I’m James. Six years ago, I said goodbye to alcohol and devoted myself to self-discovery. Since then, I’ve experienced many ups and downs; except that the “downs” were a lot “higher” than the ups I enjoyed just a few years prior. My circumstances changed, I improved, my life got better, why did my life at certain times feel intolerable? Am I ungrateful to have problems in places where I didn’t have places before? I began to understand that my problems, are of my own making. I can become dissatisfied with almost anything.

Participation in a 12-Step program has been a tentpole of my recent development. The past 6 years have felt like both 6 minutes and 60 years rolled into one moment. In the past few years, I began to experience God, upon which I’m in the nascent stages of my own exploration.

I grew up in Queens, New York, went to undergrad in D.C., and eventually found my way to Naples, Florida after a brief detour in Portland, Maine. Basketball, talkie films, prestige tv and pro wrestling capture my gaze. Toys, vinyl records, restaurants and swimming capture my imagination. Bon Soir!