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Known to millions as the drummer of the Grammy Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish, Jim “Sony” Sonefeld once appeared to have it all — a successful career, a loving family and a public image that masked his private struggles. Beneath the surface, however, he grappled with inner demons.
“I moved from being a recreational drinker to habitual drinker to a medicinal drinker to full-blown alcoholism,” the 60-year-old artist told The Christian Post. “It's at this point that I am really faced with, what am I doing? How do I even deal with this? And it took probably four to five years of very painful, negative, dark times to find an answer.”
In 2004, Sonefeld decided to seek help through a 12-step program. Which, to his surprise, promoted the biblical principles he’d learned as a child.
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“I moved from being a recreational drinker to habitual drinker to a medicinal drinker to full-blown alcoholism,” the 60-year-old artist told The Christian Post. “It's at this point that I am really faced with, what am I doing? How do I even deal with this? And it took probably four to five years of very painful, negative, dark times to find an answer.”
In 2004, Sonefeld decided to seek help through a 12-step program. Which, to his surprise, promoted the biblical principles he’d learned as a child.
Continued below.
Hootie & the Blowfish artist on finding faith in addiction recovery, foray into Christian music
Known to millions as the drummer of the Grammy Award-winning band Hootie the Blowfish, Jim Sony Sonefeld once appeared to have it all a successful career, a loving family and a public image that
www.christianpost.com
