A Second Chance: Living A Sober Life With Garrett
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Garrett shares his inspiring journey from a troubled childhood marked by addiction to starting his sober journey in 2020. Garrett discusses growing up in a family plagued by addiction, his own struggles with alcohol and drug use from a young age, and the turning point that led him to take back his life. Garrett's story is a testament to resilience, dedication, and breaking the cycle of generational curses. And this is Garrett’s story on the sober motivation podcast.
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00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:20 Garrett's Childhood and Family Struggles
02:29 High School Challenges and Expulsion
03:51 First Rehab Experience and ADHD Diagnosis
07:13 Early Substance Use and Addiction
14:28 Family Dynamics and Personal Struggles
16:48 Post-High School Life and Job Issues
19:32 Daily Life and Realizations
28:19 Health Concerns and Sobriety Journey
30:32 Facing Fears and Health Realizations
31:29 The Turning Point: Getting Sober
33:28 Struggles and Strategies for Sobriety
35:47 Isolation and Self-Discovery
40:02 Maintaining Sobriety in Social Settings
50:51 Weight Loss and Transfer Addiction
54:24 Reframing Thoughts and Personal Growth
01:00:56 Final Reflections and Encouragement
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season four of the Sober Motivation podcast. |
| 0:03.3 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.4 | We're here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:12.6 | Let's go. |
| 0:15.4 | In this episode, we have Garrett, who shares his inspiring journey from a troubled childhood |
| 0:19.6 | surrounded by addiction to finding |
| 0:21.8 | sobriety in 2020. |
| 0:24.5 | Garrett discusses growing up in a family plagued by addiction, his own struggles with alcohol |
| 0:28.8 | and drug use from a young age, and the turning point that led him to take his life back. |
| 0:34.7 | Garrett's story is a testament to resilience, dedication, and breaking the cycle of |
| 0:38.7 | generational curses. And this is Garrett's story on the sober motivation podcast. Welcome back to |
| 0:45.2 | another episode of the sober motivation podcast. Today we've got Garrett with us. Garrett, how are you? |
| 0:49.7 | I'm doing well, man. Thank you for having me. Yeah, and you're just back. We were chatting a little bit |
| 0:54.1 | before, and I saw a lot of your videos just back from your Alaskan crews and everything, |
| 0:58.6 | man, excited for you. So thanks so much for making some time to jump on the show and share your |
| 1:02.8 | story with us. Of course. Thank you. What were things like for you growing up? |
| 1:07.9 | So growing up, it was a little bit difficult for me. |
| 1:13.8 | My family has always struggled with addictions of alcohol, drugs, and all of that. |
| 1:21.6 | So like, I've always just been surrounded by it. |
| 1:24.9 | And I think that's what made it so easy for me to fall into addiction, |
| 1:28.9 | is that seeing it and seeing the effects of it, it should have scared me, but I was just, like, |
| 1:35.2 | leaning into it more. And I think that's where I realized, like, I have that addictive personality. |
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