"I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital. It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways. I mean, I run every day now. I never ran before. In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day."

Travis, now 35, admits he was battling a painkiller addiction for years prior to the plane crash. But not anymore:

"I can proudly say I didn't even take any pain medication after I got out of the hospital. They told me I'd be on some of the medicine for the rest of my life, but I got off all of them. They made me a completely different person."

One not-so-happy after-effect of the crash is his phobia to get back on an airplane and is considering hypnotherapy to overcome his fear of flying. Travis:

"Unfortunately I can't do as much touring as I would like because I don't fly. It's an obstacle. I'm working on it though. I'm trying to get hypnotized, trying to talk to a doctor who retrains your brain. Maybe he'll help me fly again one day. (...) I've never had this obstacle in front of me before. I love playing the drums. I love touring. It's so fucked."

You can read the entire interview rollingstone.com.