Ten years ago this weekend I launched a public health campaign with a few people you may have heard of. We decided to try and make talking about mental health cool and used pop music and rock and roll to reach people.
And it worked!!
Ultimately saved lives and got to collaborate with literally all of my musical heroes. Won a bunch of national awards. Program got adopted by public schools across the State. Just an absolutely magical time in my life.
Thank you to Sheila Hamilton, Sabrina Carpenter, Macklemore, Flo Rida, Kevin Bacon, Alice Cooper, Violent Femmes, Blind Pilot, Jack Antonoff / Bleachers, Madison Beer, Viola Davis, Third Eye Blind, Mike Doughty, CJ McCollum, Ryan Seacrest, The Dandy Warhols, Brendon Urie / Panic At The Disco, my forever homies and collaborators Portugal. The Man, and the hundreds upon hundreds of other bands, artists, authors, actors, and friends who joined me in the campaign over those years.
We did a big thing and I love you all.
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It has taken me days to accept that my friend Brent is not here anymore and I still can’t really find words for what this sweet man has meant to me and my own recovery over the years.
Beyond holding space as one of the few people I know who look hot with or without a beard — which I will gladly admit was what I noticed about him first and is VERY RARE — this handsome guy made space for me in Oregon’s recovery community when no one else would. He saw value in my journey from there to here, and he made sure other people knew it. He showed me respect in rooms I had been disrespected in and fought for me, and others like me who had carved their own path to recovery, to have a space at the big table. And it worked. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy to be here.
I think it’s hard for people who meet me now to picture me before I got into recovery, and I love that for all of us.
This month I am celebrating 17 years in recovery from an addiction to alcohol and cocaine that many of you who were around back then will remember lasted 16 years. It feels good to have now been in my right mind (and body) for longer than I ever was out of it. Proud of myself, and happy to be here.
Thank you to everyone who has allowed me to become something new in these nearly 2 decades since. You know who you are and I love you all.
