302: Skateboarding Across America: Chad Caruso's Journey

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we welcome Chad Caruso, a remarkable skateboarder and YouTuber who not only conquered a Guinness World Record but also turned his life around by skating solo across America to raise addiction awareness. Chad shares his powerful story of overcoming painkiller addiction following a knee injury and the subsequent loss of his skateboarding identity. Learn how he transformed his struggles into strengths, channeling his obsessive tendencies into positive, value-driven pursuits.

In our conversation, Chad opens up about the multiple obstacles he faced, from financial debt to relationship troubles, and how he rebuilt his life through goal-setting and positive change. We discuss the unique challenges of maintaining sobriety in a culture that often glorifies partying, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chad emphasizes the importance of community support and the shift in perception surrounding skateboarding, highlighting its benefits as a healthy and fulfilling activity.

In this episode, you will hear:

Chad Caruso's journey from painkiller addiction to sobriety.
Overcoming financial debt and relationship issues through goal-setting.
Starting a YouTube channel during early sobriety to give back to the skateboarding community.
The challenges and rewards of skating 3,146 miles across America for addiction awareness.
The importance of community support and shifting perceptions of skateboarding.
Finding fulfillment and purpose through pursuing passions and helping others.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Ocelain. I'm your host.
0:11.6	And we got a wonderful guest today, Chad Caruso. Chad Caruso is a YouTuber skateboarder,
0:18.3	who is best known for his recent Guinness World Record-setting solo
0:23.3	skate across America done for addiction awareness.
0:27.2	Chad is also an advocate for the skateboarding community organizing contests and petitioning
0:32.7	for new skate parks in his home state of New York.
0:36.1	Today, he is going to talk about his story of recovery
0:41.4	and sobriety and how this all came to be and how Skate Across America became part of that.
0:49.7	And Chad is going to talk about his mindset shift from feeling enough pain and realizing he had to
0:56.7	completely change his view of the world and the way he was living.
1:00.8	And he's going to talk about how he did that and how his life is now.
1:05.0	I really enjoyed this conversation with Chad and how he channeled his obsessive tendencies towards positive outlets that aligned with his
1:16.8	deeper values and beliefs. So stay tuned for that. If you're getting a lot out of the
1:22.2	Addicted Mind podcast, please rate us in whatever podcast app you're using right now.
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1:36.1	Thank you all who have taken the time to do that and given back to the Addicted Mind.
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1:48.6	All right, everyone, on to the episode.
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