January 13 will make 8 years sober. I just woke up that morning and said to myself I can't do it anymore. Later that afternoon I gave my life to God and entered detox where I spent 5 days. Three hours after being discharged from detox I got a call to play music again. I explained my situation to the guy and he assured me no one in the band drank. (They didn't). And that band led me to make connections to the guys I am currently playing drums with which is by far the best band I have ever played in which is saying a lot considering I have played since I was 12 and will be 57 in a few weeks. I also quit smoking back in May of this year after smoking since I was a teenager. I feel better and am enjoying myself more than I have in decades!! Playing better too. Salvation and sobriety are the two best gifts I have given myself. As I kept hearing in Detox........an addict has 3 possible destinations........Locked up. Sobered up or Covered up. Rock on and God bless you Brad and everyone on this channel.
Can only speak for myself, but I think a lot of us have ocd or are on the spectrum and making music scratches that itch. In music, everything is in order. Everything is in time, in key, the harmonies, the melodies all make sense, the words rhyme and usually tell a story that at the end is wrapped up in a nice little bow, all in under 5 minutes. Life is all over the place and to someone who's brain is wired for music, it can be frustrating. Drink and drugs are like a credit card, borrowing happiness and peace of mind against the future. Meditation, prayer, exercise, serving others and working on your craft is like earning money as you spend it. It takes discipline and a few false starts sometimes, but I promise, it's worth the effort. God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Musicians and liver damage go hand in hand. The most important message to musicians - right here. Keep stepping on the good foot and fight the good fight, Brad.
Thanks Brad. Great topic. Great job to Dave, everybody here on this channel, Brad, and the musicians who got got sober. Thank the Lord, I'm coming up on 30 years of sobriety on Thanksgiving Day.
I will be celebrating 38 years of sobriety this year on Christmas day. Recovering from heroin, cocaine, and alcohol addiction was not easy. However, since being sober I have earned Electrical Engineering degree and have over 15 world class guitars and amps. Best thing I have ever done was to get sober.
It's weird for me. I went dry when I turned 21. It was after I came out my 2nd year as a music major at Snow College. I realized how lucky I was ot fall in with great musicians and actually take the guy's chair and become the Jazz guitarist, take music theory, have my originals band as an independent study and do concerts. I realized how much time I was wasting on the weekends instead of writing and practicing and how competitive it was becoming in 1980, 81 I was done. The best decision I ever made.
I have seen addiction destroy many musician, bands and families and I salute everyone who has conquered the disease and become a testimony to others.....Salute my brother and sisters.
I am very blessed in that aspect and never struggled with addiction but I played with people that did. Praise God for the ones who can beat it . Life is too good enjoy it fully and sober.😎
Very important topic today. Many here in my city have been sober from their crazy music days 80’s & 90’s early 2000’s. My first bar gigs were were at 17 years old & drinking age was 21. Barkeeps would hush hush a ginger ale or 7Up / Sprite with either vodka or gin. No beer , shooters at all so the bar owner manager would not get wise although they probably knew. It’s was more so should & if the cops show up to check on ID’s underage drinking & herby type stuff. So weird that I was a musicians guild member to play these joints, sign a contract & but no alcohol. So if wasn’t the police checking for Smokey joes & minors it was the Sargent of Arms from the union checking on valid union ID, contract with the bar / club. Lucky for me I resisted a lot of stuff, music was the drug. Even the bands back them. We never went on buzzed as we worked too hard to get gigs & honed our performance chops. But Lordy mama that haze post gig in the cars driving at 400am to our pizza burger joint breakfast joint.😬🙄😵💫🤣
Hey Brad. Even as a local musician who played in a few bar bands I've seen a Lot of damage from alcohol and cocaine. I'm not a drinker and I'm too poor to do coke. I was always the designated driver. I could nurse one beer all night but after a while I would get a hangover before I finished my beer. No big loss. Saw lots of people sell all their stuff for coke. No thanks. The biggest heartbreak, you can't force a person to quit, they have to learn for themselves. Unfortunately some people don't make it or end up in jail. I know people that went through AA ,others who gradually quit. Whatever works. Some people can never party again. Great video.
Important topic. What a joy it is to feel music as strongly sober as it once took a bunch of bong rips to feel it. Then eventually you can’t even feel the bong rips or the music. I hear a lot of people say they are “California sober”. Whatever’s clever man, it’s not the worst chemical. But don’t kid yourself, the weed, the dabs, the ice, the vapes,these days are strong af. You ain’t sober. I tell friends if they are going to off themselves, or beat the💩out of their kid’s stepdad or something… go smoke a joint. But, If they just want to get feelin better when you feeling no pain… if they are just afraid of their own emotions without a crutch… challenge yourself. Sober is a superpower.
Excellent video Brad. I did my share of partying back in the day. I'll be 58 in January, and know people older than me who still live that life style. Since I don't, they want no part of me anymore, like I'm a boring person or something. I look at it like this, they were never really friends to begin with. Oh well, I know who my real friends are. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family Brad and keep rocking like always!!!
During and after the 1960's, everyone was steered into the "Party" lifestyle. Even identifying as a "partyer." No wonder there are so many casualties. Man, your stories are fun. I want to know more about this topic, because many pros end up single, no family, no retirement. Part of the extraction process that would be interesting (advice video idea), told in your humorous style, is when you met your wife while partying hard, how you handled that situation. How long did it take to wake up, or when did you know you had a serious opportunity to bond with her heart, and pull yourself away from the spin? That's a Bad Brad makes-good story! Perhaps you've seen when people are looking for help, but being played.
Dude! I saw Glenn Hughes open for yngwie last year, and I have known about his years of struggle and sobriety. I swear, during Glenn's last song I watched him go to the side of the stage, grab a very large bottle of what seemed to be whiskey / Scotch / vodka, and bring it to the middle of the stage to his microphone. He raised his bottle to the entire crowd, the entire crowd cheered, and he took a giant pull off of the very large bottle. I cannot forget this, he's such a tiny man, such a big bottle. Then he was a little goofy finishing the show.. I was quite puzzled.. no judgement, I love Glenn hughes, saw him again this year.
@@badbrad they do make sparkling water in quite large bottles.. and it could have just been me see things when I thought that maybe he was acting goofy afterwards, totally possible. This was in San Antonio, opening for yngwie, so I'm sure other people could attest.. but Dude! Glenn's guitar player, Soren Anderson, is like the Danish Joe Satriani!! I think Glenn records all of his albums in Copenhagen at Soren's studio. Soren also partners with Danish Mike Tramp from White Lion. You got to check him out! He's a new favorite!
The entertainment business is a tough business when it comes to this issue. Even for the local weekend warrior cover band players. I've witnessed friends and bandmates struggle over the years. The lifestyle was the main reason I chose not to become a professional musician when I was in my 20's.
Congratulations to all who have put the work in and been able to turn your lives around. I've been friendly with someone who played in this great rock and well known band..He's been an inspiration to so many. Not because of the fame but how he's been there and helped so many. That's what recovery does for you. Puts your heart and soul out there for others. No matter where you came from. We're all the same, one addict helping another. It only gets better.
It does but it's all worth it. I'd be dead like some of my friends and others. Instead I have a good life, I'm there for others and celebrate 31 yrs clean on Dec. 14. I'll take that.
February 2 will be 7 years sober. It landed me twice in mental hospital, a car crash that took the doctors a good minute to find my heartbeat, destroyed relationships and pushing away my love of guitar. I quit cold turkey, honestly my wife and listening to Alice Cooper story about being sober .
Nothing better than being sober, alcohol doesn't make you happy, it just caused horrific damage. I'm not against a class sometimes but not every week. I don't think I have drank any alcohol in more than a year because just one class makes me sleepy so I don't even care about it.
I think that's why Izzy Stradlin won't really tour or do a live guest appearance. Whatever his bottom was, it was bad enough to wake him up and get clean, and still holds terror for him.
38 years here. Never missed it but the one thing was hard was dealing with old friends that wanted to go out for a drink. They would say just drink pop. They didn't get I didn't want to go to a bar anymore.
Every thing you said is true in the Music Business Bro. From Garage Band to Jam sessions to Clubs to Professional World Tour. I went through 95% of what You said Drinking, Girls, Tripping on LSD and Shrooms Drugs, smoking Pot. Pills-Valium. I am now Officially retired from Live Bands. I have 42 Years on Drums and percussion. My live career went from age 16 to about 27 because of Heart Problems i quit. Other issues came into play. I never gave up into my 38th year i found Warren Huart my Producer. Now I work at my own pace and LOVE IT!!! Warren has hooked me up w/ some Top Notch World Class Musicians. Everyone from Hollywood to Nashville to NYC to London. I am Clean and Sober since 2005 Thanks Be to GOD. I was Healed by GOD. 🥁🎧📻🌠🌟🌞
@@badbrad Thank You for putting things into perspective for me and many others. Because of Health Reasons I had to turn Down American Tour as the Drummer in a Beatles Tribute Band" The Fab Four". Ironically I'm currently working on a Beatles cover Tune w/ Warren Huart-Aerosmith's producer on Guitar and Steve M. on Keys from "TOTO". We are doing Day Tripper. I just cut it 2 hrs ago and currently mixing it. I'm not a slave to the whole addition thing anymore. Music is not a pain in the ASS anymore its really Fun and enjoyable. I prayed for a way back into Music then I found Warren.Thanks be to GOD. I Hope other Musicians find the Peace and Sobriety they deserve.GOD Bless
I know it 's hard to admit, but when you have clear mind and you're 'clean', it's when you fly the highest ! There's nothing like reality ! + there's a lot material you can't play in altered states... Think 'Zappa' ... No mind altering substances needed ! Reality is underrated ! Take care all, stay Human!
Don't forget the 27 club. I saw too many talented friends have heart attacks and die in their early 20s. Whiskey and cocain. Or worse than the fate of instant death, watched my cousin with mad guitar skills have a stroke that robbed his ability to play any instrument. He in turn watched as his bandmates went on to successful careers. He was the best in Detroit with so much potential. Fast forward to now. I have people who are amazed thinking I look 20 years younger than I am. No dude I don't think so. They just look like hell because they put sugar and alcohol poison in their bodies. Entertainment and arts are all about illusion. Real life is not. Stay grounded and realize you are worth more than fitting in a crowd of bad decisions. I hope you reach many Brad.
Matt sorum is on a podcast a couple months ago, I can't remember which one, they all run together, and he was saying when they shot November Rain he was so coked up it wasn't funny and the last half of the video you didn't see him because he went to rehab, was what he was saying. I'm paraphrasing of coarse. I'm not sure that he said it was the last half, but he was missing During certain sections of that video
Good for him getting sober. I'm happy that all of the guys from guns and ris a seem to have got out of hard drugs at least and are doing well and didn't die from drug/alcohol abuse like many musicians did.
Layne Stayley. Chris Cornell. Shannon Hoon. Tom Petty. Prince. Robbin Crosby. Keith Moon. Brian Jones. Bon Scott. Just goes in and gets n brother. Good video video Brad.
Grats to all the Coin folks and 12 steppers and so on with big long sobriety victories! I just want to say: Those conventional methods work for most very well. They made my @#$% teeth itch though. I got healthy & clean decades ago because a sensitive therapist knew I needed something like Replacement Therapy. Don't stop looking if it doesn't feel right. You got this! After all, you'd be a crap guitarist if you didn't stay clean! ;-) HF.
I wish I would’ve discovered Al DiMeola before Ozzy and Crue… I had it in my head that to be the musician I wanted to be I had to party hard af. I could’ve spent more time practicing my instrument instead of getting f’ed. I was a dumbass.
@ and I now know I probably had my chance at fame. Living in Ft. Lauderdale I met a dude that owned a backline company. He told me all about the perks and responsibilities and then sometimes you’ll have to go to parties with famous people and sometimes you’ll have to do things… “you know it’s okay to be bisexual”… “Mick Jagger is gonna love you”. I’m pretty happy with the decisions I made and not being famous.
Don't call it spirits for nothing. I still have a drink now n again but when performing or jamming I get so high doing it sober it's like tripping. The sounds turn to colors. I get chills.. Glass of wine before bed. Trying to heal a fatty lover from.hydroxodone abuse and I'm sure alcohol helped . Using dirt, moderation and supplements . Chaga and reishi mushroom teas inxorages myself because that's stuff is expensive. Milk thistle , dandelion root, turmeric.
One day I'll be a wharf rat. Ie: a sober deadhead. With that said, i do enjoy going to shows sober from time to time. Somehow I was able to quit booze cold turkey. Me no longer drinking is one of the best things to happen to me in my life
@juliadixon8465 wharf rat is 100% a song about sobriety. It's also what sober deadheads call themselves and they set up at shows under yellow balloons for those that need support
I remember Joe stopping in for a radio interview in Chicago in the 80's and he would brag about his duffle bag with whiskey in it. He said he couldn't go anywhere without it. I seen Joe twice from the front row....one of my all time favorites from the day.
Sobriety always wins in life overall, got 20 years last april. Alcohol is the only drug in which the withdrawls can kill you. You can die from too much obviously but also from not enough when stopping if your a true blue alcoholic.
Bill Ward’s story is so crazy. He dropped out of real life as a teenager and began his alcohol and drug lifestyle which eventually led to him homeless and panhandling on the streets in California. He never learned how to live life on life’s terms. No life skills, etc. he’s been sober since 1984 I believe.
January 13 will make 8 years sober. I just woke up that morning and said to myself I can't do it anymore. Later that afternoon I gave my life to God and entered detox where I spent 5 days. Three hours after being discharged from detox I got a call to play music again. I explained my situation to the guy and he assured me no one in the band drank. (They didn't). And that band led me to make connections to the guys I am currently playing drums with which is by far the best band I have ever played in which is saying a lot considering I have played since I was 12 and will be 57 in a few weeks. I also quit smoking back in May of this year after smoking since I was a teenager. I feel better and am enjoying myself more than I have in decades!! Playing better too. Salvation and sobriety are the two best gifts I have given myself. As I kept hearing in Detox........an addict has 3 possible destinations........Locked up. Sobered up or Covered up. Rock on and God bless you Brad and everyone on this channel.
Thanks so much for your testimony! What a story of redemption. Kudos to you!
Great job! Keeping it clean
Congratulations. God will ALWAYS have your back. ✝♥
Awesome topic! Sober is the new cool. I'm coming up on 3 years sober, wouldn't trade it for anything. Alice Cooper is my go to example.
Right on Bro!
Can only speak for myself, but I think a lot of us have ocd or are on the spectrum and making music scratches that itch. In music, everything is in order. Everything is in time, in key, the harmonies, the melodies all make sense, the words rhyme and usually tell a story that at the end is wrapped up in a nice little bow, all in under 5 minutes. Life is all over the place and to someone who's brain is wired for music, it can be frustrating. Drink and drugs are like a credit card, borrowing happiness and peace of mind against the future. Meditation, prayer, exercise, serving others and working on your craft is like earning money as you spend it. It takes discipline and a few false starts sometimes, but I promise, it's worth the effort. God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
God bless and Happy Thanksgiving!
Musicians and liver damage go hand in hand. The most important message to musicians - right here. Keep stepping on the good foot and fight the good fight, Brad.
Oh man!
Thanks Brad. Great topic. Great job to Dave, everybody here on this channel, Brad, and the musicians who got got sober. Thank the Lord, I'm coming up on 30 years of sobriety on Thanksgiving Day.
Right on Bro!!!!
@badbrad Thank you sir!
I love waking up feeling good in the morning!!
I hear ya!
I will be celebrating 38 years of sobriety this year on Christmas day. Recovering from heroin, cocaine, and alcohol addiction was not easy. However, since being sober I have earned Electrical Engineering degree and have over 15 world class guitars and amps. Best thing I have ever done was to get sober.
Wow Awesome!
@@robertbuffalo8287 congratulations that’s a monumental milestone man ! 💪⭐️
It's weird for me. I went dry when I turned 21. It was after I came out my 2nd year as a music major at Snow College. I realized how lucky I was ot fall in with great musicians and actually take the guy's chair and become the Jazz guitarist, take music theory, have my originals band as an independent study and do concerts. I realized how much time I was wasting on the weekends instead of writing and practicing and how competitive it was becoming in 1980, 81 I was done. The best decision I ever made.
Kudos to you brother!
I have seen addiction destroy many musician, bands and families and I salute everyone who has conquered the disease and become a testimony to others.....Salute my brother and sisters.
Thank you for the support!
DECEMBER 18 i get my 11 years.
Clean and sober . Life is just life in life’s terms now .
Much love bro ! Great topic ‼️
I salute you bro!!!
I am very blessed in that aspect and never struggled with addiction but I played with people that did. Praise God for the ones who can beat it . Life is too good enjoy it fully and sober.😎
Thank you!
Very important topic today. Many here in my city have been sober from their crazy music days 80’s & 90’s early 2000’s. My first bar gigs were were at 17 years old & drinking age was 21. Barkeeps would hush hush a ginger ale or 7Up / Sprite with either vodka or gin. No beer , shooters at all so the bar owner manager would not get wise although they probably knew. It’s was more so should & if the cops show up to check on ID’s underage drinking & herby type stuff. So weird that I was a musicians guild member to play these joints, sign a contract & but no alcohol. So if wasn’t the police checking for Smokey joes & minors it was the Sargent of Arms from the union checking on valid union ID, contract with the bar / club. Lucky for me I resisted a lot of stuff, music was the drug. Even the bands back them. We never went on buzzed as we worked too hard to get gigs & honed our performance chops. But Lordy mama that haze post gig in the cars driving at 400am to our pizza burger joint breakfast joint.😬🙄😵💫🤣
Man I hear and feel what your saying....
A friend recorded an album with Glen in the 90‘s. Was a huge thing for him, great honor. Fortunately I never was into alcohol.
I hear you!
Hey Brad. Even as a local musician who played in a few bar bands I've seen a Lot of damage from alcohol and cocaine. I'm not a drinker and I'm too poor to do coke. I was always the designated driver. I could nurse one beer all night but after a while I would get a hangover before I finished my beer. No big loss. Saw lots of people sell all their stuff for coke. No thanks. The biggest heartbreak, you can't force a person to quit, they have to learn for themselves. Unfortunately some people don't make it or end up in jail. I know people that went through AA ,others who gradually quit. Whatever works. Some people can never party again. Great video.
Wow! Thanks man. Hoping people can learn from this.
Love my sobriety. God saved me from complete wreckage. Thankful for everyday sober
Great Job!
Thank you sir
Important topic. What a joy it is to feel music as strongly sober as it once took a bunch of bong rips to feel it. Then eventually you can’t even feel the bong rips or the music. I hear a lot of people say they are “California sober”. Whatever’s clever man, it’s not the worst chemical. But don’t kid yourself, the weed, the dabs, the ice, the vapes,these days are strong af. You ain’t sober. I tell friends if they are going to off themselves, or beat the💩out of their kid’s stepdad or something… go smoke a joint. But, If they just want to get feelin better when you feeling no pain… if they are just afraid of their own emotions without a crutch… challenge yourself. Sober is a superpower.
right on green!
Cheech and Chong are still at the top of their game.
@@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine perhaps....
@ it works for some people.
Excellent video Brad. I did my share of partying back in the day. I'll be 58 in January, and know people older than me who still live that life style. Since I don't, they want no part of me anymore, like I'm a boring person or something. I look at it like this, they were never really friends to begin with. Oh well, I know who my real friends are. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family Brad and keep rocking like always!!!
Man you know it! Life's too short for fake friends! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
i was a Stright up druggy and alcoholic for years been sober since 2009
Glad to hear your testimony.
During and after the 1960's, everyone was steered into the "Party" lifestyle. Even identifying as a "partyer." No wonder there are so many casualties.
Man, your stories are fun. I want to know more about this topic, because many pros end up single, no family, no retirement.
Part of the extraction process that would be interesting (advice video idea), told in your humorous style, is when you met your wife while partying hard, how you handled that situation. How long did it take to wake up, or when did you know you had a serious opportunity to bond with her heart, and pull yourself away from the spin? That's a Bad Brad makes-good story! Perhaps you've seen when people are looking for help, but being played.
Well even in the jazz era, was plenty of drugs going around.
true Don....
Dude! I saw Glenn Hughes open for yngwie last year, and I have known about his years of struggle and sobriety. I swear, during Glenn's last song I watched him go to the side of the stage, grab a very large bottle of what seemed to be whiskey / Scotch / vodka, and bring it to the middle of the stage to his microphone. He raised his bottle to the entire crowd, the entire crowd cheered, and he took a giant pull off of the very large bottle. I cannot forget this, he's such a tiny man, such a big bottle. Then he was a little goofy finishing the show.. I was quite puzzled.. no judgement, I love Glenn hughes, saw him again this year.
hmmmmm?!
@badbrad maybe the large bottle Glenn Hughes drink from was not alcohol.. again, no judgement here, huge fan
@@seanmurphy26 Maybe it was sparkling water....
@@badbrad they do make sparkling water in quite large bottles.. and it could have just been me see things when I thought that maybe he was acting goofy afterwards, totally possible. This was in San Antonio, opening for yngwie, so I'm sure other people could attest.. but Dude! Glenn's guitar player, Soren Anderson, is like the Danish Joe Satriani!! I think Glenn records all of his albums in Copenhagen at Soren's studio. Soren also partners with Danish Mike Tramp from White Lion. You got to check him out! He's a new favorite!
In films, when an actor is supposed to drink whiskey, tea is substituted. He may have been pranking his bandmates.
The entertainment business is a tough business when it comes to this issue. Even for the local weekend warrior cover band players. I've witnessed friends and bandmates struggle over the years. The lifestyle was the main reason I chose not to become a professional musician when I was in my 20's.
Man I hear you there.
Great Video Brad 👍
Thank you Rich!
Sobriety is the best! I’m coming up on 21 years, my playing and performance is better than ever.
Right on.
Congratulations to all who have put the work in and been able to turn your lives around. I've been friendly with someone who played in this great rock and well known band..He's been an inspiration to so many. Not because of the fame but how he's been there and helped so many. That's what recovery does for you. Puts your heart and soul out there for others. No matter where you came from. We're all the same, one addict helping another. It only gets better.
That is awesome. It takes a lot of strength to change for the better.
It does but it's all worth it. I'd be dead like some of my friends and others. Instead I have a good life, I'm there for others and celebrate 31 yrs clean on Dec. 14.
I'll take that.
February 2 will be 7 years sober. It landed me twice in mental hospital, a car crash that took the doctors a good minute to find my heartbeat, destroyed relationships and pushing away my love of guitar. I quit cold turkey, honestly my wife and listening to Alice Cooper story about being sober .
I'm so glad you made it out!
Thanks for sharing this! so true.
I appreciate it!
Nothing better than being sober, alcohol doesn't make you happy, it just caused horrific damage. I'm not against a class sometimes but not every week. I don't think I have drank any alcohol in more than a year because just one class makes me sleepy so I don't even care about it.
Right on!👍🏻
I think that's why Izzy Stradlin won't really tour or do a live guest appearance. Whatever his bottom was, it was bad enough to wake him up and get clean, and still holds terror for him.
perhaps so
@badbrad hey, off topic... have you ever bought a husk of a guitar, and had it customized with your own choice of pickups, tuners and electronics?
@@pjbrown4736 Sure my main guitar on the road was a parts casters as were many of my secondary instruments....they can certainly come out very cool.
@@badbrad oh, very nice. 👍
38 years here. Never missed it but the one thing was hard was dealing with old friends that wanted to go out for a drink. They would say just drink pop. They didn't get I didn't want to go to a bar anymore.
Man I hear ya there....
Every thing you said is true in the Music Business Bro. From Garage Band to Jam sessions to Clubs to Professional World Tour. I went through 95% of what You said Drinking, Girls, Tripping on LSD and Shrooms Drugs, smoking Pot. Pills-Valium. I am now Officially retired from Live Bands. I have 42 Years on Drums and percussion. My live career went from age 16 to about 27 because of Heart Problems i quit. Other issues came into play. I never gave up into my 38th year i found Warren Huart my Producer. Now I work at my own pace and LOVE IT!!! Warren has hooked me up w/ some Top Notch World Class Musicians. Everyone from Hollywood to Nashville to NYC to London. I am Clean and Sober since 2005 Thanks Be to GOD. I was Healed by GOD. 🥁🎧📻🌠🌟🌞
That is an awesome story man!
@@badbrad Thank You for putting things into perspective for me and many others. Because of Health Reasons I had to turn Down American Tour as the Drummer in a Beatles Tribute Band" The Fab Four". Ironically I'm currently working on a Beatles cover Tune w/ Warren Huart-Aerosmith's producer on Guitar and Steve M. on Keys from "TOTO". We are doing Day Tripper. I just cut it 2 hrs ago and currently mixing it. I'm not a slave to the whole addition thing anymore. Music is not a pain in the ASS anymore its really Fun and enjoyable. I prayed for a way back into Music then I found Warren.Thanks be to GOD. I Hope other Musicians find the Peace and Sobriety they deserve.GOD Bless
Very good topic Brad !
Thanks for the support!
Powerful stories. Alcohol and drugs have taken many people out.
They have....
I know it 's hard to admit, but when you have clear mind and you're 'clean', it's when you fly the highest ! There's nothing like reality !
+ there's a lot material you can't play in altered states... Think 'Zappa' ... No mind altering substances needed ! Reality is underrated !
Take care all, stay Human!
I don't drink alchool, except for the occasional exceptional wine or champagne.
Right on Pedro!
Binging your videos, I enjoyed this one man. Good to hear this message, I enjoy a beer but I also enjoy real talk!
Thank you!
Don't forget the 27 club. I saw too many talented friends have heart attacks and die in their early 20s. Whiskey and cocain. Or worse than the fate of instant death, watched my cousin with mad guitar skills have a stroke that robbed his ability to play any instrument. He in turn watched as his bandmates went on to successful careers. He was the best in Detroit with so much potential. Fast forward to now. I have people who are amazed thinking I look 20 years younger than I am. No dude I don't think so. They just look like hell because they put sugar and alcohol poison in their bodies. Entertainment and arts are all about illusion. Real life is not. Stay grounded and realize you are worth more than fitting in a crowd of bad decisions. I hope you reach many Brad.
Thank you!!!
14yrs sober for me, now. I definitely could not be building guitars, if I was still drinking. Life is so much easier without the constant party.
Congrats man, that's awesome!
Sometimes sobriety is a long and hard road but the payoff is a fantastic feeling!!!👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯💜🩵💙🩷❤️🤍🩶🖤. Thanks for the insight Bad Brad!!!!
Absolutely!! 👍 thank you!
Matt sorum is on a podcast a couple months ago, I can't remember which one, they all run together, and he was saying when they shot November Rain he was so coked up it wasn't funny and the last half of the video you didn't see him because he went to rehab, was what he was saying. I'm paraphrasing of coarse. I'm not sure that he said it was the last half, but he was missing During certain sections of that video
wow
Good for him getting sober. I'm happy that all of the guys from guns and ris a seem to have got out of hard drugs at least and are doing well and didn't die from drug/alcohol abuse like many musicians did.
Layne Stayley. Chris Cornell. Shannon Hoon. Tom Petty. Prince. Robbin Crosby. Keith Moon. Brian Jones. Bon Scott. Just goes in and gets n brother. Good video video Brad.
Man....it's an immense list.
@ Sadly It sure is my man.
At my worst I was drinking 5 nights a week and passing out 5 nights a week, Im lucky to be alive
Wow glad you made it out…
Grats to all the Coin folks and 12 steppers and so on with big long sobriety victories! I just want to say: Those conventional methods work for most very well. They made my @#$% teeth itch though. I got healthy & clean decades ago because a sensitive therapist knew I needed something like Replacement Therapy. Don't stop looking if it doesn't feel right. You got this! After all, you'd be a crap guitarist if you didn't stay clean! ;-) HF.
Right on!
Congrats on a tough subject. There seems to be more awareness now.
I am glad!
Alcohol was never my thing. I appreciate the taste of some of it but one or two and I’m bored with it. That doesn’t mean I don’t understand.
I hear you!
I wish I would’ve discovered Al DiMeola before Ozzy and Crue… I had it in my head that to be the musician I wanted to be I had to party hard af. I could’ve spent more time practicing my instrument instead of getting f’ed. I was a dumbass.
We all fell for that one.....
@ and I now know I probably had my chance at fame. Living in Ft. Lauderdale I met a dude that owned a backline company. He told me all about the perks and responsibilities and then sometimes you’ll have to go to parties with famous people and sometimes you’ll have to do things… “you know it’s okay to be bisexual”… “Mick Jagger is gonna love you”.
I’m pretty happy with the decisions I made and not being famous.
@@bluglass7819 oh man.....
Don't call it spirits for nothing.
I still have a drink now n again but when performing or jamming I get so high doing it sober it's like tripping.
The sounds turn to colors. I get chills..
Glass of wine before bed.
Trying to heal a fatty lover from.hydroxodone abuse and I'm sure alcohol helped .
Using dirt, moderation and supplements . Chaga and reishi mushroom teas inxorages myself because that's stuff is expensive.
Milk thistle , dandelion root, turmeric.
I hear ya Jerry!
& there's something else, when you have the right girlfriend, that's all you need, no drugs no alchool, just a sane relationship!
with the right person, I don't even mind stop smoking...!
Man you know it!
One day I'll be a wharf rat. Ie: a sober deadhead. With that said, i do enjoy going to shows sober from time to time. Somehow I was able to quit booze cold turkey. Me no longer drinking is one of the best things to happen to me in my life
right on
Is that what the song's about?
@juliadixon8465 wharf rat is 100% a song about sobriety. It's also what sober deadheads call themselves and they set up at shows under yellow balloons for those that need support
Is it just me, or when Joe Walsh speaks does it sound like he is still drunk?
Yeah it's like permanent buzz.
I remember Joe stopping in for a radio interview in Chicago in the 80's and he would brag about his duffle bag with whiskey in it. He said he couldn't go anywhere without it. I seen Joe twice from the front row....one of my all time favorites from the day.
@@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine wow
Brad......What do you do for work?.....9to5?
TH-cam.
Sobriety always wins in life overall, got 20 years last april. Alcohol is the only drug in which the withdrawls can kill you. You can die from too much obviously but also from not enough when stopping if your a true blue alcoholic.
Man so true.
What is blabbermouth?
A website
31 years sober this past Nov 22nd
Awesome!!!!!
Bill Ward’s story is so crazy. He dropped out of real life as a teenager and began his alcohol and drug lifestyle which eventually led to him homeless and panhandling on the streets in California. He never learned how to live life on life’s terms. No life skills, etc. he’s been sober since 1984 I believe.
wow!