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Locked In with Ian Bick

How Childhood Trauma Led Me to Addiction & Destroyed My Life | Paul Doughty

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Paul Doughty opens up about how childhood trauma pushed him toward addiction, the battles he fought, and what it took to reclaim his life. #ChildhoodTrauma #AddictionStruggle #MentalHealthAwareness #RecoveryJourney #OvercomingDarkness #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #healing Connect with Paul Doughy: Website: http://www.pdspeaks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdspeaks/ X: https://x.com/PRDoughty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Pdspeaks-61569442085821/ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:03:22 The Impact of Childhood Trauma 00:07:12 Growing Up in an Abusive Household 00:11:00 Breaking the Cycle of Addiction and Curses 00:14:51 Childhood Signs of Needing Help 00:18:37 Coping with Abuse: Turning to Alcohol and Drugs 00:22:59 Family Secrets and Discoveries 00:26:48 Hitting Rock Bottom: Walking Out on My Family 00:30:27 Journey to Overcoming Addiction 00:34:23 Chaotic Divorce and Home Refinancing Struggles 00:38:05 Transition to Public Speaking After Career Loss 00:41:51 Overcoming Public Speaking Challenges 00:45:28 Spiritual Awakening and Personal Transformation Through Prayer 00:49:17 The Therapeutic Power of Talking and Sharing Stories 00:52:42 Encouraging Teenagers to Ask for Help 00:56:05 Inspiring Change in Correctional Facilities and Youth Mentoring 00:59:22 Guest Appearance and Future Collaboration Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Paul, welcome to Lockton from Massachusetts.

0:03.1

Yes. We love our Massachusetts guests and our tri-state area guests. Yes, well, thanks for having me. And it's a pleasure to be here and an honor to talk to you today. Yeah, thanks for reaching out, man. You know, it's so easy for guests that want to come on the show to just reach out. We look at every email and then respond as fast as we can. Well, thank you. How do you come across the show? A podcast.

0:23.8

I did some... We look at every email and then respond as fast as we can. Well, thank you. How do you come across the show?

0:22.6

A podcast.

0:23.8

I did some searching on the web, and I was looking for podcasts in the area.

0:29.5

And your name came up because you're pretty popular.

0:31.9

So I did some research, and I thought this would be a good place to tell my story. I'm glad I made

0:39.4

the cut. Yeah. I'm glad I made the cut. The platform's open to anyone, you know, like we're

0:45.2

talking about upstairs. Yeah, anyone with any type of trauma, criminal justice, law enforcement

0:50.0

backgrounds, welcome always to come on the show because that's what it's about normal everyday

0:54.2

people right and you see a new face every day which is cool you don't have to look at the same

0:58.2

person yeah talking about things which is i like because it doesn't get boring yeah must must be

1:03.7

good to talk to different people different stories yes different experiences of course is this your

1:09.3

first time ever going on a podcast um no no probably uh the sixth or seventh podcast over the course of the past couple months.

1:15.6

Now, do you have a book or anything?

1:17.1

Yeah, I do public speaking primarily to young adults.

1:22.3

And in addition, I wrote a book called Resilience, My Ultimate Superpower.

1:28.8

And the book is written as well for teenagers who have experienced trauma or some adversity

1:35.3

and trying to help children get over that as I tried as I did.

1:39.3

Perfect.

1:40.3

Well, we'll have the link to that book in the description of this episode for you, too, for anyone that's interested.

1:44.8

Very good. Thank you.

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