Paul Silva is a writer of non-fiction and fiction. He is an alcoholic in recovery and who borrows from his experiences during that time in his spiritual recovery essays. He has a blog, Message In A Bottle, and a recovery podcast, Buzzkill. His first book is Longing For The Spirit. He has written guest blog posts for many recovery sites. He is currently working on his first true love, short stories, and is working towards his goals of getting published in literary magazines and publishing a collection of short stories in the near future. He lives in Toronto with his wife, two boys, and a dachshund named Bean.