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Most people spend their lives running -- from pain, from the past, from themselves.
Steven tried that. It didn't work.
From A**hole To Alright is the unfiltered memoir of a man who reached his breaking point and chose not to stay there. Raised in Queens, shaped by military service in the U.S. Navy, hardened by trauma, and nearly destroyed by a motorcycle crash, Steven was forced to confront a difficult truth: the survival strategies that once kept him afloat were now costing him his relationships, his presence, and himself.
This is not a story about hitting rock bottom and magically rebuilding a better life. It is a slow, honest reckoning with the patterns formed in childhood, reinforced through culture and institutions, and carried into adulthood unchecked. Patterns of control, emotional shutdown, avoidance, and survival masquerading as strength.
Through therapy, deep self-reflection, fatherhood, and lived experience, Steven begins the work of becoming conscious -- learning to notice what had been running his life, take responsibility for harm caused along the way, and choose a different way of showing up.
Anger.
Control.
Generational wounds.
Religious conditioning.
Emotional disconnection.
Survival mode.
And the trauma he both inherited -- and caused.
Each section of the book traces a phase of that journey: the formation of fear, the ways survival became identity, the moment those strategies stopped working, and the ongoing practice of staying present rather than running. This memoir does not offer formulas, quick fixes, or guarantees. Instead, it offers something rarer -- honesty without self-punishment, accountability without shame, and growth without pretending to be finished.
This book is for readers who are tired of pretending they are fine.
For those beginning to notice patterns they didn't choose but are still responsible for changing.
For anyone willing to sit with discomfort long enough to understand themselves more fully.
From A**hole To Alright is not about becoming perfect. It is about becoming aware.
Not about erasing the past, but understanding it.
Not about redemption, but responsibility.
If you are ready to stop running, look inward, and choose change, this book offers a grounded and human place to begin.
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