Once a personal trainer, a man from California lost his way through alcohol addiction. However, hitting rock bottom lent him a new perspective. Today he’s been three years sober and is an inspiration to his family and many others. “I shouldn’t be standing here right now,” Jerold Maghoney marveled, according to the San Joaquin Valley College Blog. “No one is promised tomorrow.” Jerold first tried a sip of beer at the age of 12 on a fishing trip with his father. Growing up around addiction, Jerold continued drinking as a teen, and alcohol wound up becoming a daily coping mechanism. “Drinking made me feel good about myself,” said Jerold, whose friends called him “Jerry” at the time. “I was battling obesity, and everyone was picking on me.” Drinking subdued Jerold’s perpetual hangovers, and by the age of 26, he knew he was beholden to the bottle, drinking over a fifth of …