Getting stopped for drunk driving in those days might mean that your entire career was over then. Not today.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
I drank beer, and I had a career year.
People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I take them minute by minute, but I honor my commitment to stay sober.
I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.
When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.
I went out with some old friends and we were having fun. A couple of them were very intoxicated. When I went to leave, I refused to let them drive. So when I got pulled over, I was the driver.
I will never have a sip of alcohol and get behind the wheel again. Regardless if I'm 300% sure that I just had a sip and I can drive. It doesn't matter.
I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.
Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
I quit driving, I'm not retired.