After losing his father in a drunk driving accident, Gregg felt different. Alcohol and drugs covered up the pain.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we have Gregg who opens up about his tragic childhood marked by his father's death in a drunk driving accident and being raised by a single mother. He talks about his struggle with substance abuse, including dealing drugs, and numerous arrests. Eventually, Gregg relays the turning point in his life – an encounter with a priest who introduced him to a different way of living, which became the foundation of his recovery journey. Gregg highlights the importance of sobriety, recovery, and wellness in his life, discussing how he started the recovery program, Startup Recovery, as well as his realization about the need to work on himself and 'grow up' to be a good father and husband. With 29 years of sobriety, this is Gregg Champion’s story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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00:31 Guest Introduction: Greg's Early Life and Struggles
02:05 Greg's Journey Through High School
03:45 Greg's College Life and Early Adulthood
10:40 Gregg's Downward Spiral into Drug Dealing
13:02 Gregg's Arrests and Consequences
19:27 Gregg's Path to Recovery
21:59 A Life-Changing Encounter
22:34 First Steps Towards Sobriety
23:09 The Power of Belief and Positive Energy
23:21 The Role of Sponsorship in Recovery
23:32 The Impact of Removing the Middle Part
24:23 The Importance of Physical Fitness in Recovery
24:58 The Journey to the First Meeting
25:08 The Struggle of Trying to Get Sober Alone
26:10 The Turning Point: Fear of Going to Prison
28:37 The Power of Mentorship and Taking Suggestions
34:04 The Importance of Being Willing to Be Willing
34:36 The Journey to Wellness
37:06 The Challenges and Rewards of Working in Recovery
41:52 The Joy of Being a Sober Dad
42:16 Final Thoughts: The Importance of Doing the Inner Wo
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season three of the Suburmotivation podcast. Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share |
| 0:06.0 | incredible and powerful sobriety stories. We are here to show sobriety as possible one story at a time. |
| 0:11.9 | Let's go. In this episode, we have Greg, who opens up about his tragic childhood marked by his |
| 0:19.0 | father's death in a drunk driving accident |
| 0:21.6 | and being raised by a single mother. He talks about his struggle with substance abuse, |
| 0:26.8 | including dealing drugs and numerous arrests. Eventually, Greg relays the turning point in his |
| 0:31.9 | life, an encounter with a priest who introduced him to a different way of living, which became |
| 0:37.1 | the foundation of his |
| 0:38.2 | recovery journey. Greg highlights the importance of sobriety, recovery, and wellness in his life, |
| 0:44.7 | discussing how he started the recovery program startup recovery, as well as his realization about |
| 0:50.4 | the need to work on himself and grow up in order to be a good father and husband. |
| 0:55.0 | With 29 years of sobriety, this is Greg Champion's story on the sober motivation podcast. |
| 1:01.8 | What's going on, everyone? |
| 1:03.4 | Welcome back to another episode. |
| 1:06.0 | Very exciting, hitting 1 million total downloads if you saw that on Instagram. |
| 1:12.5 | Started the show back in November of last year and what an incredible run it has been over a hundred 130 stories I believe |
| 1:21.3 | my buddy Noel will correct me he knows the exact amount but I just want to give another huge |
| 1:26.9 | thank you to everybody who's been checking out |
| 1:28.7 | the show, sharing it with your friends, sharing it with the people maybe at your meetings |
| 1:32.2 | or people that you know that it can be helpful for. |
| 1:36.0 | I get so many messages and emails and I'm just so grateful that the people are willing |
| 1:40.4 | to share their stories and that them sharing their stories is helping you either get sober or stay sober because that's ultimately what it's all about. |
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