@Nicky_Sober21 (Nick) joins me from South Africa!

***Forgive the first few minutes of this episode:
as I learned, South Africa does something called "load-shedding" which causes intermittent blackouts throughout the communities.
I caught Nick as he was coming out of a blackout - the lights & power to his place literally came online as I pressed record!
Epic timing.

Having said that, we needed to wait for his wifi to reset so there are a few minutes at the start of the episode where I am going solo!
Feel free to fast forward that part ;)

Nick, in his own words about the topics covered:
"10-year drinking lifespan- what happened and how I got as well as stay sober- plans for the future."

Nick has some awesome knowledge to drop this episode.
He celebrates his 1 Year Sober mark on June 13th, 2022.

Our topics include:
- bodybuilding and fitness
- blackout drinking from an early age
- drinking culture in South Africa
- moderation attempts
- extremist personality

- arrested at age 16 for DUI
- working at a bar and how that ramped up his drinking
- the importance of community
- his parents stepped in on his drinking
- the dangers of isolation and alone drinking

- the mental benefits of working out
- how author Craig Beck really changed his outlook
- how an episode of Jigsaw changed his outlook
- panic attacks in the early stages of recovery
- "used up all my promises:
- I HAD to make this work

Nick says, about relapses:
"Don't give them more power than they need".

Great stuff here, thanks to Nick!!

https://www.instagram.com/nicky_sober21/