the orange county choppers family. what you probably don't know is he's also a recovering addict. >> reporter: grinding, blowing things up and building bikes, that's what paul tuttle senior does best. but there was a time that his future didn't seem so bright. >> kind of started early drinking and getting high. back then you think that stuff is going to go away as you get older. it gets progressively worse. >> reporter: as a young guy, he and his buddies hit the sauce early and often. >> i could drink a quart of whiskey at lunchtime and then go back to work. >> after years of giving everything to alcohol, he realized it all came down to a simple choice. live or die. >> i was pretty fortunate that i