David was born in Illinois and grew up in Indiana. When he was twenty years old, he moved to Oregon. Where he spent most of his adult life along the North Oregon coast. This is where he was introduced to learning how to frame and remodel houses and became a drywall hanging/finisher guru and maintenance mechanic and lots of surfing. Throughout David’s life he has had the opportunity to experience many things, good and bad. One of these experiences was becoming a wino. He is no longer a practicing wino and considers stopping this lifestyle as one of his greatest accomplishments. David has been playing guitar since a young age. He has played in many different rock bands. He has recorded and released six independent solo albums under the name Elbridge Fletcher. The first two albums are acoustic instrumental finger style guitar albums while the next four are singer/songwriter albums. He has been attracted to spirituality his entire life and tried many different religions. He is currently a practicing Buddhist along with an attraction to old Celtic religions. During the writing of this book, he was working as a substance use disorder counselor at an inpatient treatment facility. While going to college to earn a degree. David is currently taking a break from being a counselor and attending college. So, he can focus on getting his book published and promoting it. Nowadays when he isn’t working on writing he can be found living in Central Washington State and pulling weeds out of his garden. He also enjoys hanging out with his wife and two great dogs along with lots of exercise and daily mindfulness practices.