Rock musicians in recovery
Sobriety forms the backbone of LAPÊCHE couple’s relationship and rock
LAPÊCHE is, from left, David Diem, Jeff Gensterblum, Krista Holly Diem and Drew DeMaio. (Courtesy of Kate Hoos) If it doesn’t bend a few rules, can you really call it rock ‘n’ roll? If it hadn’t been for Krista Holly Diem, singer and guitarist for the New York-based indie outfit LAPÊCHE, and her husband —…
Read MoreDaniel Wieten of The Omega Experiment finds serenity in simplicity
For years, Daniel Wieten told himself he wouldn’t turn out like his mother. Family relationships are always complicated, even more so when addiction hovers over every interaction like an invisible harbinger of doom. As a musician whose band The Omega Experiment has explored those nebulous concepts through a sonic barrage of progressive rock with psychedelic…
Read MoreRichard Jankovich of Big Mother Gig pens an ode to sobriety on ‘Gusto’
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…
Read MoreSoraia’s ZouZou Mansour makes the most of her ‘gift of desperation’
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…
Read MoreWaylon Reavis of A Killer’s Confession: ‘I live every day proud’ because of recovery
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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