Ryan started as the party guy and then alcohol took over his entire life.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, my buddy Ryan joins us to share his sobriety journey. Ryan reflects on his childhood in a tight-knit community, his introduction to alcohol in high school, and how his father's coping mechanisms influenced his own. He describes the progressive nature of his alcohol dependency, the strain it put on his relationships, and his eventual realization of needing change in 2020. After multiple attempts to quit, trying a few different pathways Ryan was tired of the life he was leading and realized his drinking did not only affect him it affected everyone around him. Something had to change but how would Ryan go from a life of drinking to a life without? This is Ryan's story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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00:00 Introduction to Season Three
00:14 Meet Ryan: A Journey Begins
00:43 Ryan's Early Life and College Days
01:25 The Role of Alcohol in Ryan's Life
02:39 Marriage and Moving Away
03:29 Struggles with Alcohol and Family Dynamics
04:47 Realizations and Early Signs of Alcohol Dependence
06:25 The Turning Point: Marriage and Parenthood
08:25 Hiding the Problem and Seeking Help
10:27 The Role of Community and Support
25:48 Fishing Trip Revelations
26:31 Struggles with Sobriety
27:00 A Turning Point
28:22 The Road to Recovery
30:07 Reflections and Realizations
35:32 Finding Community
47:34 The Power of Connection
52:19 Final Thoughts and Encouragement
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season three of the Subur Motivation 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 | Hey, how's it going, everyone? |
| 0:15.7 | Welcome back to another episode. |
| 0:17.4 | Brad here. |
| 0:18.5 | If you haven't heard yet, huge announcement, the Sober Motivation |
| 0:21.7 | Community officially launches September 1st, and I want to welcome all of you. We are having 100 |
| 0:28.4 | founding member spots to join the community, lock in the lowest rate that's ever going to be |
| 0:33.4 | offered. This is going to be incredible support, community, virtual meetings, hangouts, |
| 0:39.2 | all kinds of stuff inside of our own exclusive app, chat feed, you know, meet some people. |
| 0:45.5 | And we have 90 spots filled. So we have 10 more spots for founding members. And I would love |
| 0:51.1 | to have you join. We kick off our virtual launch party this Sunday, September 1st |
| 0:57.1 | at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It's going to be a little meet and greet. We're going to have |
| 1:00.6 | some fun with it, get to know each other. So if you are serious about changing your relationship |
| 1:06.3 | with alcohol or you're already on the journey, but feel like you could benefit from some connection from some |
| 1:11.5 | other people that are doing this as well. I'll drop the link to get signed up down in the show |
| 1:17.1 | notes below or just send me a message over on Instagram and I'll get that over to you. |
| 1:21.9 | Come and join us. Comes with a free two-week trial. Try it out. Join some of the meetings. |
| 1:27.1 | And I'll see you on the inside. |
| 1:29.4 | In this episode of the podcast, my buddy Ryan joins us to share his sobriety journey. |
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