Hello everybody and welcome back to RevLeft Radio.

On today's episode I have my longtime friend David Isonagal on the show to discuss his struggles

with trials and tribulations regarding his own struggle with alcoholism and addiction

more broadly.

We cover so much ground with regards to addiction in this episode.

We really try to cover as many aspects of addiction and alcoholism as possible as well

as learn David's personal story which is daunting to say the least.

But you know even though this is a very serious topic and a very difficult challenging topic

and it hits so close to many of us and our lives, David is also a hilarious dude and he

always has been.

And so throughout this very serious conversation he infuses it with his uniquely dark humor.

So although this episode is very serious and you know even heartbreaking at certain points

there's also this comedic relief that he leaves into this episode that just makes it really

fucking good, really engaging and makes him incredibly endearing.

And he also has a YouTube channel called No Chaser in which he explores these different

elements of addiction and alcoholism even more closely and even in more depth and I'll

link to that in the show notes as well.

So this is my conversation with a long time friend we met when we were freshmen.

The beginning of this episode is sort of us reflecting on some of the crazy times that

we had together as teenagers and then it moves into this broader discussion of alcoholism

and addiction and everything that goes with it.

So this is a timely and important episode with a very good friend and somebody who's been

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