Thomas V. was born in Austria to parents who had recently lived thru World War II. He quickly rebelled against their old world values joining the protest movement and discovering booze, weed and psychedelics all of which eventually led to... heroin. He managed to wean himself off smack with a liter-a-day booze habit that he later mitigated with hard labor. It was only when his girlfriend got pregnant with their first child and he started to attend some twelve step meetings that he got sober. Since then he has lived a varied life - running a relocation company, going to grad school, and building in Brazil. He is currently finishing the law degree he started in his 20s so he can become an advocate for the poor.