Talking Sobriety

Man, hard to find the words to explain everything. All I can say is that this is gonna make me a million times stronger and will not take me down. I'm only human and will explain everything in detail when the time is right. Its not how bad you fall in life, Its about how you pick yourself back up bcoming stronger from it.

This was bitter sweat. We were happy using my new podcast studio  for the first time along with starting to film each one to add to my YouTube channel. Then we talked to Ryan Kenna's family. I was talking to Ryan thropugh IG awhile ago about trying to get him to be pumped on sobriety and telling him that he could beat his drug addiction if he wanted to. Ryan got sober for 5 months until he relapsed and his father found him on the side of the house died from an accidental overdose. We talk to his whole family in this episode to bring attenetion to shady rehabs, the drug epidemic and exactly where drugs will lead you if you dont change your ways and get sober from being an addict. I pray that this story will help one person out there in need, and turn this horrible story into a hint of a better one. 

We're back after a little break from just purchasing my first house with my wife. SO PUMPED and was only possible from sobriety. Our friend Terry "The Tatted Ninja" Lamb got me hooked up with Lonny Taylor who made me the coolest metal sign for my podcast from his company TMM PLASMA. Started my relationship with Lonny there and then found out he has an amazing story of recovery. So here it is. Another human showing us that it is possible to beat drug\alcohol addiction.

A group of us flew up to Cincinnati to throw out the first pitch for a MLB game for a spinal cord awarness day. We has such a good time with the most rad group of good friends and one rad suite to hammer this show out. We start off with Ron Honn and how he set up this whole trip while discussing more recovery topics. Guest of honor along with cohost Russ was Aaron Baker. He suffered a horrific career endind back injury during his profesional motocross career which ended him being paralyzed from thw waste down. He has one of the most amazing stories on never giving up. He rode a bicycle twice across America along with walking across the death valley desert with his walker. This one was such an honor to be apart of, & really hope you guys enjoy!

Such a rad interview with Freestyle motocross pioneer Clifford Adoptate. He made it to the top in FMX until drugs took him down like they do to so many. Clifford is currently in rehab and is happier then ever with the will to make it back to the top. I hope you enjoy this one like myself.

Shae Bentley was a supercross champion and a motocross rider that was on his way to the top achieving so much through his career. With so many injuries from being a profesional dirtbike rider and falling in the the rut of pain pill addiction his career ended a little sooner then expected. His story is amazing on how he pulled out of the darkness now back on top living his best life. He is a true example of how to get out of the HELL of addiction and get your life back!

My co-host Russ and I did a live podcast\interview at New Origins Rehab with KORN's bass guitarist \ musician legend Brian "HEAD" Welch and his daughter Jennea. Before we sat down to do this interview we all watched their new documentary "Loud Krazy Love" which was so powerful in so many ways. It showed how his meth addiction took everything he had in his life while being one of the most biggest and successful rockstars of his time. Becoming a father changed his life eventually getting clean and finding God which saved his life. His story is so amazing how you can truly be on top of the world and a substance that you can get hooked on can rob you from everything good you have going in you life. It was a true honor getting to speak with Brian and his daughter. There new documentery is a must-watch video that will definitely touch you. Here is our interview, ENJOY!

Pro motocross \ supercross rider Beni Williams fell in the trap of drug addiction after all his injuries and fought his way back to the top after getting clean and sober. Then we talk to my old roommate, good friend and pro freestyle motocross rider Scotty Stephens on newly getting sober after alcohol started becoming a problem. So proud of Scotty for making this decision and his new outlook on life. Proud of both of these guys, once again proving that addiction in any form can be beaten!

Had a good chat with rehab owner and good friend Ronn Honn the morning after the Las Vegas Supercross finals. Funny how we both laughed about how much more fun how waking up early in Las Vegas truly is. I dont think there is anyway both of us would have've drempt this in the height of our drug addictions. We go over Ronn's story of how deep he was from his drug addiction to the rise of him getting sober and now owning one of the top rehabs in the nation. The Tatted Ninja himself even dropped by to jump in the convo as well. Both of these guys are legends with amazing stories of recovery.

I had a great interview with Tim Ryan who is an established author and creator of A&E's "Dopeman" along with Jennifer Gimenez super model, Actress and TV personality who are both power players in the recovery and mental health field from advocacy. Though leaders, interventions and speaking Nationwide is their main focuss on trying to beat the drug\alcohol addiction epidemic going on in this nation and world. Tim and Jenn are so passionate about what they do that they've joined forces in the recovery world, business and in their personal life. They are now a great power couple spreading the good word on sobriety trying to help as many struggling addicts as they can. It was an honor doing this interview with them and am proud to call them my new friends! 

This was a really good episode with Mark Scheeren and his view on how the typical ways of getting sober with rehab and the 12 steps is not the answer. Mark has been doing research on recovery for the past 30 years and thinks he has a whole new direction on getting your life back from drug and alcohol addiction. He  has written a book and has his own retreat for the suffering addict. It was such a hot debate that I had to get Ronn Honn owner New Origins Rehab to get his take on what Mark was saying. I may not have agreed on everything Mark was saying but by the end, it really made me start to think that maybe he could be right. See what you guys think after this one.

You might know Brondon Novac from MTV's "Viva La Bam", or "Jack Ass". On top of that he was on his way to becoming a top skate board rider as a kid until he went down the dark path of addiction. Brandon was a guy that was down so deep that I really think no one thought he was gonna survive his drug\alcochol addiction. After the 13th attempt at rehab he has made a complete 360 in life and is back on top with so much more. He is now a huge advocate in drug and alcohol addiction speaking throughout the world giving hope to the struggling addict. I really think you will gain a lot from his story and am very honored to call Brandon a good fiend.

  I talk with my good friend and former Freestyle Motocrosser Ryan Hansen on how he survived his drud\alcohol addiction, now living a great all with sobriety. We also talk to Kenny Potts who is paralyzed from a dirt bike accident and how he overcame such a big hurdle in life, while it’s not slowing him down one bit. Then Stephanie Munson opens up on how she lost both her siblings to drug addiction and how she got sober from her drug addiction. Very powerful stories on this show and think ths one will truly help a struggling addict out ther to show that you can never give up and that there is always a way out.