Mike's consumption of alcohol nearly took his life. After being in a coma for three weeks, Mike was given a second chance.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we have Mike aka Jersey Mike. Early on in life, Mike struggled to find himself and where he belonged so he gravitated towards acting out., a rebel type lifestyle. Mike also reveals his experiences with substance abuse and his struggles towards recovery. His journey is further complicated by a separation, health complications, dysfunctional relationships, and personal traumas. Several weeks after Mike noticed his eyes turned yellow, his mother called an ambulance to his house to see if he was doing okay. Mike’s health was in very very bad shape and he struggled to accept the help. He is extremely grateful for another chance at life and is making his best effort to make it something he is proud of. This is Mike’s story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season three of the Suburmotivation podcast. |
| 0:03.3 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.3 | We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:11.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:14.2 | On this episode, we have Mike, aka Jersey Mike. |
| 0:18.5 | Early on in life, Mike struggled to find himself and where he belonged in this world, |
| 0:23.2 | so he gravitated towards acting out a rebel-type lifestyle. Mike also revealed his experiences |
| 0:29.3 | with substance abuse and his struggles towards recovery. His journey is further complicated by |
| 0:35.1 | separation, health complications, dysfunctional relationships, |
| 0:38.4 | and personal traumas. |
| 0:40.1 | Several weeks after Mike noticed his eyes turned yellow, his mother called an ambulance to his |
| 0:45.9 | house to see if he was doing okay. |
| 0:48.0 | Mike's health was in very, very bad shape, and he struggled to even accept the help at this |
| 0:52.4 | point. |
| 0:53.7 | Mike is extremely grateful for another chance at life and is making the best effort to make |
| 0:59.2 | it something he is proud of. |
| 1:01.5 | This is Mike's story on the Subur Motivation podcast. |
| 1:05.6 | Hey, how's it going, everyone? |
| 1:07.0 | Brad here. |
| 1:07.4 | Welcome back to another episode. |
| 1:08.8 | Before we jump right in to Mike's story, |
| 1:11.2 | I just wanted to give a shout out to a few of my friends over at Sober Buddy, who are also |
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