Welcome to Season 3 of the Suburmotivation podcast. Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible, inspiring, and powerful sobriety stories.

We are here to show sobriety as possible one story at a time. Let's go. In this episode of the podcast, Garrett shares his journey of growing up in small town Iowa, enjoying a seamlessly normal childhood,

and later struggling with alcohol. Reflecting on his high school years, college days,

and the progressive impact of alcohol on his life, Garrett talks about his experiences with

social drinking, blackouts, and brushes with the law. He recounts the turning point moments

that led him to his decision to quit

drinking, including his involvement in an outpatient program, the birth of his twin boys,

and the emotional toll his drinking took on his family and himself. And this is Garrett's story

on the sober motivation podcast. Welcome back to the podcast, everyone.

I am back.

Last week, we did not have any episodes released.

I had some health things going on and also had to have some new appliances and water heater

and air conditioner installed at the house.

So that's right behind where I do the podcast.

But I want to welcome everybody back and we're going to be up and rolling here in no time with some more episodes.

And while I was off doing the podcast for that week, I did a lot of thinking.

And the show is a massive time commitment.

And I definitely feel so privileged to host such an incredible

podcast.

And the whole sobriety thing, I've been doing it long enough to understand this one thing.

I alone can't get anybody sober and I alone can't keep anybody sober.

Trust me, I've tried.

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