He grew up in what is now Silicon Valley to a hard working business family. He was always the black sheep but never doubted his strong Catholic roots and excellent parochial education. He would tell you that he was an alcoholic from his first drink but that the disease took a long and winding road. He spent many years running the family business, working 100 hour weeks and trying to raise four kids while doing very little drinking. As the kids grew up and the business learned to run itself Mike took the liberty of reintroducing himself to heavy drinking and within a few years was drinking to stay normal. Whether miracle, good values or God directed coincidence, one momentous night he got on the phone and landed in the lap of Betty Ford. Mike’s been around about 8 years and still has a few wrinkles but he’s working on them.