"Not a straight line." | Episode 126 - Tony 1 Year

Tony celebrates 365 days sober by telling the story that got him there.Born into a chaotic and unconventional family, Tony grew up surrounded by addiction, poverty, violence, and contradictions. Determined not to become what he saw around him, he instead found himself following a path that led through cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, Burning Man, heartbreak, toxic relationships, grief, caregiving, and ultimately alcoholism.What follows is a brutally honest, often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking account of a life spent searching for belonging, identity, acceptance, and escape.From Phoenix to San Francisco, from the desert playa to a jail cell, Tony shares the events that led him to his first year of sobriety and the lessons he learned along the way.This is a story about survival, accountability, recovery, and what can happen when the person you finally stop running from is yourself.One year sober. One extraordinary story.