A former alcoholic has found peace and focus working in nature, crafting unique, natural wooden canes and walking sticks from branches sourced from the woods behind his Maine home. He credits his craft with keeping him five years sober and counting.
Dana Frazier, 60, runs “Walk With Us Woodworking” alongside his grandson, Trevor Michaud, in their hometown of Poland, Maine. Originally from Massachusetts, Frazier was a confessed belligerent alcoholic for decades before finding sobriety and, a little later, a reason to stay sober.
“Once I started making the canes, that’s when I really became sober because I felt good,” Frazier told The Epoch Times. “I felt good about myself, I felt good that I was doing something for somebody else, beside myself. Now today, I can talk without arguing. I go out in the woods and it’s nice and peaceful, there’s nobody there but me and nature.”…