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As you get older, you kind of take a more sober view of life.

Clarity affords focus.

Clarity keeps you from boredom.

If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.

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.

What's the point of staying sober?

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

What is important is not getting intoxicated with a good feeling or getting intoxicated even with an insight. These take many forms in our practice. We go through times of great release, where there has been physical holding for what feels like forever, and something opens up and releases.

I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.