Yeah I realize the 9 years clean may not be accurate. With all the other things he told me though, about stealing cars, breaking into houses, jail time, doing every drug except heroin and meth, and selling cocaine, I'm not sure why he would hold back on years in recovery. He did say he went back to selling cocaine about 5 years ago, and I was told that if he was selling he had to also be doing it. But my cop friend said that is not necessarily true. If he was selling to people who knew him he could have not used it himself. He had a daughter seven years ago and really has been an involved dad and has been interested in being clean for her and giving her a good life, unlike his own childhood. I assumed that helped keep him strong and clean these past nine years.