I grew up in New York. When I was drinking I heard about places like the Jersey shore, but it may as well have been on the moon. I could never figure out how people got places in the world or in life and never knew the questions to ask or even who to ask.

   On my only trip to Fire Island, I came out of a black out sitting in front of a fireplace with a man and a woman and they were talking to me about a menage a trois. I was so young and naive, I thought it must be a french dessert. Then I found out I was the dessert. I ran out of there into the dark of night, not knowing where I was, how I got there or how to get home. It was the one and only time I called a family member to rescue me. Other than that, they had no idea the insane life I was living as I hid it well.

   This lost confusion lasted until the Grace of God entered my life and I looked at the vodka bottle on my kitchen table and realized I didn't have it, it had me. It was  a moment of pure clarity with only an ember of life left in me at barely 27 years old. I knew I was a few months past my expiration date. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Jim Morrison had all died at 27 years old. I was on the edge. There were no blue flashing lights, ultimatums, court orders, weeping relatives, only me and that moment when I whispered "God help me". I needed no special address, ritual or costume for Him to hear me. That was the day I was born, March 7, 1975.

   I am taking a group to South Africa August 2017. I will take my people by rail, air, boat, elephant and foot to another continent. I know things now. I have been all over the world and taken my fellowship family with me, loving it and loving them every step of the way. To say I am a Concierge Host is an understatement. From rocking weeping brides on my lap to pushing wheelchairs to the airport in Mexico, I am here to minister to my people in a way that most are not built for. I know what it's like to be lost and I know what it's like to be found. No one who travels with me will ever be lost.

   Because I am sober,  I can go anywhere on the planet. I know how to get there from here and I will help all those who don't know and we will all celebrate in ways that others just don't understand. They know there is a magic to us, but they can't quite figure out why we are so damned happy when we don't drink. The Bonus Round continues to be amazing!