I stopped drinking and using drugs in 1992 when I was 19. I started both too early. I started drinking again in 2002 and then stopped again in 2012. The last five years of alcoholic drinking were the worst years of my life.

I live in Geneva, Illinois. It’s a suburb of Chicago. I have two daughters and two cats and a beautiful girlfriend named Sara. I have a website: tcrbang.com. I post too many photos. I have a podcast, I hope you listen.

I write about whatever all the time. Write about my journey through recovery, about how I see things, and about people I bump into. Most of the time I don’t know what I’m talking about.