Behind The Mask: Dean McDermott's Sobriety Story
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On the episode, we are joined by Dean McDermott, who shares his rocky road to sobriety. He opens up about his traumatic childhood and his rise to fame. Over the years, Dean had numerous failed attempts at sobriety, and it wasn’t until he was willing to surrender that things changed. This is Dean’s story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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00:00 Introduction to the Sober Motivation Podcast
00:16 Meet Dean: A Journey Begins
00:39 Early Life Struggles and Trauma
02:52 First Encounter with Alcohol
03:56 Losing a Parent and Turning to Alcohol
04:30 Descent into Addiction
05:52 Failed Attempts at Sobriety
08:32 Life in Hollywood and Further Downfall
13:04 The Turning Point: Surrender and Recovery
20:15 Finding Faith and Building a New Life
22:45 Challenges of Staying Sober
30:24 The Turning Point: Realizing the Need for Change
32:06 A Cry for Help: Public Mistakes and Personal Realizations
34:00 The Path to Recovery: Embracing the 12 Steps
34:52 Parenting and Personal Growth: Lessons from Recovery
35:58 The Struggle with Sobriety: Overcoming Self-Doubt
43:44 The Power of Willingness: Embracing Change
51:46 Finding Purpose: The Role of Service in Recovery
54:17 Final Thoughts and Reflections
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Season 4 of the Sobermotivation podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.0 | We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:12.2 | Let's go. |
| 0:15.3 | On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Dean McDermott, who shares his Rocky Road to |
| 0:20.1 | sobriety. |
| 0:21.9 | He opens up about his traumatic childhood and his rise to fame. Over the years, Dean has had numerous failed attempts |
| 0:27.3 | at sobriety, and it wasn't until he was willing to surrender that things could change. And this |
| 0:32.2 | is Dean's story on the Subur Motivation Podcast. Welcome back to another episode of the Subur Motivation podcast. |
| 0:38.8 | Today we've got Dean with us. |
| 0:40.0 | Dean, how are you? |
| 0:52.8 | I'm good. I'm good. I'm okay. I'm okay. Let me rephrase it. I'm okay. We got to be honest about our feelings, right? So I'm just okay today. Some things, life is life in a little bit. Yeah, I hear you on that. |
| 0:54.3 | I'm with you. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm with you on that, man. |
| 0:57.3 | We talked before, so we know where. |
| 0:55.0 | You may have an idea. in a little bit. Yeah, I hear you on that. I'm with you. I'm with you on that, man. We talked before, so we know where. |
| 0:57.0 | You may have an idea where things are at. |
| 1:00.0 | What was it like for you growing up? |
| 1:02.0 | Growing up was interesting. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm from Toronto, Canada, and my dad was an alcoholic, and my mom was in Normie. |
| 1:09.0 | We grew up in government housing, so the Canadian hood. |
| 1:15.5 | So things started out interesting right from jump. You know, I like to do trauma work with |
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