Being introduced to music at a young age has given me some of the greatest gifts in my life. At first, just having music played in the house to later playing drums with my first band in high school, music gave me an outlet and built relationships that would last a lifetime. Relationships that included drugs and alcohol. In high school, I had no aspirations to be in a rock n roll band like my band mates. I just wanted to do the normal “thing”- which was go to school, get a job

Someday the dreaded day will arrive. The day I have to explain to my children that daddy is an addict. I have never played this situation out in my head before. My kids are three and a half years old, and I figure I have a little time. So as I write this, I will be improvising the situation. Let me start by saying this. As of today, the day I write this blog, I am 3 years and nine months clean and sober from drugs. Now when the day comes that I have to explain to my children