Born and raised in Norway to a maritime family I sought a Civil Engineering education in the United Kingdom. My problematic attitude towards alcohol made my journey hard and arduous over a period of 12 years, a journey that brought me around the world in different professions before I finally completed my studies in 1972 at the age of 33 and started working in London the same year. In my mid-20s I had decleared myself an atheist, but God did not stop saving me from death when I could not help myself under the influence. In 1975 I got married in Florida and we had two children. The second was b more...
