I could literally write pages and go into great detail about my experience with Aaron, but I’ll TRY to keep it concise. Aaron is one of the best things that have ever happened to me. With a lifelong history of substance abuse, I have been through a multitude of treatment facilities and programs. A family member recommended to my mom that I should go see Aaron. My parents (knowing that I had zero faith in any treatment programs) suggested that I might like Aaron after they looked him up themselves. Already naturally being a highly skeptical person, I reluctantly looked Aaron up and poured over his online presence. I was surprisingly impressed with what I saw and agreed to see Aaron. After our first meeting, I couldn’t believe it – I felt I found someone I could relate to. I can still remember the feeling of joy leaving the meeting. Feeling like “I think this is going to work” We didn’t meet in an office. He didn’t have me fill out a questionnaire. He didn’t sit across from me and take notes. While perhaps he had his own agenda and master plan in his head – I didn’t see it or feel it. We just simply talked. He asked. He listened. He offered advice. Each meeting I had with Aaron felt like a cleanse. I would always leave each meeting with profound new thoughts and words of wisdom. I would tell my parents and my girlfriend of each meeting I had with him. The thing I always tell everyone when talking about Aaron – There were maybe 4 meetings I had with him where at some small part of the conversation he would talk about something, recommend something, challenge me on something, etc. where I would genuinely feel I didn’t fully agree with him or that it didn’t apply to me and I’d think “Yeah, I appreciate it, but I don’t know about that”……. Then, by the time I would meet with him, through the course of going about my week, something would make me see and understand exactly what he was talking about! It would just click! Even outside of meetings with Aaron I would have “Ah-ha!” moments with something that he said. It would all come full circle. It always blew my mind. With Aaron I always felt I had a partner in my quest / struggle for sobriety. Like I was going at it alone. Aaron makes you WANT to be sober. I’m 2 years and 3 months clean and sober now. My life is drastically different. The things I have accomplished personally and professionally would have never come to fruition if I wasn’t sober. I’ve never felt better in my adult life. Aaron is truly a gift to humankind. Through me, his work will forever resonate throughout my entire family, friends, girlfriend, relations, and the interactions I have in society all over the world.
