InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 47 | Page 40

The Redemption Song of Brent Loveday Words: Simone Jane Photography: Sean Hartgrove It was only a matter of time and one line was all it took. Brent Loveday’s year and a half of sobriety was down the drain. Addiction is cunning that way, though Brent admits he was white knuckling it without the support of a sponsor or meetings. Life had been going extremely well for the Tennessee native. His band Reno Divorce had just come off of a successful performance at the Punk Roll Bowling Music Festival, a goal they had been working towards for years, and they had just found a great booking agent for a tour in Europe. Until the celebratory cocaine binge in Las Vegas turned into a full blown relapse. 38 InkSpiredMagazine.com