Elias and fellow speakers at the Capital City Pride event in Des Moines, Iowa.
Elias and Loretta Stone spoke about their addictions, self destruction and the power of naming pain to invoke change.
In a commitment to making books more accessible, Elias donated 125 advance copies of his memoir to Little Free Libraries throughout the Midwest, distributing 25 books each in Des Moines, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; Wichita, Kansas; and Peoria, Illinois.