Thank You Heartbreak

“This is the biggest I’ve ever become,” is the humble admission of author and musician Billy Manas. And yet, the sobering reality that "this is me" is as exhilarating as it is baffling for Billy, an addict turned rockstar recover with a book deal to his name. Joining Chelsea 8 minutes in, Billy speaks with an intelligence that can’t be taught—it must be learned and earned—and the candor of a man who has nothing to hide because his life today is one to embrace, celebrate, and even teach. He gets real about when he felt most alone in life, the first dream he had for himself as a sober man (spoiler: meet a woman, have a family, and make $1k a week versus $300… and to do this without a college degree), the only thing that can keep someone clean if they’re living in a world of lack, how you find your calling, the visceral experience of angst, writing being the North Star toward appreciation and resolution, being deprived of sex from a loved one, and the almost effortless way he got through a breakup with