By 2011, Tor Eklund's life was, to put it mildly, a miss.

As a young 20-something, he dreamt of making it big in showbiz,

but at 32 years old, after a long stint as a production manager in New York on Broadway,

the glamour of theater had lost its luster.

I was trying to sell out, right?

And because I was like, what can I do?

At that point in your life, when you know, you're like, I need to make money and I need

to survive and I need to have a future.

Disillusioned, Toll traded the drama of Shakespeare for the steady paycheck of a junior

associate in a big New York City corporate law firm specializing in commercial and security's

litigation. On the outside, he might have looked like a success, but inside, he was anything

but it last about five years there.

I'm glad I did it, I learned a lot, but it made me an alcoholic.

It was miserable. I've never been so unhappy.

Tor decided to quit his job and become a criminal defense lawyer,

which he found to be a bit more

exciting than dealing with securities. The only problem was that he had absolutely no experience

in criminal law and couldn't get any clients. So as he was turning 40, Torres' life was basically

falling apart.

He was broke and alcoholic and his marriage was rapidly deteriorating.

But sometimes when you're at your lowest point, life has a way of throwing you a curveball.

And that was right about the time Occupy Wall Street was happening.

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