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It’s All Rock and Roll Thoughts and meditations from Greg McFarlane

Back then, rock and roll was sex, drugs and music. Back then, in my heaviest using days, I was touring with my band, my brothers, playing more than 250 gigs per year, rolling with the punches the only way I knew how. And even then I can recall thinking that someday I would be clean. Back then, the desire to be clean and sober was there, but it was always tomorrow. Now I see that the best time to get something done is right now. I spent 35 years on the road chasing the dream of being a rockstar, following the reckless path of my heroes, ignoring the often tragic destinations that their paths of consumption and indulgence led to. After exhausting all physical, emotional and spiritual stamina on the road, I found myself on the doorsteps of a 6,000 sq. ft. building that would become my home and ours. In 2005, I remodeled it as a bed and breakfast, and when I got sober, the purpose of the house shifted. 46

“The times are exciting. I see miracles every day.” -Greg McFarlane owner New Heights Sober House, LLC