Connard HoganConnard struggled with his parents' confrontations as he grew up in Highland Park, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. He sought escape from the turmoil through school attendance and visits to grandparents. He focused on outdoor activities, including prticipation in sports, and set his sights on becoming an aeronautical engineer and astronaut.Childhood dreams waylaid, Connard dropped out of engineering school, and as a result of the draft, served in the US Army, including a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam.Following an honorable military discharge, he received a BS in Sociology and an MA in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling. As a licensed therapist, Connard worked twenty-five years treating alcoholics/addicts and those suffering major psychiatric disorders.An avid adventurer, Connard has traveled the world and ascended numerous mountains.As a child of an alcoholic and abusive father suffering PTSD, and a therapist treating drug/alcohol addiction, Connard understands the futility of codependent tactics, as well as the ravages wrought upon alcoholics/addicts. Married three times and divorced twice-though never as a polygamist-Connard believes the third time's the charm, while he's appreciative that suffering his adult-child-of-an-alcoholic temperament requires his spouse's dedication.Read more about Connard: www.connardhogan.com. Read More Read Less