Sober 24 years since 9/2/1980, after he passed out in the highway median with a large stash of weed.
He woke up in the hospital, the police wanted to talk to him, he had just turned 21, and his dad was a cop.
"If any of us were any good at drinking we would still be out there."
In 1983 he started a 20-year career with the NYPD and had just retired.
He packs a lot into a short talk.
(38 min) (4.4 MB) (id#4783)