Alex shares his story of alcohol addiction, drug addiction, losing his mental and physical health, suicidal ideation, and eventual spiritual experience that led to new ways of thinking, feeling, communicating, and behaving and a drug-and-alcohol-free life. This is the drug and alcohol recovery story of Alex Bales, Life Coach. (SoberFitAlex). 📖 CHAPTERS 👇 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Alex as a Sensitive Child 06:47 Sensitivity as a Teenager While Playing Sports for an Abusive Coach 11:35 Trauma & Epstein-Barr Virus 15:49 Getting Into Injecting Testosterone & New Relationship Then Breaking UP 18:50 Moving Back Home With Parents After Breakup & Drinking/Drugging To Numb The Pain 20:18 Burning Out on Alcohol & Drugs & Planning To Commit Suicide, Then a Spiritual Experience 27:35 Ending The Addiction Chapter & Recovering from Addiction 36:04 How To Use The 5 Tenants of Health 42:55 Books That Have Impacted Alex The Most 🔎 To access all of the episodes and more visit... 👇 elevationrecovery.com/ elevationrecovery.com/about/ elevationrecovery.com/podcast/ elevationrecovery.com/courses/
I came across this channel soon after a dear loved one committed suicide due to addiction. Huge wake up call!! I now understand many things because of this information. This information saves life’s. I am awake to many things but this was something I had never tapped into. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️
Wow…this was a great interview. This has really hit home! I’ve always been told I’m overly sensitive too, and it hasn’t been until recently that I’ve realized it was the cause of a lot of my issues in childhood. I still suffer from it. My experience with sports is very, very similar to yours Alex. Starting in childhood I had a fear of being on a public stage and being judged or criticized. My very first play in kindergarten in front of the parents, I got sick and couldn’t go on. Same exact story as yours with high school sports. I was extremely athletic, but I couldn’t perform for fear of being on public display. I also had an aggressive Football coach who made me fearful of screwing up. I ended up just quitting. It haunts me to this day. I’ve abused alcohol since high school, for the past 25 years. I’m hoping to change course as of now. Also…I love the parrot! I didn’t even see him until 5 minutes in!😆
Next monday, out patient sobriety during 2nd month of lockdown, 1 friend who I can't see, outside of radius, job on hold, 700mls of jack daniels every fucking day.
Alex shares his story of alcohol addiction, drug addiction, losing his mental and physical health, suicidal ideation, and eventual spiritual experience that led to new ways of thinking, feeling, communicating, and behaving and a drug-and-alcohol-free life. This is the drug and alcohol recovery story of Alex Bales, Life Coach. (SoberFitAlex).
📖 CHAPTERS 👇
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Alex as a Sensitive Child
06:47 Sensitivity as a Teenager While Playing Sports for an Abusive Coach
11:35 Trauma & Epstein-Barr Virus
15:49 Getting Into Injecting Testosterone & New Relationship Then Breaking UP
18:50 Moving Back Home With Parents After Breakup & Drinking/Drugging To Numb The Pain
20:18 Burning Out on Alcohol & Drugs & Planning To Commit Suicide, Then a Spiritual Experience
27:35 Ending The Addiction Chapter & Recovering from Addiction
36:04 How To Use The 5 Tenants of Health
42:55 Books That Have Impacted Alex The Most
🔎 To access all of the episodes and more visit... 👇
elevationrecovery.com/
elevationrecovery.com/about/
elevationrecovery.com/podcast/
elevationrecovery.com/courses/
I came across this channel soon after a dear loved one committed suicide due to addiction. Huge wake up call!!
I now understand many things because of this information. This information saves life’s. I am awake to many things but this was something I had never tapped into. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️
So sorry for your loss
26:25 TWO bottles
To get the edge off
I dont drink anymore
And I wonder how the F can we drink 2 bottles , as a warm up
We were sick people
Wow…this was a great interview. This has really hit home! I’ve always been told I’m overly sensitive too, and it hasn’t been until recently that I’ve realized it was the cause of a lot of my issues in childhood. I still suffer from it. My experience with sports is very, very similar to yours Alex. Starting in childhood I had a fear of being on a public stage and being judged or criticized. My very first play in kindergarten in front of the parents, I got sick and couldn’t go on. Same exact story as yours with high school sports. I was extremely athletic, but I couldn’t perform for fear of being on public display. I also had an aggressive Football coach who made me fearful of screwing up. I ended up just quitting. It haunts me to this day. I’ve abused alcohol since high school, for the past 25 years. I’m hoping to change course as of now. Also…I love the parrot! I didn’t even see him until 5 minutes in!😆
Great episode! Thank you! I’m in early stages of my sobriety
Thank you guys! I kept pausing s I could write down a the resources you shared! I’m so excited to check them out!
Great video
Next monday, out patient sobriety during 2nd month of lockdown, 1 friend who I can't see, outside of radius, job on hold, 700mls of jack daniels every fucking day.
What sort of bird is that? He looks like a lovely little buddy