008: Nate, who has 5 years sobriety and is about to become a father, shares his amazing journey
Recovery Elevator
Paul
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2015
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Paul climbed Machu Picchu in 2014 while sobering up and the trek mentally and physically kicked my butt. In 2015, he dominated the trek becuase sobriety was with my every step of the way.
In this Episode Paul talks about speaking to the girls in the Peruvian Promises program, which is part of the non profit Peruvian Hearts about the topic of alcoholism. Although none of the girls in the orphanages and the Peruvian Promise program are alcoholics, several of their parents are. Portions of the donations submitted through the website and mobile app will be given to the Peruvian Hearts program in addition Paul will be organizing a trip in 2016 to the volunteer again.
Paul speaking to the girls of the Peruvian Promise program
Paul and Nate hitch hiking in El Salvador in sobriety! You can tell it's a little warm at the time this photo was taken!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Recovery elevator, episode 8. |
| 0:02.8 | But in the end, it's 100% on you. |
| 0:05.6 | It's a decision that you need to make for yourself. |
| 0:08.7 | You need to become accountable and look yourself in the eye and say this is what I need to do. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the Recovery Elevator Podcast. My name is Paul and I'm excited to be here with you. |
| 0:24.0 | At the time of this recording on April 8th, I have been sober for seven months and one day, |
| 0:29.7 | according to my Recovery Elevator Subriety app app available on the iPhone and Android platforms. |
| 0:36.5 | Now episode 7 and 8 will kind of go together so if you haven't heard episode 7 and you've got |
| 0:42.4 | the time go back and listen to episode 7. |
| 0:45.0 | It's basically where I was drinking all the way until I met up with the kids that I was going to be a chaperone with on the trek to Machu Picchu. And Recovery Elevator, I just had one of the most |
| 0:56.1 | amazing weeks of sobriety in my life. To start, I made it to Cusco- Peru |
| 1:02.3 | sober. |
| 1:03.4 | That's right I recorded episode 7 in the airport in Lima |
| 1:07.4 | where last year I was getting shit-faced |
| 1:09.9 | but I made it to Cusco sober. |
| 1:12.1 | I had arrived there one day before everybody else was going to get there. |
| 1:16.0 | And the first thing I did was check in in my hotel, drop off my belongings, get into a taxi cab, |
| 1:21.1 | and head off to an AA meeting that I had looked for the schedule on the internet. |
| 1:25.6 | Now AA and Cusco is a little bit too anonymous. |
| 1:29.4 | It took me four cabs in about three and a half hours before I first found an AA meeting. |
| 1:35.2 | For the first three taxis I would get dropped off, pay the solle, and then go knock on the door, |
| 1:39.6 | or inquire about the address that I was at for the AA meeting and they would say |
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