NEW HIP BOOK –
May 24, 2022 – I’ve told my story a lot for audiences in recovery but writing it all down was different. When you share those kinds of stories to a group of former drunks, everyone can relate to some extent – although most people in the audience were probably not involved in crime! Getting it all down on paper involves opening up to a wider audience who might not understand what it means to have a problem with addiction, so it’s a little more nerve-wracking.
I could remember all of the things that happened but hadn’t really stopped to put things in perspective and examine the feelings or motives behind my actions. That’s where John and Dave helped me to find this and put some sort of digestible order to my story. When someone tells their drunkalogue it’s really a record of their insanity.
Going back over the details can be a roller coaster but it is important to be real about it because it can give hope to someone else who might be struggling and has not found an answer yet.
How was your experience in “Blue Bloods”? (I love that series)
“Blue Bloods” is one of my favorite experiences so far as an actor. It was my first time traveling to New York to film something and I got to work with some of the people I grew up watching on TV back home in Ireland. As a teenager, I loved watching “Oz.” Robert Clohessy played one of the guards on that show. When my parents went to bed I used to get up and make fake IDs while watching “Oz on TV.”
Then, almost 20 years later, I’m in New York beating up Robert on camera.
