Drug and alcohol addiction is a pressing problem in today’s time. But if we have to look at the positive side of life, we can never deny the fact that more and more people are reaching out to end the problem in ways they know. Now, an Ohio radio station provides ‘oasis’ for listeners recovering from addiction. Cleveland-based reggae musician David Smeltz says he first started using alcohol and drugs heavily while touring in the mid-1980s. “A lot of musicians, including myself, were … closet dope fiends and alcoholics,” said Smeltz. He said he used “alcohol, heroin, crack cocaine, all sorts of pills … anything that made me feel good.” Click here for more information. Smeltz has written on his blog that “it wasn’t until alcohol and dope stopped working for me and started working against me that I became uncomfortable enough to think there may possibly be a problem.” He pledged to stay clean in 2001 and now helps others who are in recovery or want to get clean, themes he also takes on in his music. In 2011, a friend told him about Rock and Recovery, a new program on a local public radio station addressing addiction and recovery through music and positive messages. That led to Smeltz performing at annual fundraisers for the show, which also airs his songs.
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