A memoir. A roadmap. A second chance.
Zero to Sixty: Rock Bottom to Victory is a true story of addiction, homelessness, recovery, faith, fatherhood, leadership, and the long process of rebuilding a life — one choice at a time.
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"Inside that tent with me were two things that mattered. A hatchet. And a little Gideon Bible. That Bible had become my life preserver."
"Rock bottom doesn't always look like a tent. Sometimes it looks like a marriage you keep blaming the other person for. A career that keeps going wrong. A habit you keep defending. Or simply the growing realization that the way you are living isn't producing the life you say you want."
"I used to move fast and go nowhere. All throttle, no direction."
Rock bottom was not the end of the story. It was the point where rebuilding finally became possible.
Looking backward over nearly a decade of rebuilding, Chris saw a pattern: lasting change did not happen all at once. It happened in stages — first learning how to be led, then learning to lead himself, and eventually learning how to lead and serve others.
The book follows the practical disciplines that helped reshape his life: self-control, reliability, coachability, competence, conscientiousness, confidence, and finally the deeper work of learning to truly see, hear, and love other people.
At the center of the story is the grace of God — not as a shortcut around responsibility, but as the source of hope that made responsibility worth taking.
"I wanted the victory. I just didn't want the process required to become the kind of man capable of carrying it."— Chris McHugh, Zero to Sixty · Chapter 1
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Chris is the author of Zero to Sixty: Rock Bottom to Victory — a memoir about recovery, faith, fatherhood, leadership, and the long process of rebuilding a life.
Drawing from his own journey through addiction, failure, restoration, and personal growth, Chris writes with a practical and deeply personal perspective on what it means to begin again. His work explores the small disciplines that shape lasting change — from self-control and reliability to learning how to truly see, hear, love, and serve others.
At the heart of his story is the belief that transformation is rarely instantaneous. It happens piece by piece, choice by choice, as God restores what once seemed beyond repair.
Chris is a father, leader, and active member of his church community in San Diego. Through his writing, he hopes to encourage people who feel stuck, defeated, or far from the life they were meant to live — and remind them that wherever their zero is, it does not have to be where their story ends.
"If you want to see what can happen to your life read on. Its raw, I felt the pain, a deep connection to what the Author was sharing... The end results of this story are nothing but amazing and truely miraculous."
"This isn't a story of an overnight transformation, it's a story of rebuilding... Raw, relatable, and ultimately hopeful, this book is a reminder that rock bottom doesn't have to be the end of the story."
Chris is currently welcoming invitations for podcast interviews, YouTube channels, church conversations, recovery-focused discussions, and other opportunities centered on redemption, rebuilding, faith, leadership, fatherhood, and second chances.
Whether the conversation is about hitting rock bottom, learning to rebuild one discipline at a time, discovering faith in desperate circumstances, or turning personal recovery into service to others, Chris brings the perspective of someone who did not simply study the subject — he lived it.
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For interviews, speaking invitations, book questions, or other inquiries, reach out directly.
chris@secondchancesolutions.fyi
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