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 drugalcohol 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 podcastinterview 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 drugalcohol 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 drugalcochol 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 drudalcohol 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.

I interviewed former supercrossmotocross star Nico Izzi a few months back when he just got into prison from getting into some serous trouble with the law from his drugalcohol addiction (episode #7). It was very rough for him facing the music from what his addiction led him too. He has a clearer mindset on what he did and what his life has become all from his addictions. This interview went a lot better and you can really tell that he wants to give sobriety a fighting chance to get his life back. I really wanted to do this to show that you can have it all and in almost every case drugs and alcohol will rob you from it. I pray that Nico will come out a new man and rise up from this even stronger.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14.mp3 I feel that when I reach out to help a struggling addict not only does it feel good but it helps my recovery. Russ and I call three recovery specialists on their take on it. We talk to Greg Hannley owner of SOBA RECOVERY, Ronn Honn owner of NEW ORIGINS IOP Rehab Center and Kevin Kolb owner of SICK RECOVERY. If more of us are more open with what we have overcome it will help others.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mike-.mp3 We had a good talk with freestyle motocrosser Josh Wilson on all his injuries then getting addicted to pain pills and overcoming them on his own. Really proud of him for putting the work in and pulling it getting his life back and feeling better then ever without any medications. We also check in with our almost weekly guest Caleb Wyatt and how he just hit 90 days clean and sober, sounding better every time we talk to him. Cant believe how we talked to him a little over three months back when he was literally at rock bottom. To see the transformation on him getting his life back with sobriety makes this all worth it.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kody.mp3 I interview my good Canadian friend Kodi Hopkins on how he grew his business from nothing to becoming so successful with a lot of hard work. Money doesn’t buy happiness which we talk about and how he is dealing with his depression at the moment from everything he has going on with his lfe. Also have a great debate with the owner of New Origins Rehab Ronn Honn and Jordan Burns, former drummer of the punk band STRUNG OUT on addiction and sobriety. This was a great three-way chat with myself hearing Ronn’s take on addiction being a professional in the field and with Jordan who is not an addict and has his ways of thinking of how it works.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/new-russ.mp3 Checking In Former X-Games Gold Medalist With Calab Wyatt, And Call OG “Crusty Demonds Of Dirt” STAR Rusty Setser On His New SOBER Life After Being Locked Up In A Australian Jail For Over 6 Years.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/richard-cabral-final.mp3 I get the chance to have a good chat with Movie star Richard Cabral. He is best known for his roles on the ABC television series “American Crime”, which has earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2015, and the television series “Lethal Weapon”. He has been in a hand full of other huge movies and TV series but this didn’t come easy. He grew up in the gang life at a very early age and even developed an addiction to crack cocaine by the age of 15. He was looking at a life term in prison for a violent assault with a deadly weapon and got released early which we talk about. He changed his life after this with sobriety and getting out of thegang life. Good things starting falling in his lap after this which has then led him to where he is now. He is living proof that you can change your life around for the best nomatter how bad you think the cards are against you.

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jhie-episode.mp3 In this episode I talk to my Canadian buddy Jhye Hopkins who has completly turned his life around from being super unhealthy, over weight and addicted to cocaine too getting sober and totally resculpting his boddy in every way. He is a perfect example of the benifits on getting clean and sober living a healthy life that you can turn it all around for the best. We also check in with Calab Wyatt who is still in rehab climbing the latter to success through sobriety making his way back to the top all by getting SOBER!

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/greg-hanley.mp3 This episode I speak with someone I truly look up to in Recovery, Mr. Greg Hannley. He is the owner and creator of SOBA RECOVERY centers nationwide, with one hell of a story from being an addict to changing his life around and then creating one of the biggest rehab centers around from his garage. I also check in with Calab Wyatt who was on one of my first shows and in the lowest point of his life due to his drug addiction. With some motivation from coming on this podcast and Ron, owner of NEW ORIGINS rehab who got him to his rehab center, Calab now has one big smile and is free from his addiction for today. Anyone can beat their drug or alcohal addiction and I do this podcast too show you that it can be done!

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nico-izzi-final.mp3 Every episode isn’t just about success stories and how great sobriety is. For me and many others, we had to go through some crazy things to even become lucky enough to get and stay sober. This is a story of a top professional supercross and motocross rider Nico Izz, who had it all and was making his way to become the next champion of his sport. Through many injuries and then getting addicted to painkillers which lead to addiction like how it happens to 95% of other professional athletes. Nico then got sober foe a small period of time and one day thought he could handle a beer like most addicts think. The thing is, is that never works and lead him into a darker path of becoming an alcoholic and getting himself into some serious trouble with the law landing him in prison which could end up being 10 years. Nico had it all like I once did and I should be where he is. I want you to learn from his story if anyone is dealing with addiction to show how bad it can get even if you have it all. Nico is a great human and addiction robbed him of his life but am sure when he gets out he will turn it around with sobriety and learn a serious lesson from his actions. I also talk to his mother, Betsy Izzi which was a hard one to hear a mothers view just knowing what I put my parents though. I hate drugs and alcohol, period!

https://talkingsobriety.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ron-rehab.mp3 Its been a rough week in my area where I live with a mass shooting at Boarder Line, a place we grew up going there for good times followed by some of the worst fires in Californias history. My heart and prayers go out to all those who were affected and to those we lost. We talk with Ron Honn about his rehab he started after getting sober and hear his story on how he did it. He got Calab Wyatt, our past guest into his rehab as I type this and will be checking in with him weekly to see the transformation of getting sober if he stays with it. We also talk with former FMXer Andy Morgan and his unique story on how he got sober and is now living a good life.