027: From Addict to World Changer with Anna David

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Once a serious addict, Anna David wanted to die. She was isolated, hated herself and turned to drugs like cocaine to numb the pain of childhood trauma. Starting alcohol at age 12, her life spiraled into a lonely life of addiction as she tried desperately to mask her pain.

After a life altering event forced her to face the true music of her addiction and choices, she decided to enter recovery.

18 years sober now, Anna David is now a New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author of two novels and five non-fiction books about addiction, recovery and relationships.

She’s been published in The New York Times, Time, The LA Times, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Vice, Cosmo, People, Marie Claire, Redbook, Esquire, Self, Women’s Health, The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Salon among many others, written about in numerous publications, including Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entrepreneur, Allure and Women’s Health and has appeared repeatedly on The Today Show, Hannity, Attack of the Show, Dr. Drew, Red Eye, The Talk, The CBS Morning Show, The Insider and numerous other programs on Fox News, NBC, CBS, MTV, VH1 and E.

Anna speaks at colleges across the country about relationships, addiction and recovery and has been a featured speaker at three different TedX events. Through her company, Light Hustler, she helps creatives share their dark to find their light—through coaching, writing, workshops, retreats, online courses, a podcast, a storytelling show and more.

Join us today as Anna David shares ALL and shows us how she continually LEVELS UP creating everything from nothing.

In this episode, you will learn:

How to get sober and begin your rise to the top
How to not allow your past to define you
The art of sharing your dark to create your light

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned high performance coach.
0:07.2	When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing?
0:11.0	How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or we've had a big setback?
0:15.2	On this podcast, I'll be talking to some of the most inspiring and courageous men and women on this planet who, at their
0:20.9	worst, learned how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible, leveling up and
0:26.9	creating everything from nothing.
0:32.2	Once a serious addict, Anna David wanted to die.
0:36.3	She was isolated, hated herself, and turned to drugs like cocaine
0:39.8	to numb the pain of childhood trauma. Starting alcohol at just the young age of 12, her life spiraled
0:46.6	into a lonely life of addiction as she tried to desperately mask her pain. Now, after a life-altering
0:53.2	event forced her to face the true music of her
0:55.5	addiction and choices, she finally decided to enter recovery. 18 years sober now, Anna David is now
1:02.6	a New York Times and number one Amazon bestselling author of two novels and five nonfiction
1:08.2	books about addiction, recovery, and relationship.
1:16.4	Join us today as Anna David shares all and shows us how she continually levels up,
1:18.2	creating everything from nothing.
1:21.4	Today I've got my friend Anna David.
1:24.0	I'm so excited to be interviewing you, Anna. Anna and I met at a dinner party and we just had like this nonstop
1:28.7	shitter chatter. We have so much to talk about. And I didn't even realize her powerful story until
1:33.8	later. And I thought I've got to get you on my podcast. So thank you so much for being here,
1:38.1	Anna. Thank you so much for having me. I mean, truly, when you bond over wanting chocolate
1:42.9	cake, where do you go from there?
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