Personal Life
Aames struggled with drugs and alcohol during the 1970s and early 1980s and it was during this time that he became a born-again Christian and an ordained minister.
Aames has been married twice. From 1979 to 1984 he was married to Victoria Averbach, with whom he has a son, Christopher. Then on March 15, 1986, Aames married Maylo McCaslin, with whom he co-wrote the book Grace Is Enough. Aames and McCaslin had a daughter, Harleigh Jean Upton, who is now an actress, appearing in the series The Missy Files and The Public Life of Sissy Pike. Aames is credited with having written and directed both. Aames and McCaslin divorced in 2009.
Since 2010, Aames has been working as a cruise director for Oceania Cruises.
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