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Rock musicians in recovery

Richard Jankovich of Big Mother Gig pens an ode to sobriety on ‘Gusto’

By Steve Wildsmith | March 1, 2021
Richard Jankovich

Big Mother Gig is, from left, Micah Lopez, Albert Kurniawan, Michael Datz and Richard Jankovich. (Courtesy of the artist) The first Noble Truth of Recovery Dharma, the program that helped Richard Jankovich find a new way to live on the other side of a drinking problem, puts it plainly: “There is suffering.” Life as a…

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Soraia’s ZouZou Mansour makes the most of her ‘gift of desperation’

By Steve Wildsmith | February 22, 2021
ZouZou Mansour

It took getting sober for ZouZou Mansour to realize that the unending perils of a predestined destiny could be sidestepped by something as simple as the power of choice. It seems so simple, at least on the surface: Make new decisions. Choose different paths. Break free from the crushing weight of generational trauma, self-inflicted pain…

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Waylon Reavis of A Killer’s Confession: ‘I live every day proud’ because of recovery

By Steve Wildsmith | February 15, 2021
Waylon Reavis

For Waylon Reavis, recovery from his addiction didn’t come through 12 Step meetings or on a therapist’s couch. It came down to a simple choice: Did he want to get clean for himself and the love of his life, or was he ready to give up and surrender to the cold siren song of abyss?…

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Recovery rocks: Thursday’s Geoff Rickly celebrates a life free of heroin’s shackles

By Steve Wildsmith | February 8, 2021
Geoff Rickly

Courtesy of Carly Hoskins “When at the end of the road, we find that we can no longer function as a human being …” Those bitter ends: Oh, how Geoff Rickly remembers them well. There was a time when his band, Thursday, was considered one of the pioneers of the post-hardcore/emo boom of the 2000s.…

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Surrender to win: Musician, producer Steve Drizos embraces the ‘Axiom’ of sobriety

By Steve Wildsmith | January 18, 2021
Steve Drizos

Courtesy of Bill McAlaine For the bulk of his career, Steve Drizos has used his own musical talents to propel the careers of others, from his role as a drummer of both power and complexity, and his work as a producer at his Portland, Oregon, studio, The Panther. On Friday, however, he’ll release “Axiom,” the…

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