The Train From Airdrie Station
A memoir of music, addiction, mental health, and resilience.
An expat from small town Scotland to big city Toronto.
"I write about the memories of a time in the 60’s, as a child immigrant to Canada, from a small town in Scotland. How the culture we found here affected us, and me ultimately, mostly through music.
I write about my addiction, something that took hold of me for over thirty years, how I used alcohol (mostly) to deal with and mask my depression and mental health challenges. I write about how I came out the other side, alive, and still upright.
Sobriety is when the real work starts.
I am a songwriter, musician and podcaster as well.
A speck of dust in the universe with access to a keyboard."
The Train From Airdrie Station
Airdrie Station.
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"I knew one thing now for sure now sitting on that platform, waiting for my train. You cannot live in the past. It was funny. What a revelation. I had travelled across the sky, across the ocean to sit in a place we once left to finally understand. You cannot live in the past."