FIGHT LIKE DAVID

This episode of the Chase The Vase Podcast is epic! My guest is a professional nutritionist, father and part time comedien. Brad has walked the stage as a professional body builder and knows how to transform. Brad is a full time coach. His goal is to help men and women change. 

Nothing is off limits with Brad. He is open about his path to sobriety. He was brought up by loving parents who did everything they could to help him find sobriety. They even financed thier home to send him to rehab. Brad's rock bottom was always cushioned by a loving mother who wanted to love the addiction right out of him. Finally, there came a point in his addiction, that his parents withdrew support and stopped enabling his behaviors. It was at this point that Brad realized that he needed to change and get help. 

Brad shares his relationship with his sponsor and how  accountablity became his mantra. He quickly realized  that "accountability is the crutch that makes it happen." Brad believes that most people fail to be consistent long enough to reap the huge rewards. "Don't give up before the miracles happen....they are coming." This is true in the nutrition and recovery. 

His story will give you hope! We invite you to spend time listening to this podcast. If Brad's story resignates with you, we invite you to share, like and subrscibe . 

Brad can be found on Instagram @thesoberbodybuilder. 

Jolene Winn (@Jolenewinncoaching) is a certified life coach for #ThePornAddictsWife. After learning about her husband's secret addiction to pornography several years into their marriage, she decided to seek help through personal growth and development. After learning the tools to free herself from her husband's addiction, she's determined to help other women in the same situation. She is now a full time life coach for women who have a spouse addicted to pornography. She and her husband, Rob, live in North Carolina with their 5 kids and love their life together.

This podcast is raw and emotional. Rob shares his journey on how he became addicted to porn and the effect it had on his wife Jolene. Rob is honest about the process of the hold porn has on those caught in the chains of addiction. The journey from looking at porn to becoming sober was not easy but worth it. He now shares his strength and hope with other men while Jolene is a light to so many woman. 

Please like and share this episode with everyone you know who struggles with breaking the chains of pornography.

In today’s episode of Chase The Vase Podcast, Honored to share the microphone with Max Hall. He is a former American football quarterback. After playing college football for BYU, he was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played in a total of six games as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals. Max also spent the 2012 year as an assistant coach for BYU.

For those of us who love college football, we will remember the days of Max playing quarterback at BYU. His last second heroics vs Utah and the collision he sustained going into the endzone for a touchdown. There is no doubt, Max Hall is a warrior. After suffering some injuries on the playing field, his life took a hard turn when he became addicted to painkillers and opiates. “

There is no secret, Max went as hard on the field as he did off it. He shares his story of becoming first, addicted to opiates. When they became unavailable, he turned his attention to heroin, alcohol and cocaine. Max shares his rollercoaster journey from stardom on the football field to chasing the next high on the streets.

Max’s journey vividly shows the ups and downs of the life of an athlete, that of an addict and the strength of his recovery. Hear what Max is doing today to give back, to remain sober and to eliminate red flags!

In this weeks episode of the Chase The Vase Podcast, we give you the opportunity to hear about the power of overcoming and finding purpose sober. Charlie is the host of The Way Out Podcast and is on his 222 episode. His love for recovery and sobriety is what fuels his obsession with sharing the strength and hope that comes from getting and staying clean. Charlie is a proponent of finding the necessary tools to stay sober and then to share those tools with others. Charlie found sobriety and a community within the halls of AA. He is a mentor and an advocate to those on the margin. He lives his sobriety in a way that others see him, and want to follow his journey. Come Chase The Vase with us!

From Addict To Athlete. The Mission of Blu and his team at Addict To Athlete is to establish and maintain recovery by promoting lifestyle changes through erasing addiction and replacing it with things of greater value. Blu is a leader and athlete in his community as well as a husband, father, therapist and coach to men and woman struggling with addiction. Blu openly shares his story of being brought up in a dysfunctional home. The mistreatment he faced by the hands of his step father(s) and the psychological warfare addiction and loneliness played in his life. Blu found a life-line in the chaos in his best friend Marissa. Blu shares that overcoming his addiction was the easy part but facing his character weaknesses head on became the life long battle.

I am sure at some point, you've probably felt overwhelmed and embarrassed about your situation.  You may try and hide your addiction from your community, but the pain it causes inside of the home is all encompassing. Megan has suffered from addiction for many many years. She has tried to recover on her own many times. She wanted to be a better mom, a better wife, a better human. But the addiction to alcohol and pills played a vital role in keeping her from being "the woman she wanted to be." She needed to experience freedom from addiction.  In early 2020, Megan finally made the decision to seek help.  With the assistance of her amazing husband Pat and her wonderful children, Megan began walking the path of sobriety smack dab in the middle of a pandemic.  Megan and Pat share there road of redemption, recovery and never giving up on one another. 

I met Ryan on a Facebook group after he shared his story. He shared the message to give others hope.  He is on his way to long term recovery. Ryan shares how he lost "his soul in my addiction." His family was present as he fell deeper and deeper into his addiction. On September 2nd, 2017, Ryan attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the chest with a 9mm. He lived through the event and is here to tell about his redemption story.  There is hope.....there is always hope. I hope you enjoy Ryan's story. 

On this Episode of Chase The Vase, we speak with former teacher, high school football coach and heroin addict Sean Hinton. Sean's addiction became public when we was arrested for DUI and possession charges. During his active addiction, Sean was able to mask his battle of addiction by winning football games. In just two seasons, Sean's football teams were winning championships on the field while he was loosing the battle off the field. 

In this episode, we take an in-depth look at Sean's addiction and what he is doing today to win the fight!

Today on the show I have Arizona native,  Dr. Derek Price. Derek is a retired NFL player turned addiction recovery expert. He is the CEO of Desert Hope Treatment Center . He works with and specializes in helping men and woman recover from addiction. He focuses on creating a recovery plan that works for the individual. Derek's approach is found to add value to those who enter into the program. 

Luke is an amazing man who found his passion while building a bed for a family in his community. Once he realized the need that was out there, he took bed building to a whole new level. He talks about finding your purpose and making the time her, valuable!