Today we are speaking with Preacher Jon Ruby.

After almost losing his life in 2005 on the streets of Ottawa Jon Ruby had finally hit rock bottom. The drugs he was using stopped working and he was unable to take his own life. He sought refuge in a homeless shelter and enrolled in their addiction treatment center and thus began his recovery journey. After treatment, his family was reunited. Back home with his wife and 2 children he began his journey on staying sober. To stay sober he realized that recovery was a full time gig and service to others was a big part of that. In 2006 he started working with men that suffered from mental illness and later within that organization transitioned to lead and develop the addiction treatment center that continues to serve addicts from all over Ontario today. In 2015 he went out on his own to start Union City Church and develop initiatives to build a healthy community that nourishes others on their recovery journey. 

He is the founder and educator at LifeLab and Ashes to Rubies and in 2018 launched their social enterprise called Carlington booch a kombucha company who’s mission is to ‘booch the gap’

Jon and his wife Vikki continue to stay sober by helping others and passing on the message that was so freely given to them. 

https://carlingtonbooch.com/

https://godzspeed.com/works/ashes-to-rubies/

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