Doug Bopst - Living With Addiction

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Doug Bopst is an award-winning personal trainer, author, speaker and business owner. Those credentials and accolades are a result of his own transformation. He is a former felon and drug addict, sentenced to months in jail due to being found guilty of “possession with intent to sell.” He chose to use his time locked in that small cell to beat his demons and reinvent himself thanks to a combination of faith, family and fitness. He has helped hundreds of people improve their health and wellness. He is the author of three books: "From Felony to Fitness to Free," about how people can turn a negative into a positive and make the most of their second chance. His second book, "Faith Family Fitness," encourages readers to cultivate their spirituality, believe in themselves and stay mentally, physically and spiritually fit. In his third and latest book, "The Heart of Recovery," he interviews many of the most inspiring individuals in recovery from of all walks of life to learn what they are doing to thrive in recovery from addiction. IG: @dougbopst Podcast: The Adversity Advantage Website: www.dougbopst.com Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome. I'm Connor Beaton, and this is The Man Talk Show.
0:14.6	Joining me today is Doug Boebst, who is an award-winning personal trainer, author, speaker,
0:20.0	and business owner. Those credentials, speaker, and business owner.
0:21.7	Those credentials, however, and accolades are really a result of his own transformation.
0:26.4	He's a former felon and drug addict sentenced to Munston Jail due to being found guilty of possession
0:32.9	with the intent to sell.
0:35.8	He chose to use his time locked in a small cell to beat his own demons
0:39.8	and reinvent himself thanks to a combination of faith, family, and fitness. He since has helped
0:45.3	hundreds of people improve their health and wellness and written three books over the course
0:50.7	of the last few years, which are really a reflection of his personal story.
0:55.3	The first one is from felony to fitness to free. Next is Faith, Family Fitness, and his latest
1:00.4	book, The Heart of Recovery, where he interviewed roughly 50 of the most inspiring individuals
1:05.8	who have all beat addiction from all walks of life with hopes of helping others get into recovery.
1:14.1	So on this episode, we dive into a number of different topics.
1:19.3	But clearly, one of the main things that we talk about
1:22.7	is Doug's personal story.
1:25.3	So we dive deep into his past, into what led him into a life of a little bit of
1:33.2	crime and drugs and his addiction. He shares his own personal experience with his addiction,
1:39.9	which is very powerful considering that over the years of working with so many people,
1:45.9	what I've come to realize is that addiction touches us all.
1:49.2	Addiction is probably a part of your life in some way, whether you know it or not.
1:54.9	Addiction has definitely played a part in my life and my upbringing.
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