The Ties That Bind Us
A sober Langhorne Slim builds a beautiful ‘Mansion’ out of the ashes
For the longest time, even during his first go-around with recovery, Sean Scolnick — the artist known as Langhorne Slim — felt a bit like a British explorer from the 1920s, hobbling his way across the Tibetan plateau toward the ultimate summit. Despite the majestic views of every peak scaled, little else mattered, he said,…
Read MoreThrough sobriety, songwriter Brad Warren finds gratitude even in tragedy
In April 2020, Brad Warren was on top of the world. That month, he celebrated 15 years of sobriety. As half of The Warren Brothers, he and his brother, Brett, had built a songwriting career that commanded enough Nashville respect that they could call up any number of hitmakers and pitch a song or a…
Read MoreFourteen years into sobriety, ‘keep coming back’ pays off for Trey Lewis
For country star Trey Lewis, there’s a particular sobriety cliché that’s served him well throughout his career. “Keep coming back.” It’s a familiar saying to anyone who’s attended a 12 Step meeting trying to get a handle on a drug or alcohol problem, and it’s usually followed by the refrain, “It works if you work…
Read MoreNimai Larson finds growth and beauty in sobriety’s Second Surrender
When Nimai Larson first came to the rooms of recovery, surrendering to the process the first time around was relatively simple. It wasn’t necessarily easy — giving up the security blanket of drugs and alcohol that have become a panacea for the slings and arrows of life lived on its own terms is often a…
Read MoreThree chords & the truth: In recovery, Tim Easton gets more real than ever
Courtesy of Michael Weintrob Like a hungry dog drawn to the assurances of warmth and sustenance, singer-songwriter Tim Easton circled the fires of sobriety for a while before he finally found the fortitude to emerge from the shadows. For roughly a decade, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, he was able to avoid…
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