"My first breath was Jack & Crack - Now I'm 44 yrs sober!" School of Rock Bottom 31: Tom Clarke-Hill

44 years sober. Yup, you read that right. Tom Clarke-Hill is an actor and musician from California and he speaks publically, with raw honesty and TONS of humour, for the first time about what was happening when he was 25 years old suffering from addiction and alcoholism and his life was falling apart. 12 steps later, Tom is happy, joyous and free for over four decades and he shares precisely how he did it and how he maintains his recovery. Tom proves that recovery is real freedom, that you can have the most fun in your life sober and that you can get through ANYTHING without the want or need to drink or use drugs. Tom has so much wisdom for anyone who is sober curious right through to those with chronic alcohol use disorder - and also those working in performing arts Tom has tons of valuable insights! He also had me cracking up from his amazing voices! A real joy ❤️ More - Tom is voiceover royalty, the voice of Kellogg's Tony The Tiger with currently 128 credits on IMDB! Robert De Niro has 127! These include: Fantastic Beasts, Sniper Elite, Robozuna, Timesplitters, Terminator, Batman, The Witcher, Wakfu, Alien, Transformers, Lego City, Sonic, I could be here all day... ❤️ Topics - 0:00 Intro 3:00 Tom's rock bottom & recovery 13:50 Coming out of denial & alcohol as the solution 17:45 Keep it simple stupid! 21:20 Do you need to believe in God to do the 12 steps? 25:30 How can you have fun without alcohol? 28:15 Dating in recovery 30:50 You can get through anything sober 35:30 Don't project! 37:37 Has Tom ever been close to relapse? 39:05 Perfectionism, self loathing and being an actor 43:00 Just for today! 49: Live in the moment! 50:20 Zero alcohol beer? 53:10 Heavy drinking vs alcoholism 55:45 Final thoughts For anyone struggling with addiction Tom suggests reaching out to 12 step fellowships. For example: AA - https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk NA - https://ukna.org CA - https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk This Podcast is not for profit but my goal is to break even. To help me make more please donate here. Thank you! https://bit.ly/3kSucAs Follow Tom Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tomclarkehill Follow Oliver Instagram - https://bit.ly/3IemHLY Facebook - http://bit.ly/3w8S1Gx TikTok - https://bit.ly/3YGLsYm LinkedIn - http://bit.ly/3kp4ymC Threads - https://bit.ly/3svw7yL X - http://bit.ly/3GQYj2l Listen or watch on: (please subscribe/follow & rate/review) Spotify - https://bit.ly/3Q4p60n YouTube - https://bit.ly/3w5RtEI Apple - https://apple.co/3PajZvQ