The Best of Self-Help Stories #3

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Tommy Galan and Marc Amigone share stories about helping others by helping themselves. A part of our series called Self-Help Stories. 🎤Live Story: Just Commit by Tommy Galan Tommy drinks and drinks. His final days of drinking almost destroy his family life. When a mentor tells him to "just commit" to whatever he feels will work best for him, he gives up the bottle. 🎤Radio Story: Life is a Gift by Marc Amigone Marc takes a trip to Thailand to study rock climbing, despite his parent's objections. He nearly paralyses himself in a climbing accident. His parents help him heal, but he still feels risks are worth taking. 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NY (9/25) or (12/11) • ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ • ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ • 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ • 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ • 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now list the but or buts that come up for you.
0:05.0	For each but answer the following.
0:09.0	How long have I had this but in my life?
0:15.0	When do I first remember encountering this but?
0:20.0	What is the source of this but? Remember, I don't know,
0:25.5	is not an acceptable answer. How real is this but, and how much is this just a false
0:35.0	obstacle? What would I have to do to get past this butt?
0:45.5	Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories. They never thought they'd dare to share.
0:55.8	I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back
1:00.7	at content from our earlier years.
1:02.8	But first, hey, one of our favorite members of the Risk team, our producer coach,
1:08.9	Gail Thomas, will be performing her hit solo show, Patient 13,
1:14.8	in New York on August 13th, September 11th, 18th, and 20th, and LA.
1:21.5	She'll be doing it there on September 4th.
1:24.4	The reviews have been amazing.
1:26.4	And read more about it and watch a two-minute promo,
1:29.3	go to patient13 show.com or follow Real Gail Thomas on Instagram. Also, I have a story
1:37.9	in a phenomenal new book called The Seven Deadly Sins. Comedians and storytellers confess about the most sinfully hilarious
1:47.4	things they've done. It's edited by the wonderful Laura Zobel and published by Wheatfield Press,
1:54.2	so look for the Seven Deadly Sins wherever books are sold. Now this week, it's the best of self-help stories number three. Now, in a little bit,
2:05.0	we're going to hear from Mark Amagon, but first, a story that Tommy Gallen first shared at a
2:11.5	risk live show in San Diego in 2014, here's Tommy now, with a story we call, Just Commit.
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