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My life has been CRAZY, yet 2011 was the most difficult year of my life.  In the past, I have overcome addiction, treatment, being attacked with a knife by my ex-wife, and a house fire.  I have had personal encounters with celebrities, acquired a maritime Captain;s license and traveled the world.  Being from a very small town in Ohio, it was unexpected to experience these things.  In 2011,I experienced the deaths of 3 very special people, I had knee surgery and subsequently lost my job, two days before my knee surgery, I found out I had skin cancer, I found another job and during the cancer removal procedure, I lost this job as well.  I was robbed and lost my briefcase, wallet and laptop, and then.....a tree fell on our house!  Oh....then, at the same time, I lost the love of my life, Lori!  All of this while maintaining sobriety.  I want to share with the world, that no matter how trying, horrible or unimaginable life can be, a person can overcome and beat any challenge they are faced with.  If my book, “The Lines on My Face”, can touch only 1 person’s life, then I know that my trials were for a purpose.