#278: The Ultimate Comeback: Rebuilding Life After Addiction with Donny Starkins

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Themes: Addiction, Comeback, Recovery, Healing, Sobriety, Personal Development, Transformation, Authenticity, Self-Love, Purpose, Grief Summary: In this episode, I’m joined by my good buddy Donny Starkins! As a former Division I baseball player, Donny’s journey into Yoga, Personal Development, and Mindfulness began after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has a decade of sobriety under his belt and has become one of the most dynamic leaders in his industry. He is a professional speaker, teacher, podcast co-host of Comeback Stories, and a personal development coach leading classes, workshops, and seminars all across the world. He’s the creator of “The Shift” Transformational Coaching, a 90-Day Personal Development Private Coaching program, and works one-on-one with some of the top professional athletes in the world on mindset, yoga, life coaching, and mindfulness. Join me for a powerful conversation with Donny about his battle with addiction, his comeback journey, and how he uses his experiences to inspire others to live their lives to the fullest. So much more than just an inspiring story about addiction and recovery—you'll be surprised at how many gems of wisdom are in here that you can apply to so many areas of your life! Discover: Donny’s 6-year battle with addiction and how he was able to take ownership of his pain, fear, and anxiety even after relapsing The mind and body connection and how important it is in the recovery journey The power of sharing and vulnerability in healing 00:00 Intro 00:56 The power of making a positive impact 02:32 Donny’s comeback story 07:17 Overdosing and AA meetings 13:45 Surrendering to recovery 17:48 Loss of athletic identity 20:41 Taking ownership of pain and addiction 26:03 The hardest step in recovery 28:31 The power of sharing and vulnerability in healing 34:46 Mind-body connection 41:05 Relapse and Sobriety 2.0 48:13 Finding freedom in sacrifice 52:16 Creating safe spaces 55:34 Tech addiction 59:26 The power of honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness Links: Instagram: @donny_starkins Website: donnystarkins.com Comeback Stories: comebackstories.com Sponsors: Cymbiotika | Use code GROVES at checkout for 15% off your first purchase at cymbiotika.com. (Save up to 45% off when you buy a bundle!) Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	I would wake up with anxiety and fear of like just dealing with the day.
0:03.6	It was about feeling normal.
0:04.9	Like what a breath does for me today is what the pills did.
0:08.4	And then I could step foot outside my door, not be afraid for a couple hours until the pills
0:13.6	would start to wear off.
0:15.0	And then the obsession of the mind would start to come again.
0:21.1	Hi, my name is Mark Groves, and I'm obsessed with understanding human behavior and why we do
0:26.3	what we do.
0:27.2	In this podcast, I interview the world's most brilliant minds and hearts where I get to explore
0:31.7	alongside you, every subject you can imagine relating to our human experience and how we relate.
0:37.1	It is my deepest intention that we all learn how to create human experience and how we relate. It is my deepest
0:38.0	intention that we all learn how to create the life and love that we've always dreamt of.
0:42.5	Now before we get rolling, make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any episodes
0:46.6	and one ask that I have. And an amazing way that you can help support the podcast is by
0:50.9	wherever you listen to it, giving it a five-star review and a written review. With all that
0:55.2	said, let's dive in and transform our lives. Hello and welcome to another episode of the
1:01.7	Mark Groves podcast. Today, I am joined by my good buddy, Donnie Starkens. Welcome. Thank you,
1:06.7	brother. It's an honor to be here. Dude, so happy to have you here. Your story. I think it's one of
1:12.4	the stories for the ages. And you're still in the middle of it. Isn't that great? It's still being
1:16.9	written, but yeah, a lot of, a lot of self-inflicted adversity and hard times and self-destruction
1:23.4	early on for sure. Seems to be somewhat the journey of the human experience very often, isn't it? So grateful for it all. So grateful for it all because it's the reason why I'm sitting here with you right now. We've talked about this multiple times. You were a guest on our podcast for two episodes. Back to back. One just got released today. Oh, it did? Yeah, I got released today. And now here we are. And I'm a guest on yours, which is, and it's an absolute honor. I acknowledged you early on on my podcast and just telling you like how much of a impact you've made on my life. It's been like seven years. How long have you had the podcast since 2015? 16? Yeah, 17 or somewhere around. Yeah, I feel like it's been a while and just, I mean,
2:03.2	the wisdom, the relationship advice in the relationship, walking through a relationship, breaking
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