About Me

My name is Eric Glas.

I didn’t arrive at writing, education, or stability through a clean or impressive path. When people search my name, they may see arrests related to controlled substances, theft, and mistakes tied to addiction. I don’t hide from that. I also don’t live there anymore.

For more than a decade, I struggled with addiction — including methamphetamine and heroin. That struggle led to prison, broken trust, and years of repeating the same cycle while believing I could “figure it out later.” I couldn’t. What finally changed my life wasn’t motivation or inspiration. It was deciding that I was done living the same year over and over again.

I’ve been sober since June 28, 2023.

That date matters to me because it marks the point where my life stopped being about survival and started being about structure.

Where I’ve Been

Addiction cost me more than freedom. It cost me time, relationships, and self-respect. I put my family through hell — especially my mom and my grandmother — and that reality still sits with me. I don’t excuse it, and I don’t forget it. Responsibility was the first real step forward.

I grew up in a working-class, middle-class family. I’m an ’80s kid who remembers a time before constant noise and distraction. My biological father struggled with alcohol and wasn’t present in my life, though he was involved with my siblings. My stepfather stepped in and raised me as his own. He was a good man and a real father. He passed away a few years ago, and his example matters to me more as I get older.

My mom lives with Addison’s disease. My niece has KMT2B dystonia. Life didn’t hand my family anything easy, and watching them endure quietly shaped the way I see responsibility and resilience.

Where I Am Now

After getting sober, I didn’t look for shortcuts. I looked for discipline.

I earned a legal assistant certification, completed welding certification, and returned to school for computer science. I taught myself how to build websites. I built a dating site from the ground up. I started writing — not as therapy, but as a daily practice that forces clarity, structure, and follow-through.

Writing helps keep me sober because it requires me to show up, think clearly, and finish what I start. The same habits that rebuilt my life are the same ones I write about: consistency, boundaries, mental clarity, and rebuilding momentum one decision at a time.

As of now, I’ve written over 100 books, with many more in progress. They aren’t about overnight transformation. They’re about small, repeatable actions that actually hold up over time.

Where I’m Going

I don’t compete with anyone. I don’t chase appearances. I measure progress one day at a time.

People will always talk. Some people are uncomfortable when someone they remember struggling starts doing well. That’s fine. I’m not here to argue with my past or defend myself against it. I’m here to build something better than what I came from.

If you’ve been stuck before — whether because of addiction, failure, bad decisions, or simply feeling behind — you’re not broken. Change doesn’t come from wishing your past away. It comes from choosing a different structure and committing to it long enough for your life to catch up.

I’m not special. I just stopped quitting on myself.