These are the topics we cover in our interview with Tomas, a young recovering alcoholic who travels the world for his music profession but doesn't stray far from his recovery program.
- Some people become alcoholics or addicts because they need substances to soothe the deep emotional pain caused by toxic family situations.
- When the whole family is sick, there are no rules by which to live "normally", and therefore no guidance as to what is right or wrong in the moral or ethical sense.
- The quest to understand what one is feeling is a great challenge for those who have had to stuff their feelings just to survive as a kid at home.
- The desire to belong is a powerful force and needs to be fulfilled for healing to begin. Belonging means the end of isolation and the start of a journey into the light.