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PETER TORK - THE MONKEES - IRVINE, CA 3-21-98 Peter delivered this AA message in Irvine, California on March 21st, 1998. He speaks with both humor and sincerity. At the time of this talk Peter has been sober for 17 years. Before becoming part of the 1960s pop music band THE MONKEES, Peter was already married and getting a lot of prodding from his wife to do something about his drinking. When he finally got a chance to go on the road, he thought it was the ideal set up - he could drink all he wanted and not have to answer to anybody. It turned out that because of the hectic work schedule of the Monkees, he was only able to have two drinks per day, one before each show. This pattern went on for several months after first going on the road. Peter tells us that when he finally found the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, he was extremely grateful - he had never known that a place existed where you could go and share your problems and not be judged. He had previously spent three months in a federal penitentiary because of his addictions. He believes that all alcoholics are serving some cause. "There is no middle ground and no standing still. You are either working towards recovery or you working toward relapse. Even if you're on the right track, if you're not moving, you're going to get run over." "I got sober to live my life, now I live my life to stay sober." At the end of his talk Peter says, "I realize that I've not said anything about a higher power. But for those of you that have really been listening, you know I've actually been talking about nothing else. Thank you for my sobriety." Contents - 10 Tracks Length - 48 minutes |
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