Can you get ADDICTED to HUNTING?!? w/ Jim and Linda Ryser
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2024
- Zach talks to Jim Ryser (THP Music Producer), and his wife Linda, about behavioral and situational addiction and how it relates to experiences they've had with addictive tendencies in hunting. This podcast delves into some more serious topics and stories from Jim's experience with substance addiction over 20 years ago. Jim formerly worked in the health care world and specialized in treating addiction, and more recently has befriended the entire THP crew and has become a beloved member of the THP family.
As a recovering speedball addict with three years of recovery and a lifelong passion for the outdoors I found this podcast very relatable. When he mentions the high of killing a big buck or gobbler surpassing the high of many recreational drugs I couldn't agree more. That adrenaline rush can blow even the best heroin or coke out of the water.
Took me a while to listen to this podcast because I didn’t think it was something I’d like.
There’s a fine line between addiction and passion. Without passion you’re nobody, but it doesn’t take too much to where you cross the line and start burning bridges. Putting your passion as a priority over more important matters makes it an addiction 💯.
My wife and I have been married for almost 2 years now and I’ve found myself already at times where I’ve prioritized going to the woods over her and she’s made it known to me. So when Jim’s wife talked about that it really hit me. Thank you guys for sharing that podcast!!! Very meaningful! Thank you for what you guys do!
Thanks for sharing, and points you made here. I prayed for wisdom this morning and came across this podcast, I am in recovery for about 30 years, I just recently got into hunting in the last 7 years, and it’s been turning into an addiction.
I have been watching THP from the beginning. There are no accidents, this is a God thing!
Perfectly appropriate timing on this topic of discussion for someone like me who is addicted to hunting and hunts on average at LEAST 50-60 days during deer season and usually more. Many relatable points from the last day of season feelings/relief, to consequences & cost effects. I don’t personally know anyone like me in this aspect so it’s enlightening to know I’m not the only one dealing with it. This post season depression & withdrawal has existed for several years with me.
If i listed my addictions it would take all night, but thank you guys. Its a very important topic and i think y'all covered it very well, and brought up that even at times "good addiction" can be bad, and the enlightenment of how to recognize the issue could possibly save many people from the lows that come with it.
There are a million different things I could try to explain to someone about why I love hunting so much, but the #1 hard truth is its when I feel most "alive". Those moments right before a shot, as that bull/buck/strutter are taking the final 2-3 steps into your shooting lane are seared into my memory forever. I think about them every day years or even decades after it happened.
Great stuff! My wifey was on the outside looking in when it came to hunting…never hunted before. We married and her father gave us permission to hunt their farm in Ohio…years passed and she passed on buck after buck (said she wanted them to grow). Finally she got her deer…a 250 lb monster 8 point. Not only was I ecstatic about her buck, but very interested in her reaction (psychologically and physiologically). She ended up accidentally leaving all of her gear in her stand and her hands were shaking uncontrollably…her eyes were insanely wide and she was out of breath. A few second time frame from totally relaxed to a full on adrenaline high. It was crazy to see that reaction…no Narcan needed. Just a great moment for her.
Wholesome.
Your wife’s comments sound so much like myself. We have been married 22 years and I still feel like my husband chooses hunting over me. He traded an alcohol addiction to going even more overboard with his hunting. Anniversary, sons birthday, holidays has to be planned around hunting.
I was going down a dark path, as a kid I loved nature and spent hours looking for snakes and frogs. Over time my addiction became women and fun/partying. I
Very interesting/relatable topic for a lot of people! Good idea!
We are taking a life, deep down it’s a different state of being to each of us. Adrenaline, excitement, success, accomplishment and livelihood are all factors that are experienced. Unexplainable feelings to someone that has never experienced the situation.🦌🇺🇸🙏
I try to just keep myself in the outdoors it seems to help I go from deer season to shed season to spring walleye to mushrooms then it’s time to start scouting for deer again. it’s very obsessive I literally know where 90 percent of the deer are all the time in my area.it’s part of my addiction and it’s helped me out many big bucks on my wall. Hunting specific bucks is like a drug to me I just can’t get enough and when it does come together it’s a whole different level I get so jacked up I literally black out and don’t remember parts of the hunt. There is no other feeling quite like it to me!!
that was a for real down to earth podcast for those who have fell beneath the master of puppets !!!!
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Those turkey mounts are gorgeous
See you all on the road to Happy Destiny