Guitarist Mark Morton Celebrates Sobriety
The Lamb Of God guitarist is celebrating six years of sobriety.
“I woke up this morning (12/27) with 6 years clean & sober,” Morton wrote on social media. “This comes after decades of drinking nearly every day & with the final 10 years of that compounded by an aggressively progressive opiate addiction that almost killed me.”
Morton credited Slash (Guns N’ Roses) with helping him along his recovery journey “He was very compassionate, very kind and made himself available to me with some insight and perspective that he shared.”
Morton co-founded Lamb Of God (initially knows as Burn The Priest) in 1994.
“I’m writing this just in case someone out there who feels as hopeless, helpless & crippled by addiction as I once did might read it & start to believe that recovery IS possible,” Morton added in his post. “You can get clean & live a life beyond anything you’ve ever dreamed of. Find an alcoholic or addict living in recovery. Ask them what they did. You’re worth it.”
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