D-Jay McGrath struggled with the pressure of chasing his dream to play in the NHL and utilized alcohol, weed and cocaine to escape.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
D Jay McGrath grew up with one thing in mind, making it from a small town in Saskatchewan to the NHL. At 15 when D Jay moved away from home for the first time to play in a bigger hockey market, he could feel the pressure of hockey and being away from home. D Jay would start out with drinking and smoking . As the years went on, the pressure became much more than D-Jay could handle. From far, he was a small town hero with so many people looking up to him for his success on the ice. Things would snowball and D Jay found himself in a live or die situation. On June 6, 2022 D Jay was overwhelmed with the suicidal thoughts of keeping all of his struggles to himself. On that day, everything would change as he made an unexpected trip to his parents' house. This is D Jay’s story on the sober motivation podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season two of the Subur Motivation podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | Join me, Brad, each week is my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:09.7 | We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:13.8 | Let's go. |
| 0:16.3 | DJ grew up with one thing in mind, making it from small town Saskatchewan to the NHL. |
| 0:22.8 | At 15, when DJ moved away from home for the first time to play in a bigger hockey |
| 0:27.0 | market, he could feel the pressure of hockey and being away from home. |
| 0:32.8 | DJ would start out with drinking and smoking. |
| 0:35.6 | As the years went on, the pressure became much more than |
| 0:38.8 | DJ could handle. From afar, he was a small town hero with so many people looking up to him |
| 0:44.9 | for his success on the ice. Things would snowball for DJ, and he found himself in a liver |
| 0:51.6 | die situation. On June 6, 2002, DJ was overwhelmed with the suicidal thoughts of keeping all of his |
| 1:00.2 | struggle to himself. |
| 1:02.5 | On that day, everything would change as DJ made an unexpected trip to his parents' house. |
| 1:10.4 | This is DJ's story on the Sober Motivation podcast. |
| 1:14.8 | The Sober Buddy app. |
| 1:16.3 | This community is one of the most supportive I've ever seen. |
| 1:20.1 | Starting with the meeting hosts who lead with support, kindness, and understanding, |
| 1:24.5 | when someone falls, the community rallies to help support and encourage. |
| 1:28.7 | People from all different countries who show up as strangers leave as friends. |
| 1:33.8 | It is a true example of community and connection. |
| 1:37.0 | What makes sober buddies special is everyone is working on the same mission |
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