SHR # 2695:: Becoming A Happiness Warrior - Eric North - Almost twenty years ago, a few days before Easter of 2002, North was in the end stages of an almost ten-year abusive relationship. Life had lost its magic--he was mostly depressed, lonely, and very disconnected. He had lost his job, lost touch with his family, and had been living in a succession of cheap hotel rooms with an abusive partner. Living with an alcoholic or addict would be hard enough, but a physical and mental abuse adds an even deeper soul-destroying hell. After a particularly violent event, he felt his inner strength return and knew that he would do anything from that moment on to change his life. He left right then with nowhere to go, an unpaid hotel bill, and barely enough money to survive for another day. As desperate as things were, he knew that he was going to turn his life around. On that day, the blueprint for what would become his new life as the Happiness Warrior was forged.