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This is Maureen in Denver, and I want to share how inspiring and compelling back from Broken is.

You know, I see people dear to me who could be so much happier, I think, if they weren't dealing with whatever issues they have. And this is

anything from alcoholism to social anxiety, it's heartbreaking to see gifts that people have. And

for them to not be able to use those gifts, enjoy those gifts, enjoy their life.

There's very often some point in our lives that can drag us down, that can pose huge challenges,

whatever it might be.

My message to Vic is gratitude for creating this podcast.

Without fail, any story that I listen to, I end up in tears.

Good ones.

Back from Broken gave me that sense that there are ways out of some of the biggest challenges that we face.

Well, that was really incredible. You know, what Maureen said resonated with me so much. In recovery, we can turn ourselves

around and change our ways of thinking. And so to hear Maureen say something like that, I think

she hit it right on the head. Hope and gratitude and turning your life around and facing challenges.

That's exactly why we're making this show.

Since we launched in February, we've gotten a lot of messages just like this one. And your

response has been beyond what I could have ever imagined seriously. Sharing these kinds of

stories is what helped me in my own recovery, and I knew it was going to help

others. And it sounds like it has. So if you sent us a note, thank you. And I bring all of this up

because today's interview is what got this show started.

You see, a year and a half ago, we dreamed up a pilot of this podcast, and we wanted to talk to

someone who had seen some very hard times and fought his way back and had some wisdom to share

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