One Hour At A Time with Mary Woods

Guest: Brixton Key    In a fascinating interview Brixton will discuss his unusual upbringing as well as the U.K. music scene in the 1960's, a time fueled by drugs and rock and roll.  He will talk about dysfunctional families, what it was like working for the British music weekly Melody Maker; becoming Chris Isaak's music manager in America, getting a second chance at life (his battle and recovery from heroin addiction as well as a life-threatening brain aneurism), and his semi-autobiographical book Charlie Six.  More info can be found on his website www.whereischarliesix.com Brixton Key was born in Isleworth, England in the 1950s to a party-loving Mum and an errant Dad. Expelled fromboarding school, which he attended on a scholarship, Brixton landed a gig with the British music weekly Melody Maker,writing under the name of Mark Plummer. He left for America to manage Chris Isaak in the 1980s, guiding the pop idol and actor's career as MTV started ruling the airwaves. In the 90's Brixton suffered a life-threatening brain aneurism. After he recovered, on the advice of his stepson he began writing fiction. Brixton lives with his girlfriend Josephine in a downtown San Francisco loft. In the late night hours he reads his favorite authors under skyscraper shadows, and works on his sequel of theCharlie Six trilogy, There Ain't No God Here. The purpose of these Internet podcasts is to increase awareness about recovery from substance use disorders and mental illness and to decrease the stigma and increase awareness of the discrimination that exists for people with substance use disorders and mental illness.  Our hope is that people will understand that recovery is a process and that there is treatment that is as effective as what is being used for other chronic illnesses.

WestBridge Community Services is a private non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the recovery of individuals and families that experience co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. All WestBridge programs utilize evidence-based treatments to help participants and families achieve their goals.