Lived experience · Professional training

I know addiction from the inside.

Now I help others find their way out.

When a family calls me because they're scared for someone they love, I don't just see an addict. I see a person — and I understand what it's like to be that person.

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01 My Story

I know addiction from the inside

I'm not someone who studied addiction from a textbook and decided to start helping people. I've lived it.

I'm 43 years old today, but my story with addiction and the drug world started when I was just a child. I started selling drugs when I was 12.

By the time I was 19, what began as something I was exposed to at a very young age had become deeply ingrained in my life — a world of drugs, addiction, crime and consequences. There was a time I was homeless, deeply addicted, and losing control of almost everything around me.

It didn't begin with the hardest drugs. It started innocently enough — a little weed, a little alcohol, something to have fun with friends. But addiction can creep up on you.

Before I realized how far things had gone, I was using cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, LSD, mushrooms, Adderall, heroin, weed and alcohol — sometimes all within the same day. The drugs stopped being something I used and began controlling my decisions, my relationships, my health and ultimately my life.

That is how addiction can happen. It doesn't always start with someone intending to become an addict. Sometimes it starts with something that seems harmless, until one day you realize you're in a place you never imagined.

My father was a severe alcoholic, and addiction has touched my family for generations.

02 The Cost, in Numbers

I've been incarcerated more than thirty times. I've lost more than thirty friends and relatives to overdose and the consequences of substance use. Those losses changed me.

Paul Hart

30+

Friends & relatives lost

Every one of them was someone's family.

30+

Times incarcerated

Addiction controlled my decisions, my relationships, my life.

Second chance

One conversation began everything changing.

One second chance is the difference between me and the people I buried. I'm here to help your loved one find theirs.

03 From Addiction to Helping Others

A different direction, today

Professional training, paired with the credibility of someone who has personally walked through it.

Addiction & Community Support Worker

Completed certification, equipping me with professional frameworks for support work.

Home Intervention Specialist

I come to you, and I meet your loved one where they are — physically and emotionally.

When a family calls me because they are scared for someone they love, I don't just see an addict. I see someone who may be hurting, struggling, scared, angry, ashamed or simply unable to see a way out. And I understand what it's like to be that person.

Addiction isn't limited to substances — it can also include gambling, sex addiction, and other compulsive behaviors. I support people facing all of these challenges, alongside substance use disorders.

Lived experience + professional training — the heart of what I do.

04 When You Don't Know What Else to Do

Sometimes the whole family has tried everything. That's where I step in.

Sometimes your loved one won't listen. Sometimes they've stopped answering their phone. That's where I can step in — I'll come to you.

I meet them where they are

I'll sit with your loved one, listen to them, talk with them and try to reach the person underneath the addiction.

We coordinate an intervention

When appropriate and with the family's involvement, I help your loved one take that first step toward treatment and a safer life.

We figure out what's next

Connecting with treatment, counselling, mental-health professionals, recovery housing, medical and wellness services.

Support across

Substance use Gambling addiction Sex addiction Treatment & counselling Mental-health professionals Recovery housing Medical services Fitness & wellness Community resources

05 My Mission

I can't promise to save everyone — but I will take your situation seriously.

I've lost too many people. I've watched families lose sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, parents and friends. I don't want another family to experience that loss if there is still an opportunity to intervene.

Addiction can take a life before someone realizes how far they've fallen. Sometimes the most important thing you can do is make the call before it's too late.

If you're worried about someone you love, call me. Let's talk about what's happening, figure out what options are available, and see if we can help your loved one take the first step toward a different life.

Paul Hart

Because one conversation can change everything

Real conversations. Real change.

Make the call before it's too late.

Worried about someone you love? Let's talk about what's happening and what options are available.

Call Paul Hart

Confidential · No judgment · Available for families in crisis
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