Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time.

I plan to surf more - learn the way of the wave.

Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.

You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.

I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.