Chris’ Background 00:02:51 Chris Struggles With Substance Usage 00:05:21 How Chris Found Out that He has a Son 00:06:57 Curiosity On Drugs Leads to Addiction 00:10:52 Once You Start, It will be hard to Come out  00:12:24 What Happens When You Relapse? 00:14:42 Change Starts  with Small Steps 00:16:05 Maintaining Distance  from  Substance 00:17:36 How an Addict Kept His Integrity  00:18:40 Chris Started To Relapse 00:21:03 If You Don’t Mourn, You will Pull Everything Away 00:22:22 How to Show Self-care and Handle Grief 00:24:41 How it Feels Like Being Trapped with Grief  00:26:48 Start To Look at Things from a Different Perspective 00:29:04 The Death Of Chris’ Brother  00:31:45 The Satisfaction of Coming Out From Struggles  00:32:10 Taking One Step At a Time to Reach The Goal 00:34:47 Doing Things That Meet Your Responsibilities 00:35:59 Implementing Activities That Can Help You Overcome Grief 00:37:50 Believe In Yourself and Your Capabilities and Never Give Up Wisdom Words:   “ Find a dark corner of a room somewhere and let yourself cry. I think just like letting yourself, no matter how you got to do it, I think you need to let yourself feel those feelings.”   “ I had great friends and family, so we would kind of help each other as far as, you know, like reaching the goals.”   “I just kept on doing what I could do giant to basically, like, optimize or improve like one step at a time.” “I just believe that my mental power is strong enough to overcome anything that I'm facing, and I just try to power through and focus on the same thing until I do.”   #soberonpurpose #podcast #personaldevelopment #motivation #personalgrowth #mindset #inspiration #overcominggaddiction #success #trials #triumph #positivemindset #sadness #grief