Dedakis, John

Joyce Wilde's background in restaurant ownership, mental health, and law enforcement-and her decades of recovery from alcoholism-give her unique insight into organizing and transitioning issues. Joyce stopped drinking in 1989. The catalyst was her sister's death in a drunken driving accident. On Joyce's ninth day of sobriety, her father, a recovering alcoholic himself, died of a heart attack. A few years later, she transitioned into a new life by selling her ownership in a restaurant/bar business and returning to school. She received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology. Over the