The job lifted his self-esteem. Marc was able to kick heroin, for the first time since 1964, in March of 1994. By September of 1994 Marc was not only a vendor for Spare Change News but he was the head of the Editorial Committee. He did both until March of 1996 and then he went back to vending and writing full-time.

Since then Marc has served as the Editor of the paper four other times and worked as a full-time vendor until 2003 while going to school to become a drug counselor.

Today, Marc vends the paper part-time, acts as the Poetry Editor, and authors a regular column in the paper. He has published a book, which will soon be available on the internet at Smashwords, about addiction and recovery. Marc says, "Spare Change News was one of the major elements that saved my life."

Marc lives with his beloved wife, Mary Esther, on a quiet street in Belmont. As the direct result of his writing being published on the internet, he was re-united with his daughter, Jasmine Tyler, in November of 2007. He had not seen her since 1985. "If it wasn't for Spare Change News, that wouldn't have happened. I thank God for the gifts in my life now."