Breaking Chains: Ian's 34-Year Battle with Alcohol to Sobriety
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this eye-opening episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, I welcome Ian, who candidly shares his journey from a childhood surrounded by alcohol. Discover how Ian turned his life around after 34 years of drinking, failed marriages, and professional challenges, all while exploring the profound impact of finding clarity, gratitude, and setting powerful examples for his children. Tune in to learn about the transformative power of community, self-forgiveness, and the surprising benefits of a sober life.
Ian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ian.fee/
00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:16 Ian's Early Life and First Encounters with Alcohol
02:26 High School and College Years
05:05 Career Beginnings and Drinking Culture
14:23 Family Life and Struggles with Alcohol
17:59 Rehab and the Road to Recovery
32:13 Struggles and Realizations
33:46 The Importance of Community
38:12 Facing Social Pressures
41:01 The Value of Time and Sobriety
45:06 Forgiveness and Self-Improvement
50:07 Gratitude and Daily Practices
54:39 Impact and Purpose
01:02:31 Final Thoughts and Advice
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season four of the Super Motivation Podcast. |
| 0:03.1 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.0 | We're here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:12.1 | Let's go. |
| 0:15.0 | In this eye-opening episode of the podcast, I welcome Ian, who candidly shares his journey |
| 0:20.1 | from a childhood surrounded by alcohol, |
| 0:22.4 | discover how Ian turned his life around after 34 years of drinking, failed marriages, and |
| 0:27.6 | professional challenges, all while exploring the profound impact of finding clarity, gratitude, |
| 0:32.7 | and setting powerful examples for his children. Tune in to learn about the transformative |
| 0:37.0 | power of community, self-forgiveness, |
| 0:38.7 | and the surprising benefits of a sober life. |
| 0:41.7 | And this is Ian's story on the sober motivation podcast. |
| 0:45.3 | How's it going, everyone? |
| 0:46.6 | Welcome back to another episode. |
| 0:50.1 | I've been having a lot of conversations recently and definitely over the years with people that get a little bit of time away from alcohol, a little bit of time of sobriety and feel like they see it for what it is. |
| 1:04.8 | They're not wanting to drink. |
| 1:06.0 | But then again, they find themselves drinking again. |
| 1:09.3 | And the first time they go back to it, things are okay, maybe even the second time, |
| 1:13.5 | maybe even for two weeks. |
| 1:15.5 | Things are okay. |
| 1:16.3 | The wheels are not necessarily falling off. |
| 1:19.1 | But the time frame is different. |
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