Jack Maloney was born in Philadelphia, PA to alcoholic parents. He endured a turbulent childhood, suffering harrowing abuse and one trauma after another. He escaped his dysfunctional family by joining the Marines at age seventeen. He proudly served in the Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972 as a Radio Operator in South Vietnam. He worked twenty-five years for the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center Program and is a Clinical Social Worker and Addiction Therapist specializing in PTSD and substance abuse. Jack was an active alcoholic and drug addict for many years. He has been in alcohol recovery for the past thirty-seven years. His life is a testament of overcoming life’s most difficult challenges. Jack is a SURVIVOR turned THRIVER! His story, Little by Slowly takes readers from real loneliness and fear to an ever-living hope that we all need to thrive!