Jim Norton

Jim drove a forklift at a warehouse, while at night he would go to open mic nights.
Jim went into rehab at the age of 18, for alcohol and drug abuse.
Jim attempted suicide when was 18, by cutting his wrist. He says it wasn't a real suicide attempt, but more of a an attention seeking action.
Jim often talks about a dream he had as a child involving the members of the band KISS beating him up, throwing him down stairs, and then comforting him afterwards.
In his October 2007 HBO special, Norton told a joke about America's poker craze in which he admitted that he was a recovering alcoholic and addict.
Jim has mentioned many times that he completed rehab at age eighteen and has been sober since.