Kernochan, Wayne

[Wayne K]

Title: Street Life: My Story
Author: Wayne Kernochan
Publisher: Writers Amuse Me
Date of Publication: April 7th 2011
ISBN: 987-0-9868291-8-5
Format: E-book

The streets of New York City have always been dangerous and scary, but the introduction of crack cocaine increased the violence and multiplied the homeless population. You see them in doorways and on benches, disheveled and rank; if you notice them at all, you cross to the other side of the street to avoid them. Now take a look at the life of a street person from the perspective of one of the few who survived. Pushers and prostututes were Wayne Kernochan's only friends, and drugs were his escape. When given the opportunity to make money in the porn industry, it becomes nothing more than his next hit. The money never lasts, never makes a difference for more than a couple days. Yet through it all, he knows he needs to stop, and even seeks help, only to be told there is none. Gain new insight as he shares his highs and his lows in the quest for some semblance of a 'normal' life.

Link http://www.writersamuseme.com/waynekernochan.htm

[Wayne K]

Title: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School
Author: Wayne Kernochan
Publisher: Writers Amuse Me
Date of Publication: August 5th, 2011
ISBN/EAN 13: 1927044111 / 9781927044117
Format: Paperback

When Doctor M. Scott Peck suggested Elan to my parents, I was skeptical because the first program they sent me to was a drug program, and I had never done drugs. He assured us that it wasn't, and told me that Elan treated teens with emotional problems. He said that they had psychiatrists and counselors, and had activities, so I agreed to go.
What I witnessed was unbelievable. Elan was an asylum run by the inmates, and it's leader, Joe Ricci, was God. For more than thirty years I told people that I was in prison rather than the truth of what happened there. After you've read this book you will understand why.

Link: https://www.createspace.com/3653704