161What are the rewards of staying
sober?
Fuck, man, it’s endless really. If someone
would have told me at 24 when I had been
up for days getting high in some fucked
drug den what the next 14 years would look
like if I got sober, I would have said bullshit!It’s all been a gift from the program, the
people in it and God. That’s not to say life is
always easy, but you get the tools you need
to deal with it as it comes, good and bad.
What advice would you give to
someone who wants to quit?Reach out to someone. There’s a lot of
good people out there that want to help.
Find a program, ask someone whose had
a similar experience and has put their life
back together. Ask ‘em for help if you like
what they have to offer. Take their direction.
Oh, and do the shit you don’t want to do.“I’VE HAD FRIENDS
AND A FAMILY MEMBER
LOSE THEIR LIFE
OVER THIS SHIT”
Gap to crooks, over the gate.
From misery to SOTY, AVE
always puts in the workPHOTOS: SHERBERT