Welcome back to season three of the Suburmotivation podcast.

Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories.

We are here to show sobriety as possible one story at a time.

Let's go.

In this episode, we have MJ, who has been sober since 2012, and opens up about his challenging

journey from a troubled childhood in New York City,

marked by overprotection and bullying, to his struggle with alcohol and drug addiction as an adult.

MJ shares how being overprotected instilled a fear in him that led to his inability to socialize

without alcohol. MJ struggled to let anyone in on how he was feeling in his life and his ego ran the show

for decades.

The episode also dives into MJ's commitment to helping others as a crucial part of his recovery.

His insights on ego and humility and how his humiliation became the foundation for his humility

and readiness to change. M.J emphasizes the importance of asking for help, the power of giving

back in recovery, and the message that anyone can turn their life around with the willingness to

ask for help. This is MJ's story on a sober motivation podcast.

I hear it all the time. How do I meet people now that I'm sober? This episode is brought to us by

lucid sober dating, a great option to meet other sober people. So many people share that the first

question when connecting with others is where would you like to go for a

drink? We can all see the problem here. If you're interested in giving sober dating a try or

looking to meet people that are like-minded, check out lucid sober dating. I'll drop the link for you to

download the app in the show notes below. Before we start this episode, I want to express my

gratitude to all four listeners of the

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