In this week's episode of Decide Your Destiny, Chris Reed, President Of New Directions Addiction Recovery Services, shares his story of becoming addicted to heroin, overdosing 3 times in a week, becoming sober, creating multiple successful businesses, and giving back to the recovery community by providing sober living homes and founding treatment facilities. This is an interview that you do not want to miss.
Get In Touch With Chris:
Phone #: 847-307-1143
IG: @reed0909
FB: https://www.facebook.com/chris.reed.568/
New Directions Addiction Recovery Services
Northern Illinois Recovery Center
Follow Josh On IG: @mrjoshjacobs
Episode Topics
1:25 = What was your childhood like
4:03 = First time drinking
6:08 = How quickly did you go from experimenting to unmanageable
12:23 = When did you feel like you started to have a problem
15:30 = Getting prescribed oxycontin
22:56 = What it was like overdosing on heroin the 1st time
24:25 = Never wanting to do heroin again to doing it 8 hours later
30:26 = Going to a 12 step meeting and kick-starting recovery
35:03 = Top things that kept you sober in the first year
37:08 = How to help a struggling family member
42:19 = From overdosing 3 times in a week to a successful businessman
46:24 = Screwed out of $25K at 20 years old & starting a biz out of spite
48:35 = How the sober bar The Other Side was created
57:37 = From about to shut down to massive funding and 2 sober homes
1:07:38 = How to take action when you feel unprepared
1:10:00 = Shifting careers to your passion
1:15:55 = What would you tell someone who is feeling stuck right now
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