Alcohol really wasn't a big problem for him until one terrible day when he made a drunken mistake that killed two people. In prison, Tim stopped drinking but it took years to process what he'd done and live with the consequences of his choices. He resented being forced to go to Alcoholics Anonymous, which he felt didn't support him, until he created an alternative program, inspired by his punk ethos, that allowed space for his skepticism about the role of outside power, agency, and religion in his life.