At the end Rick Fulton was tired. Tired of the life he was living to maintain his addiction and it was life or death. Rick choose life.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Rick Fulton frequently minimized the gravity of the challenges he faced in his life. His upbringing was marked by profound difficulties, with his father's absence casting a long shadow. Between the ages of 3 and 6, Rick endured various forms of abuse that indelibly influenced his perspective on the world. As he matured, Rick developed an intense yearning for attention, a need that often went unmet. Lacking clear guidance, he eventually turned to alcohol and other substances (meth, ecstasy, speed) as a coping mechanism. At one point, Rick couldn't envision an escape, let alone one that would leave him alive. Rick almost died 4 times on this journey and he knew his time to change was running out.
Remarkably, Rick has recently celebrated seven years of sobriety and this is his story on the sober motivation podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 3 of the Subur Motivation Podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Join me, Brad, each week is my guests and I share incredible, inspiring, and powerful |
| 0:07.9 | sobriety stories. |
| 0:09.3 | We are here to show sobriety as possible one story at a time. |
| 0:13.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:15.2 | Rick Fulton frequently minimized the gravity of the challenges he faced in his life. |
| 0:20.3 | His upbringing was marked by |
| 0:21.7 | profound difficulties with his father's absence casting a long shadow. Between the ages of three and |
| 0:27.4 | six, Rick endured various forms of abuse that inevitably influenced his perspective on the world. |
| 0:34.3 | As he matured, Rick developed an intense yearning for attention and need that often went |
| 0:39.2 | unmet. Lacking clear guidance, he eventually turned to alcohol and other substances as a coping |
| 0:45.1 | mechanism. At one point, Rick couldn't even envision and escape, let alone one that would leave him |
| 0:51.1 | alive. Rick almost died four times on this journey and he knew his time |
| 0:55.8 | to change was running out. Remarkably, Rick has recently celebrated seven years of sobriety. And this is |
| 1:02.7 | Rick's story on the sober motivation podcast. Getting sober is a lifestyle change and sometimes a little |
| 1:08.9 | technology can help. Imagine a breathalyzer that |
| 1:11.7 | works like a habit tracker for sobriety. Soberlink helps you replace bad habits with healthy ones. |
| 1:17.8 | Weighing less than a pound and as compact as a sunglass case, sober link devices have a built-in |
| 1:23.8 | facial recognition, tamper detection, and advanced reporting, which is just another way |
| 1:28.5 | of saying, it'll keep you honest. On top of all that, results are sent instantly to loved ones |
| 1:34.5 | to help you stay accountable. Go after your goals. Visit soberlink.com slash recover to sign up |
| 1:41.2 | and receive $50 off your device. Hey Hey everyone, how the heck is it going? |
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