Hello, folks. Welcome to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop,

and we are on a mission to unlock human performance. That's right, we build wearable technology

across hardware and software and analytics to help you better understand your body and improve your

health.

Whoop is like a 24-7 life coach to help you be a better version of yourself, which is quite relevant

for today's guest, which we'll get to in one second.

But if you use the code Will Amma, W-I-L-L-A-H-M-E-D, you will get 15% off a WOOP membership. This week's

guest is Chris Herron. And wow, does this guy have an inspiring story? It is remarkable and

sad and beautiful and everything in between. Chris was a high school and college basketball star.

He made his way to the NBA. He was starting for the Boston Celtics. And his life just got

completely derailed by addiction, drug and alcohol abuse. He was a heroin addict for about 10 years. And we go into great detail talking

about his life from, you know, being an All-American on the cover of Sports Illustrated to really

on the edge of losing his life. I mean, in fact, he was pronounced dead at one point in his life after overdosing on heroin.

It's an amazing story.

And it's an optimistic story because Chris today is leading a phenomenal substance abuse prevention and recovery program.

He is founding nonprofits. He has a wonderful

treatment center that we talk about that's dedicated to helping people find their path to

recovery. And what was cool for me is learning that he uses whoop, not just personally,

but on all of the people that he works with to help them find

recovery from addiction. And we talk about how whoop can be used for accountability in that

regard. And Chris says a lot of encouraging things about how the product can be used to really

help people improve their lives. So this is an amazing podcast. I think it's an inspiring one.

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