From Darkness Into Light - The Brian Pennie Story

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Brian Pennie poses the question 'how would you live your life differently if life gave you a second chance?' Brian’s drug addiction was so severe that he was deemed too much of a risk for detox. In this rare conversation, he tells his incredible story of rebuilding his world from the depths of addiction, crippling anxiety through to the most unlikely recovery journey. Jarlath asks Brian about the significance of gratitude and how a lack of awareness while suffering with addiction was preventing him from reaching a place of appreciation. We also find out the subtle impact of being a 'black belt in self-deception.' Brian explains how a traumatic surgery as a child has impacted on his life and much more, this is the perfect conversation to listen to on a week where Ireland continues to bare the weight of the pandemic. This is just a taster. To hear this episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Put simply, Brian Penny shouldn't be alive today. His drug addiction was so bad that he was deemed too
0:07.6	much of a risk for detox. Determined to confront his demons, he went cold turkey at home. On October 8th,
0:15.2	2013, he was finally clean after 15 years of heroin addiction, and then something extraordinary happened.
0:24.1	The world suddenly became beautiful, given a second chance at life, he devoured every minute of it.
0:31.0	For the week that's in it, I thought there's no better man to talk to.
0:34.8	Brian Penny has rebuilt his life, returned to university, to study neuroscience,
0:40.2	and in a bid to understand the source of his suffering, he has helped so many others. This is an
0:47.1	incredibly honest and inspirational story, and it's all contained within his book, which I have in my
0:53.4	hands right here,
0:54.5	bonus time by Brian Penny, a true story of surviving the worst and discovering the magic of every moment.
1:01.5	Recorded this a while ago and held on to it because I wanted to release it at the right time,
1:06.2	because it is such a powerful one.
1:08.2	And Brian is an extraordinary fella. This is an episode that was only made
1:14.5	possible through our listeners. In fact, the entire of Irishman Abroad is only made possible now
1:19.5	through your support. Head over to patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad to support us in
1:25.9	continuing the show and expanding the show.
1:28.0	In case you didn't know, we've gone to three episodes a week with the help of those patrons.
1:32.5	We have a Tuesday show with Sanyo Sullivan, which is all about running, but also everything around
1:37.8	it and a little bit more. If you're a new runner, an old runner or somebody who's let it go,
1:47.0	that's the place to go on a Tuesday for a bit of inspiration. Myself and Sonio Sullivan for Irishman running abroad. And then of course every Friday, myself and Marion McKeon sit down to thrash out what the hell is going on in the US and this election.
1:59.0	We've been dropping bonus episodes left, right and centre with
2:01.7	Marian as she is out on the campaign trail and those of course are exclusive to our patrons over
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