From the Author:

At the age of nineteen while relating a few of my recent escapades to my younger sister and her friend, Beth commented that I ought to write a book. Combining the facts that I’m a storyteller, showman and comedian by nature with the eventful life that I have led, that scene has been repeated more than once over the years. A dramatic change in my life that began in 1978 convinced me that I should put my story on paper.

Raised in a marginally Christian church, disillusionment with the ugly mess of the world and the illogical, contradictory doctrines of the church drove me to atheism. Shortly after that I became a hard-core alcoholic and drug addict, and wallowed in that pit for over 18 years, living on the streets for the better part of 10 years, and was in jail over 100 times.

Fortunately, God was merciful to me and sent a friend who inspired me to start praying again. Almost certain that it was completely futile, I did so anyway because it appeared that I was destined to die young, and if there was a God, a miracle seemed very likely the only way that I would live very long or have any chance of ever being happy. At the point of death, Jesus revealed Himself to me, and since then I've been one of the happiest people that I know! It's now been over 33 years since God set me free from slavery to alcohol and drugs. 

This book tells the story of my amazing and harrowing journey from hell on earth, to what is often heaven on earth, and the One who kept me all the way.