Today I will talk about the process and path of a person moving from being a "normie" to using drugs and alcohol and becoming an addict.
In this episode, I talk with Brad Jensen, the founder of Key Nutrition, and is in recovery. He comes to us today to talk about how fitness and health have positively impacted his sobriety. Brad also talks about his struggles with sobriety. He'll talk about his experience, his awareness of the three pillars to life, and how he can assist clients with his coaching to be more successful on the path of sobriety.
Struggling with anxiety and ADD from age 12, he tried alcohol as a release and found drinking worked to relieve his stress. Additionally, he was overweight and was picked on by friends. By age 14, Brad jumped into reading books on health and fitness and was hooked on his health class at school. He remembers wanting to look like a bodybuilder on the cover of a magazine, then realizing that alcohol would not let him achieve his goal and quit drinking. At the end of his sophomore year, he was fit, but still had anxiety and was presented with opiates at a party.
Even with a stable family situation and a good life, Brad fell into drugs and alcohol. "This wasn't supposed to happen to a guy like me," he says, recalling his stable family life. Brad continued bodybuilding, along with his heroin addiction, until he finally ended up in prison for an extended period.
Listen in to find out how Brad denied his addiction for years, how he recovered from his long-term addiction in November of 2012, and the best thing his parents did for him during recovery. Brad also talks about how the loss of his grandfather affected his recovery from addiction.
Show Notes:
Links and Resources:
287 - Step Eleven: Time to pray and meditate!
286 - Roseway Recovery: Sober Living for females
285 - Should I work the 12 steps more than one time?
284 - Are you new to sobriety? Erik shares how he helps others, especially the newcomers!
283 - I CAN'T identify with Alcoholics Anonymous!
282 - Let's continue to take personal inventory! Step 10
281 - RRC Alumni Jaclyn shares her story of recovery!
280 - Ryan Burgess: His addiction led him to crossing the ocean
279 - Step 8 & 9 Let's make some Amends!
278 - Step Six and Step Seven combined
277 - Eddie got sober at 21 years old! Here is how he did it....
276 - Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature our wrongs
275 - Don't make these mistakes when getting sober!
274 - Step Four: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
273 - Step 3: Made a decision to turn our WILL and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him
272 - Sex and Money: Could these cause you to relapse?
271 - How to embrace Spirituality, 12 Steps and Church to amplify your sobriety: Brave's Story
270 - Step Two of Alcoholics Anonymous: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
269 - Alcoholics Anonymous: The History and Step One
268 - My story of alcoholism and addiction: How I recovered
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