Welcome to the Just Ingredients podcast. I'm Kar-Lyn, and here we dive deep into the journey of

healing and wellness. If you're ready to learn, feel empowered, and take charge of your help,

you're in the right place. I am super excited to have David on the show today. So if you guys

have been listening this season of my podcast,

I am bringing people on to tell their healing stories because everybody loves stories.

You guys have loved listening to the scientists, the doctors, but the healing stories are like,

you can do it, you can heal. And I want to have the listeners really hear from someone real

who has gone through a healing journey.

And so we're bringing on people that are dealing with cancer, depression, autoimmune issues, substance abuse, you name it.

We're talking healing.

And so, David, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

I'm grateful to be here.

And I love that you're an open book.

I heard you speak at an event that Kristen

Andres did. And you just told your story. People were in tears. I was in tears. I just love that you're

very open about it. And you and I have talked before that we both are open because we want others to

learn from us and be like, healing is possible. There's hope out there. Don't give up. And the reason we go through stuff is so that we can help others is what I believe. Exactly. Definitely. So I love that you're here, but do you want to just jump into your story? And maybe we should tell them up front you dealt with substance abuse and just mental health issues. Addiction, substance abuse, alcohol, that was the core of it, definitely.

So do you want to tell them maybe how you got there?

Because what's interesting is you came from a great family.

Yeah, absolutely.

I was incredibly blessed, grew up with everything you could ever hope for, want.

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