our mission
The Way 2 Recovery started in 2003 with the mission is to provide education, prevention, treatment, and support to all those affected by addiction, abuse, mental illness, and co-occuring disorders, focusing on veterans as our priority. Please consider supporting us today!
Meet us
Rev. Jim Noone
President & Co-Founder
I've been involved with recovery for 30 some years. I am the President and Co-Founder of The Way 2 Recovery, and I serve on the boards of two veterans' organizations. With the help of other veterans I have been leading a drug and alcohol meeting at Marworth for close to two years. I also spent years doing 12-step Christian church service at Marworth.
This work is about Jesus and His church. The Way 2 Recovery exists to share an avenue to freedom through Jesus — meeting people wherever they are and walking with them toward lasting recovery.
I have experience doing Christian recovery, and I keep pointing people back to God. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
Dave Ulkoski
Vice President & Co-Founder
Dave Ulkoski is a Disabled USAF Veteran who worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 30 plus years. Dave has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2002. He is the Clinical Supervisor for Valhalla Veteran Services, which also provides clinical services to our veterans, first responders, our local fire department, and others. Dave has been a follower of our Lord and Savior Jesus since 2004.
Jim Sable
Secretary
Jim Sable has been a firefighter for 37 years, serving on a busy engine company. He has been trained in Peer Support by the International Association of Firefighters, and serves on a local team. He is a member of the recovery community, a Certified Recovery Specialist, and has Crisis Intervention Team training. Jim is a faithful Christian, and volunteers his time with several organizations.
Patrick Gilhool
Treasurer
Hello, my name is Patrick Gilhool. I'm a person in long-term recovery and I work as a CRS at the Recovery Bank. My sobriety date is December 2, 2022. I am not a veteran of the armed forces, but I'm no stranger to fighting a war within self and have been for over three quarters of my life. My daily life consists of helping others like me fight their own battles with addiction, both at work and on my own time, as I'd hate to see anyone suffer as I did for so many years. I grew up Catholic and fully converted to Christianity while at a Salvation Army ARC in Syracuse, where I was saved. I wrestled with addiction for about 12 more years before getting arrested and gradually coming back to Christ. I have accomplished a lot since getting sober and look forward to accomplishing even more through Christ, who says all things are possible through Him. And I'm happy to serve wherever I am needed.
POWER
Principle 1: Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
“Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor.”
(Matthew 5:3)
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.
I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.”
(Romans 7:18)
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