226: Making the Decision (and Not Just a Choice) to Quit Drinking with Carlos Navarro

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Boys make choices, men make decisions”? What’s the difference? On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Carlos Navarro, who has a 20-year entertainment career that spans from radio, television, and film, to commercials and video games. He has acted on shows and films as The Walking Dead, The Outsider, Unbreakable, and Marvel's Hawkeye. Carlos is also co-host of the number one rated Orlando, Florida talk show, Monsters in the Morning.

Along with that journey, he was also struggling with alcoholism, until he finally made the decision to quit drinking. Listen in as Carlos walks us through his journey to sobriety and why he believes it's a moral obligation to share his story to help others. Carlos is frank about his past experience of drinking where he was just oblivious to how he was and the impact he had on others. Then he finally realized he needed to change and do something different. Sobriety has now become a big part of his life as he also helps others who may be struggling.

In this episode, you will hear:

Carlos’ addiction and recovery journey
Making a choice versus making a decision
The power of journaling and planning
Why willpower doesn’t work
Identifying the things you want and writing them down
The power of sharing your story.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addictive Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerlund, and I'm your host, and we are on to another episode. We have a wonderful guest today, Carlos Navarro. Now, Carlos Navarro's more than 20-year entertainment career spans the medium spectrum from radio,
0:24.2	television, and film to commercials and video games.
0:27.3	He's acted on such shows and films as The Walking Dead, one of my favorite shows,
0:32.1	The outsider, identity thief, Unbreakable, Kimmy Schmidt, and Marvel's Hot Guy on Disney Plus.
0:38.4	Carlos is also co-host of the number one rated Orlando Florida talk show, Monsters in
0:44.2	the Morning on IHeart Radio's Real Radio 104.1. So today, Carlos is going to talk about his
0:50.3	journey to sobriety and why he believes it's a moral obligation to share his story to help
0:56.1	others. Carlos is frank about how before in his experience of drinking, he was just oblivious to how he
1:06.7	was and the impact he had on others, to getting sober and realizing he needed to change
1:11.7	and do something different and how he does that now in the entertainment industry and how
1:18.0	sobriety is just a big part of his life and now how he takes that sobriety to help others
1:24.4	who may be struggling. So I loved Carlos, his personality, his strength, his directness.
1:30.7	It's just awesome and refreshing.
1:32.7	So I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it.
1:37.7	And if you're getting a lot out of the Addicted Mind podcast, please rate and review us in iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. I really do read them. They mean a lot to me. And they really help the Addicted Mind podcast. Please rate and review us in iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.
1:44.5	I really do read them.
1:45.8	They mean a lot to me.
1:46.7	And they really help the Addicted Mind podcast get found.
1:49.4	So I really appreciate that.
1:51.1	And now you can find us on Instagram at Addicted Mind Podcast where you can get a hold of us,
1:56.7	ask questions.
1:57.8	So check that out as well.
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