You Can Get There From Here:
Part 12

Barry Buss

A few bounces landed me in Nashville.

After becoming sober, I bounced around a bit professional, eventually landing in Nashville, TN in 2018 to develop a new junior tennis academy. It was a bold move.

Being new in town and knowing all of two people, I did what all middle-aged single people do. I went to the app store on my iPhone and downloaded a dating site.

Fortunately for me, a lovely spirited woman from Iowa just happened to have relocated to Nashville about the same time I did and she downloaded the same app. And as our profiles appeared to one another, we both swiped right, resulting in a dinner date.

On one of our first dates, she came over to watch the final of the US Open. Turned out, she didn't know the first thing about tennis, had no idea who Roger Federer or Serena Williams was. Well, she does now.

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Growing up in Boston and Los Angeles, Barry became a national ranked junior player at the age of 12, and a member of the elite USTA Junior Davis Cup Team. As a college player he tied the legendary Jimmy Connors 22 match win streak at UCLA. He is now an independent teaching pro working in Franklin, Tennessee.

You Can Get There From Here

The harrowing tale of an American junior tennis standout's descent into alcoholism, addiction, bipolar disorder, and eventual hospitalization and his journey toward healing and recovery. Essential reading if you care about alcoholism, recovery and mental health, with competitive tennis forming the backdrop of Buss' life.

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