I am a Recovering douchebag.
I was deploying fashion, discourse, athletics, and other personas to manage a public appearance of physicality, status, expertise, and product.
I traveled the world on someone else\'s dime, enjoyed a college-degree-level career without a degree, and became one of many peacocking urban males populating major coastal cities, fancy office buildings, convention centers, hotel lobbies, bars, and restaurants.
As an ad executive, I was living an amazing life.
I am a Recovering douchebag