Hi, My Name is Steel and I am an Alcoholic. This is My Story.

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What's up Bro's? In honor of Steel's (my) 5 year sobriety date, we're changing things up a little bit. In this special episode I share my story with you. Where I came from, how I got there, and how I ended up where I am today. My story is difficult to tell. It brings up a lot of memories that I've dealt with over the past few years and stirs up a lot of emotions for me. But it's important for me to share these things. I had a very hard time being open and vulnerable when I was younger. I saw myself as the go to person for other people. I would help them deal with their issues while disregarding or not even acknowledging my own. Problems don't just go away and gradually over time they built up behind me without me being aware of it. Eventually my world came crashing down. I went from a professional baseball player, to a professional coach, to having cirrhosis of the liver at 27 years old and potentially not making it out of the hospital alive. This episode is not to garner sympathy, it's more for me and for myself to continue to be open and honest and vulnerable as I struggled to do for so many years. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol or addiction, if you're afraid to ask for help, I know how scary it is. But I promise you there is a better life on the other side. If you need someone to talk to please reach out to me. I'll happily talk to any one of you struggling. Thank you all for everything you've given me, I don't take one second on this planet for granted. I love you all. Here's to many more years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Steele Russell. I am the co-host of the Bravo Rose podcast. I am a father. I am a husband. I am a father I am a husband I'm a private chef a former professional baseball player and I'm an alcoholic and today is my five yearyear sobriety date, which is a big deal.
0:26.0	That's a big milestone.
0:27.2	And I put a call out to the audience a couple weeks ago
0:31.4	and asked you guys, hey, would you want to hear my story?
0:34.4	Do you want to hear how I got to where I am today?
0:37.7	And what I always reference when I talk about when I used to drink?
0:42.1	And it was met with a resounding yes which was amazing and
0:46.9	Every year when I hit my milestones I like to make a video to talk
0:52.0	I usually do it just on my Instagram, but I either share a story or I discuss
0:57.7	something that maybe I've learned over the past year, but this time around, I've been presented with such a unique opportunity
1:06.3	thanks to you, our amazing listeners.
1:09.4	I have a platform in which I can speak to a lot of people and you guys said you wanted to hear my story and I would love to share my story with you.
1:20.0	When I do this it's more for me it keeps me honest it keeps me open a big issue I had
1:29.3	While I was actively drinking was I covered everything up if it was an issue I was having or
1:36.8	something that was bothering me or just anything in general. I just didn't talk about things. It was kind of my
1:42.4	M. Oh, it's kind of how I would deal with anything.
1:47.6	And for the longest time, I was the peacekeeper in my family, in my friend group in pretty much every facet of my life, I was always that guy.
1:59.0	If something went wrong, you would go to me and I would help you take care of it. And I liked being that guy. I still
2:05.5	like being that guy. That's still a part of who I am, but it's taken on a different role. It's not all-, but what I've learned the hard way, if you're
2:18.0	constantly helping others, if you're constantly focused on other people's issues, other people's problems, and you cast your stuff to the side.
2:28.0	Eventually that shit piles up.
2:30.0	When you have problems, they don't go away just because you push them that way.
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