{"id":6,"date":"2016-02-25T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/?p=6"},"modified":"2016-02-25T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T15:13:43","slug":"locksmith-finds-key-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/2016\/02\/25\/locksmith-finds-key-to-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Locksmith Finds Key to Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rob Michael, 56, Locksmith, Ottawa. Photo taken at Avenue Lock & Security, 738 Bank St. on February 1st, 2016 at 3:27 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rob Michael has been a locksmith for 36 years. Like all professions, he had to start at the bottom as an apprentice for seven years before opening up his own company that lasted for 22. His wife took the business in the divorce along with his three kids who are the best thing to ever happen to him, all in their twenties now and all still in touch with their father. \u201cDivorce killed me,\u201d he said, admitting that his own unfaithfulness led to the separation. It took him eight years to be able to start over again, but after both his parents passed away within two years of each other, he was sent spiraling towards the bottle. In addition to the emotional struggles, Rob also recently battled a cancer scare, arteriosclerosis, a cigarette addiction and a kidney stone. He explained how he was cut off from OxyContin after three months and turned to the streets, only to be put on methadone by the general hospital. It\u2019s something \u201cso wrong in the system, but you can\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d as Rob views it. Nothing has been easy for Rob, but today he says, \u201cI can look at myself in the mirror and I know I\u2019m a good person and I\u2019m happy inside of my own skin.\u201d I asked if there was any advice he would give to someone going through a similar struggle and he immediately answered, \u201cdon\u2019t listen to anybody.\u201d Nobody is going through the same thing in his opinion, so no words of wisdom are universally applicable. One thing he repeatedly told me is that taking it \u201cone day at a time\u201d is how he managed to be okay again, \u201cas corny as that sounds,\u201d he added with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Author: Jordana Colomby<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rob Michael has been a locksmith for 36 years. Like all professions, he had to start at the bottom as an apprentice for seven years before opening up his own company that lasted for 22. His wife took the business in the divorce along with his three kids who are the best thing to ever… <\/p>\n

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