11/09/2025
I can’t believe how much time has passed since I posted this.. I bet he would look at how treatment is done today and be blown away.. Both by really great strides and the not so great ones. We were story tellers. I got that from him. We used to write back and forth for years and tell stories. People loved him. He changed a lot of lives. With Carol Sullivan
A Story Worth Sharing:
This is Paul Sullivan. Although you may not know the name, you may have been impacted by his influences. This man has been an inspiration to me for most of my life! I remember one day while I was a teenager, a boy that everyone else deemed "ju**ie" "trouble" or "trash" in my neighborhood approached me. He said, "Hey man, I know your grandfather. He is a good man, because he listens. He really listens! You can tell he cares." We shared a love of people. In his work, he guided & supported the rebuilding of lives from the destruction of addiction. A silent force & part of how I got to where I am...What we shared was our love for story telling, because he too was a story teller by nature.. a skill I believe is essential for all good therapist.. It reminds me that most people simply want to tell their stories. And WILL when given the right audience. My goal is to honor him with his message and the foundation he laid for the work to come..
