Charlie's battle with alcohol was intense and sobriety was allusive. He said, "I didn't know how I got sober, I couldn't figure it out; I guess it was never meant to be for me to figure it out. But it was a mystery, still is, when I speak at places where I go and when I see people, I say, 'I don't know how I sobered up.' And I just have to, I just have to say the Lord just come into my life one day and this is what came out of it."