Beyond The Bars

Hi, I’m Wes.I’m a person in recovery and the founder of CLEAN Cause. I founded CLEAN with a mission -- to create a sustainable source of funding to help individuals recover from alcohol and drug addiction.My story isn’t that different from most addicts and alcoholics. I began drinking and smoking pot in my teens. After high school, I was drinking daily and my, once experimental, drug use became full dependency.In my late 20s, despite my addictions, I managed to build a successful business - cupcakes of all things. Extreme negative consequences weren’t enough to curb or stop my using. Stints in rehabs and a psych ward, the deterioration of my marriage and loss of trust from everyone I loved, getting fired as CEO of my own company, multiple DUIs and arrests, physical injuries and finally, living in an office of a beat up warehouse – still weren’t enough.The turning point came one night in that warehouse, lying on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. My heart did something I had never felt before, an eerie flut