Sobriety Through CrossFit: Brian Reap’s Story PH67

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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“My dog won’t release the twig in his mouth unless I offer him a huge branch. Alcohol was my twig. CrossFit and recovery is my branch.” – Sobriety WOD After finding early success as a young champion competitive freestyle skier, Brian … Continued The post Ep 67 – Sobriety Through CrossFit: Brian Reap’s Story appeared first on Julie Foucher | Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete.

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0:00.0	One day I was somebody witnessed me going in the house and like shortly when I was in that house I came across a gun and a firearm actually
0:08.2	So I took the arm, you know and here when I'm at this point you know I'm sitting there and that's like
0:13.7	when you know when the devil's on the shoulder and the angels I want to call are telling
0:17.1	don't do that and I do it was a total wrong thing to do and and at this point I
0:22.2	I had already had you know I had some
0:23.9	prior felonies and stuff that I left behind in North Dakota so I knew like having
0:28.2	a possession of a firearm was a very bad thing you know but I still it. And about within an hour of leaving the house, the police,
0:35.8	you know, rolled up on me and they questioned me and I was like, okay, you got me basically
0:41.1	how they searched me and it on the firearm and, you know, I got me basically I mean they searched me and found a firearm and they were like obviously
0:44.8	are under arrest so I was in Vermont State Prison within two hours basically and uh...
0:49.5	This is episode number 67 with Brian Reep.
0:57.0	Welcome to Pursueing Health. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Cross Fit Games athlete.
1:09.0	Here I bring to you information and inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use
1:14.7	lifestyle to maximize health. Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get started
1:19.8	with this week's episode. Hey there, welcome back to Pursuing Health.
1:27.2	This episode coming up is a very powerful one.
1:30.4	As you know in every episode I'm always asking you to send me stories of
1:34.2	individuals who have used lifestyle to overcome serious health challenges.
1:37.8	This particular story is one that comes from you.
1:40.8	Brian Reaps coach listens to the podcast and she sent me an email
1:44.8	about him several months ago. After hearing just a little bit of his story and
1:49.2	how he used Cross Fit to overcome a battle with addiction, I couldn't wait to hear more.
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