SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser recently spoke with Sweden’s RockSverige, where the musician revealed “I quit alcohol almost a year and a half ago now, and I feel clearer.”
Andreas was asked if his quitting the booze was because it was becoming a problem for him or simply to improve his health, to which he replied: “Both. I realized I was a slave to alcohol. Every situation where I had to choose a restaurant or what type of traveling I would do with my family, what kind of social thing we’d go to, alcohol was the biggest element to make the choices. Like, ‘In this land, they don’t serve alcohol, so I don’t want to go there.’ That type of stuff. It didn’t matter if I was with my family or great friends — alcohol was heavier than anything else. I realized I was really losing myself because of that idea [and the] choices [I was making]. I was really having this dark shadow making the choices for me. It was getting in the way of my relationship with everybody — my family, my friends and with myself. Then I quit from one night to the other.”
He continued: “It was very clear once I realized I was a slave to alcohol, which path I had to follow. I made the decision and I feel great. I don’t feel any urge to drink. I love drinking — don’t get me wrong — but I did it already. I know what it is and I know it’s very dangerous as well, especially with the style of life I live — backstage parties; everything is free and easy to get. You have to be very careful with that kind of situations, and I’m glad I made this choice. I’m at peace with myself with that. I didn’t make any promises to anyone or any saint or to any situation. It was a choice I had to make. If I made a promise to something, I would put all that responsibility to that promise and not to myself so I have to face that and really embrace the choice and I feel great.”
Andreas added: “Alcohol is very dangerous, but like I said, I like drinking.”