67: Jason Wahler - Battling Addiction In The Public Eye & Realities of Reality TV
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Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
4.8 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I talk to Jason Wahler of reality TV fame (Laguna Beach, The Hills, Celebrity Rehab and The Hills: New Beginnings) about his very public battle with addiction, recovery and the reality of reality TV. We talk about how he ended up on Laguna Beach and how his alcoholism progressed during the show; the inner dialogue of an addict and feeling less than others; our first experiences with drinking and what it did for us; why it’s impossible to stop drinking even when it’s ruining lives; how he got sober and ended up relapsing again; why it’s different this time. We also talk about how loved ones can best support an alcoholic or addict in their lives, advice for families whose loved ones suffer and of course, some juicy reality TV deets.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, welcome to the Blond Files podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host Arial Lori and I'm here to talk all things wellness. |
| 0:10.8 | From how to achieve optimal health and well-being to the best beauty tips and |
| 0:15.1 | everything in between, no topic is off limits. I know there is so much |
| 0:19.7 | information out there so I'm here to help you navigate it all and live your best life. |
| 0:24.0 | Thanks for listening. Let's get into it. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everybody, welcome to the show, so happy you're here and so excited about |
| 0:37.0 | today's episode it's actually one of my favorites ever like I think I told |
| 0:42.4 | Jason that it's in my top three for sure and no I don't |
| 0:46.6 | normally rate my guests especially to their face I don't rate my guests |
| 0:51.0 | period but I always listen to the playback before I send audio off to my producer |
| 0:56.0 | so I can give notes and pull quotes and do all of that good stuff. And listening to this, I was like, |
| 1:01.9 | whoa, I'm just so grateful I get to be sober and |
| 1:05.1 | relate to other sober people on this deep level even if we've never even met |
| 1:09.8 | in person it's just such such a gift. So, anyway, today I'm talking to Jason Waller of Laguna Beach, the TV |
| 1:18.4 | show, Iconic, and The Hills Celebrity Rehab and The Hills New Beginnings. |
| 1:25.0 | So we chat about reality TV of course, |
| 1:27.0 | but also his journey with addiction, sobriety, relapse, sobriety again. He keeps it so real and has such a relatable story even |
| 1:37.4 | though his circumstances are probably different from most of ours and he's just |
| 1:42.3 | super open and vulnerable and authentic and if you're |
| 1:47.7 | struggling or you've ever struggled or you love somebody or know somebody |
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