In this podcast, we report an interview with Tony which we call 'Tony Sounds Off'.
It's all about what it takes for a young man to achieve the type of high-quality sobriety that he has attained by surrendering. Yes, surrendering.
We learn the following:
- It took Tony three serious attempts before he threw in the towel and sincerely asked for help. He was one of the lucky ones by his own admission, as his mom was with him all the way. Most alcoholics don’t sober up for any length of time. A hard truth.
- Relapse happens not because alcoholics are stupid. They happen because alcoholics don’t understand the power of this disorder.
- To have any chance of recovering, alcoholics need to surrender their old ways of thinking and begin to believe in a bigger and better idea than the one that says: “I’m in command here”.
- Accept that if you don’t drink today, you will achieve permanent sobriety, because it’s always today.
- Tony invites any suffering alcoholic to: “Come and join us on a journey where you will find freedom from drugs and alcohol in the loving principles of Alcoholics Anonymous”.