For 10 years, his costly habit held him captive and robbed him not only of his family and career, but also his health.
In 2000, at the age of 38, Desrochers’ doctor informed him that he wouldn’t live to see 40. A nervous breakdown and the concern of his parents and his then-girlfriend led him to the Bellwood Treatment Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he began to reclaim his life.