life got harder by the day for him. The fact that he started drinking at 9 didn't help his situation either.

At 13, Bobby was a full blown alcoholics and at 18 started he started injecting heroin. He went to jail for 10 years at 21. He says about his drugs "I lived to use and used to live". In prison he realized he could not continue living the life he had been. He got clean and started attending college classes. After prison he stopped injecting but still was drinking.

He had rationalized for himself that he was not an addict any more, because he was not injecting. Alcohol took its toll on Bobby and finally on January 28, 1985 he hit the bottom. On that day after contemplating suicide, he recalls three words he said; "God help me". That was the turning point in Bobby's life. He had a spiritual awakening. He started long-term therapeutic community program and started working on his addiction as a disease. He followed the suggestions and got a sponsor, worked the steps, attended meetings and got involved in various services. He completed the program in 15 months, got a job working as a counselor in a rehab facility and shared his experiences and pains with others trying to recover. He went from orientation counselor to head counselor and to senior lead counselor. in 1995 he graduated from Barry University with comma sum laude and got his masters degree. This lead to further promotions to clinical coordinator, later to quality assistance manager and finally to program director.

"I wake up every day grateful to be alive and clean and look forward to going to work to do what I feel God's plan for me has always been".