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Hi there, you're listening to High Performance, the award-winning podcast that unlocks the minds

of some of the most fascinating people on the planet. I'm Jay Cumpfrey,

and alongside Professor Damian Hughes, we learned from the stories, successes,

and struggles of our guests, allowing us all to explore, to be challenged, and to grow.

And after hundreds of conversations, we discovered every guest has managed to unlock their potential

within, but this podcast seeks to find out how is what's coming up.

I was thought like you have a problem when you wake up and drink.

You know, eventually that became my life. I was always lying about how much I'd done,

how much I'd drunk, especially with my wife. It became that we were dating and towards our marriage.

I lied to her every day about what I was up to, what I was doing, and I loved her.

And I never thought that I would be that person, but I was constantly hiding and lying.

It hit me all of a sudden that I was going to be a terrible father.

And it was the one thing that I had always planned not to be. The only thing I'd ever planned

not to be, and I was going to do that. And I was going to do that to this little little person

who I loved more than I never felt in my entire life. And I was going to repeat that cycle of shit.

And it made me drop to my knees and ask for help.

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