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A reality
check for the romance of “sex,
drugs and rock ‘n roll”: Many of the musicians who performed at the
legendary
Woodstock concert in 1969 are dead; the victims of drug and alcohol
abuse.
"Life
As you Know It "looks at this
other side of the Woodstock legend. It
revisits that era through interviews with some of the surviving
entertainers by
juxtaposing their experiences with those of contemporary artists
through the
filter of drug and alcohol abuse, addiction and recovery.
| "Recovery
is on-going. You can’t just do four weeks in treatment and go ‘well I’m
better’. The disease of alcoholism and addiction is lifelong…
there
is no cure. It doesn’t just go away in a month…" |
Gary
Melton
Stage Manager, Production Manager
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Mark Seaman
Percussionist
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"We come into
the program bankrupt in all areas of mental, physical and spiritual
health - so the process of recovery is the reverse of that... it's a
totally different life."
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"Anybody in a
recovery program has probably hit bottom to get there... and life can
be very painful, very lonely and very disappointing."
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Eddie Money
Singer
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