112 Doug Bopst | Felony to Fitness to Free

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Andrew East

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5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode, Doug Bopst shares his story of overcoming addiction and turning his life around through fitness. Doug is an award-winning personal trainer, author, speaker and podcast host. Those credentials and accolades are a result of his own transformation. He is a former felon and drug addict, sentenced to months in jail due to being found guilty of “possession with intent to sell.” He chose to use his time locked in that small cell to beat his demons and reinvent himself thanks to a combination of faith, family and fitness. Doug's website ▶ https://dougbopst.com/about-doug/ Follow Doug here ▶ https://www.instagram.com/dougbopst/ Doug's podcast ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXk7ZbTzv4Lnf8lxLnnTn If you haven’t yet, please rate Redirected and subscribe to hear more. And if you have someone you'd like to see on the podcast, send us your recommendations in the comments below! Follow Andrew here ▶ https://www.instagram.com/andrewdeast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I didn't think I was going to live to see my 25th birthday.
0:04.0	Because I just saw the trajectory of where my friends went.
0:08.0	I had several friends, and you'd die of drug or alcohol related deaths.
0:12.0	I saw all the people that I admired in the music industry,
0:15.0	die at an early age.
0:17.0	And I was like, man, this is going to be the way to go,
0:19.0	because myself confidence at that time was so low
0:23.0	that I was like, well, I'm not going to ever achieve anything.
0:26.0	What's it matter? I might as well just keep going down this path.
0:31.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
0:33.0	Today we have a treat. We're sitting down with Doug Bopes,
0:36.0	who has and shares an unbelievable story about some of the adversity
0:40.0	that he experienced early on in life,
0:42.0	and how that led him down this progression of drugs,
0:46.0	kept escalating until he ultimately got convicted of a felony.
0:51.0	Went to jail.
0:53.0	And in jail, he met a person who changed his life for the better,
0:57.0	believe it or not.
0:58.0	And so he shares this incredible story that you will not want to miss.
1:02.0	And now Doug shares his story through his podcast,
1:07.0	the adversity advantage, and impacts lives every day,
1:11.0	which is kind of cool to hear how things have come full circle for him.
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