For sure, to be exact, one seventh of my patients never graduated my program.

Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.

Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but right away I found that not eating meat made me feel good about myself. It increased my self-esteem, which I found so rewarding, I wanted to do more.

My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love.

The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, 'Man, I could do a lot of good in the world. I can lead by example and just be this heroic recovery guy.' And that's just a bad reason to get sober. You can't get sober for anybody's benefit, let alone the world at large. You really got to do it for yourself.

What brings you closer to God is being in service to others. I think any religion or spiritual way of life will indicate that service to others will lead to a connection with a higher power.

I think some of those guys might actually be better off if they had more wussy in them.