KNP83 - The Most Important 7 Life Tips Learned Over 7 Years of Sobriety
The Next Level Health & Fitness Podcast (Formerly The Key Nutrition Podcast)
Brad Jensen
4.9 • 766 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
7 years ago I was in a constant state of pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. Homeless, helpless and hopeless. Everyday was like Ground Hogs Day. Doing the same shit and honestly, just hoping I somehow lived another day to do it all over again.
By the grace of a loving god, I decided to do something different on November 20th, 2012. I was at a jumping off point. I couldn’t face the fact of going on one more day using the drugs, and couldn’t face NOT using them.
I had so much fear and honestly, very little hope I could actually get sober. But I thought to myself, “What other choice do you have? A bullet?". I was backed into a corner. I gave this recovery thing an HONEST shot. It’s crazy how one decision can change the trajectory of your whole life ✨
If you could have painted a picture of what my life would look like 7 years later, I would have asked you what dope you were on because you were definitely high and quite frankly, I wanted some! Lol
I owe my sobriety to a loving god of my own understanding, the 12 Steps and support from amazing people like you. We are truly just spiritual beings having human experiences. To say I feel grateful on this day, would be a huge understatement.
Today's episode was dedicated to that. Michelle interviewed me on the 7 most impactful things I have learned in my 7 years of sobriety. It applies to all aspects of life, that's what’s super cool. Enjoy the episode!
7 Impactful things I've learned in 7 years:
7 - Fall down 9 times, get up 10
6 - One day at a time
5 - Resentment is drinking poison, and expecting the other person to die
4 - My feelings aren’t facts
3 - Life is one big lesson - no winning or losing (life on life terms)
2 - Acceptance was the answer to all of my problems today
1 - Gratitude is the fuel for life
Connect with us on Instagram
Host Brad Jensen – @thesoberbodybuilder
Co-Host Michelle Raines – @mykeylife
Key Nutrition – @keynutrition
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everybody to another edition of the Key Nutrition podcast. Today was a special one. Oh, |
| 0:06.4 | you're still in my thunder and you're doing the intro, huh? I am. He's testing me. Michelle interviewed me today. |
| 0:12.3 | Today we got to talk about Brad's seven most impactful things in his seven years of sobriety. Very, very special subject near and dear to our hearts. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, and I appreciate the opportunity. I think what's cool, you guys, as you're getting into |
| 0:27.3 | the episode, the seven things aren't how to stay sober for seven years. It's how to become a better |
| 0:32.5 | person on like the lessons I've learned about becoming a better man and fill in the word woman there if you're a |
| 0:38.1 | woman. These are seven things that I've learned in seven years that have revolutionized the game |
| 0:44.2 | for me in my life and apply them to your fitness journey, apply them to whatever. So this is not about |
| 0:50.5 | seven takeaways to stay sober. Like don't drink, number one. Like, don't drink, number one. |
| 0:55.5 | Don't use drugs. |
| 0:56.9 | Right. |
| 0:57.7 | So, yeah, I thought, I thought she did a great job. |
| 1:01.9 | Michelle, she did pretty good. |
| 1:04.8 | Mediocre. |
| 1:05.7 | Mas a menos. |
| 1:07.1 | So thank you guys for, for tuning in. |
| 1:10.1 | And honestly, thank you guys for the support on michel's |
| 1:12.7 | podcast that one has been amazing i mean already just so many downloads and love um i know it |
| 1:20.7 | means a lot to michel and honestly it means a lot to me so i don't really give a shit if you |
| 1:25.4 | reach out of this one everyone's like we know the dude's sober like Like, we get it. It's the sober body builder. Every year it's a big deal. Don't let him. It is a |
| 1:33.3 | big deal. So, I mean, and I think it says way more about the power of just change than the power |
| 1:39.7 | of Brad Jensen changing. So you guys enjoyed the episode and we'll chat with you next week. |
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