Pain Killer - A Story Of Addiction and Redemption w/ Brantt Myhres

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Brantt Myhres has done something no other professional NHL athlete has ever done. He received a lifetime ban from the league. Not an accomplishment he is proud of. This week the fellas chat with Brant all about his tumultuous history of drug and alcohol addiction that ended his career as an athlete. The pressures of being an enforcer and using substances to mask the anxiety of having to show up night after night with the expectation to go to battle. Though his story ends with a strong beam of hope. Brantt now works as a "sober coach" in the NHL. Be sure to check out his new book, Painkiller, available now.

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0:33.7	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:37.6	This week's guest is Brandt.
0:39.5	He had an addiction to cocaine and alcohol.
0:42.4	Let's talk about it.
0:50.5	Got to invest in some lip chat, bro.
0:52.7	Dude, do I ever?
0:55.0	Do I ever?
0:56.4	I need some, I think I have eczema now.
1:00.4	Actually, you know, this is not a joke.
1:02.7	I have lip chap that I use for my lips, but I also have another lip chap that I have like
1:10.1	semi-hidden in my car.
1:11.4	No, no, no, that's just, that's just lube.
1:15.0	Another one in my car hidden somewhere that I use for my nose.
1:18.9	No.
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