37: Chase & John: Addiction, Sobriety and Rebuilding Your Identity

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Nutrition, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This week’s episode is one of the most real and raw conversations that Straight Candid has ever had. Our goal at Straight Candid is to continue to share our platform for conversations that are tough, with intention to normalize them. Addiction is a heavy topic to speak to, but we learn about Chase and John's strength, growth, and self empowerment. Their love is unmatched, their openness is appreciated, and- ultimately their stories are beautiful. Syd & Soph are more than happy to welcome Chase & John on the podcast to talk about their personal stories of struggling with addiction, sexuality, and accepting the past to move forward. Chase explains misconceptions about living with HIV and how he eventually knew when it was the right time to accept his sexuality. John speaks about his suicide attempt and how his rock bottom had only made him appreciate life (and Chase) more. The love these two have for each other is undeniable and their story is unbelievable. To anyone who is struggling with addiction - Chase said it best -“My worst day sober is better than my best day using.” This episode will leave you with chills. *Content Warnings: Mentions of Suicide, Addiction.

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0:00.0	So we should probably go now.
0:17.1	All right.
0:17.6	And we're in.
0:18.5	Hey, welcome back to straight Candid podcast where we take
0:21.2	bread and saying the wrong thing, drinking too much caffeine and talking too fast. Here at Straight
0:25.4	Candid, we live unfiltered. No edits, deletes or drags and drops. Just two Minneapolis girls
0:29.9	who hit record and keep it candid. Let's get into it. Hello again. Hello. Hello. Hello.
0:37.3	We are back. What episode is this? Holy crap. It's
0:40.2	36. 7. 37. 37. Holy shit. I think it's so funny if when we were on KDWB the other week, which
0:48.7	humble brag. That was awesome. Dave was like, well, how many episodes are you guys at? 85?
0:54.5	85, 90. 100? What's your favorite one? We're like, well, how many episodes are you guys at? 85? 85, 90, 100?
0:56.2	What's your favorite one?
0:57.0	We're like, uh, we have a little bit under 40 and I'm like, oh, I like 25.
1:02.7	But yeah, what a fun time that was.
1:04.6	That was a blast, you guys.
1:05.8	If you haven't listened yet, it's on the Iheart radio app.
1:07.9	Did you find what it's called?
1:09.3	Yeah. So I actually listened just through the podcast.
1:12.5	So I just went to my podcast app.
1:14.7	And you type in the...
1:15.9	Oh, even easier.
1:16.7	Amazing.
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