James Egidio is the founder of Trinity Recovery Coaching, the first and only non-profit recovery coaching website. He is very passionate about saving lives and helping those who are seeking to be free of substance abuse disorders. His passion has resulted from his own story of faith, hope, love, and forgiveness.

Born in July of 1963 in the town of Bellville, New Jersey, he was one of two children born to lower-middle class parents. In 1969, his family moved to Las Vegas, where at age 5 he realized his passion for golf. As a 10 year old he won his first state junior golf tournament.And by age 14 was playing golf with a 4 handicap. Unfortunately, that would soon change.

He and his father suffered through a horrible relationship, where Dad progressively became more and more abusive, both verbally and physically. Learn more about James and his powerful story of hope, restoration and success by visiting one of these two sites:
 https://recoverycoachingalliance.org
https://trinityrecoverycoaching.org

My guest is the author of "Crush Stress While You Work". In addition to being an author, Lolita is a Stress Management Coach, a public speaker, and a workshop leader. 

Her presentations focus on: (1) Relax While You Work, (2) Work Smarter, Not Harder, and (3) Collaborate with Confidence. In her book the relatable and humorous writing style opens your eyes to the tools you already have and empowers readers to beat workplace stress, starting today.

To learn more about Lolita go to http://www.beamazingyou.com 

Growing up Lee was always the funny one who no one took seriously. His grades were just "good enough" to enter the U of Wisconsin, where he drank a lot of beer, had a blast, met his wife and then was asked to leave because his grades weren't good enough.

After tech school, Lee was a successful entrepreneur in a variety of businesses but those were lost in the recession of 2007 - 2009. This was a major turning point in his life. He was trying to maintain the illusion of success while hiding massive losses and the fear of what others would think, if he asked for help with his drinking, held him back. As the losses mounted his drinking rapidly increased, drinking more to escape the fear and consequences.

Lee's friend attended Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, the friend convinced Lee's wife and daughter to attend church there, Lee was reluctant but knew there was a recovery ministry there called Quest180. Finally, he went to Quest but continued his drinking, even though 100 times per day he was telling himself it was time to quit.

Finally, on a cold night in January of 2013, Lee disappeared from his house, going on a blackout drive around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. After returning home in the wee hours of the morning, he was awakened in his bed by the presence of a police officer who had responded to his wife's call for help. His words to the female police officer were "God, I give up!" He immediately felt peace in knowing that somehow everything was going to work out.

Today, Lee is a leader with the Five Stone Media group (www.fivestonemedia.com) - they are currently working on a curriculum called "Story Builder" that will be an individual or group study process that will teach participants three things: a) learn the value of their story to God and to His plan, b) how to be prepared to tell their story, and c) knowing when and where to share their story.