Martti, who worked as an Ottawa Citizen copy editor for 22 years, crossed the line of denial in 2006 — admitting to his alcohol addiction — and entered the Newgate 180 treatment program via a client-corporate connection with the Ottawa Citizen, his employer at the time. The caring Newgate staff showed him the education-based path to sobriety, which he has sustained. Newgate later honoured Martti with an invitation to the Board of Directors, his being able to “talk the talk” after “walking the walk” overshadowing his admitted but improving limitations in the business of overseeing the Newgate operations. At the outset, it was Newgate that pointed Martti in the right direction. He has not looked back.