Interview'My Life Had Been A Party All Over The World': A Few Things About Getting Clean and Sober Without The 12 Steps
Welcome to the second installment of "A Few Things About", an interview series with fascinating characters, exclusive here at brandonsneed.com.
Evan Morgenstein recently tweeted that he had been clean and sober for a full year. This is remarkable for two reasons: one, his life revolves around giving people a good time, and people have that good time most commonly by getting not sober. And two, he didn't go through the usual 12 Steps program to make it happen.
Evan is the president and CEO of several integrated companies that focus on representing talent and corporations. He’s started six companies since 1997. He’s a self-described “prototypical Type A control freak." He says, "I live for the excitement of closing new deals. Not the money. It’s being in the throws of negotiation that fuels me.”
And yes, that's him with Buzz Aldrin above.
So without further ado, here's Evan, about life as a newly sober partygoer.
'A Few Things About....': An Introduction
It seems like every week I run across someone through Twitter or Facebook or who knows where else who has lived something amazing. Their stories don't always make for magazine material, but it's not their fault, and honestly, they probably should be featured somewhere.
So ... ta-da! I'm giving their stories a place to live here at brandonsneed.com.
I'm calling it "A Few Things About....". Basically, I explore awesome things people are doing and then share them with you awesome people. I'm starting this because, among many other reasons, I just love great stories. I don't really have time here to spend reporting and writing the epic features I am starting to work on for magazines, but this is my lifeblood, man. The concepts in these stories, the characters, the lessons, the fun, the good and the bad, the tears, the redemption—I live for this.
I posted the first installment on Friday. It was a look at minor league baseball through the eyes of my younger brother, Kramer, a pitcher in the Yankees' organization. He bribed me with tickets to his games. I'm so easily corrupted. Also, I was really interested in that life. I was once chasing it. I also knew that many like me have dreamed such dreams, so I knew you'd like hearing about it.
My next one will be about