Bobby Lee claims that he must attend meetings to stay sober because he cannot afford to experience another relapse.

“if I get into the mind frame of like I could just go tomorrow I'm [ __ ] so I just go you know what I mean and I generally I mean to me it was weird but still I'm always going I'm glad I'm here”

He believes that the true path to recovery and overcoming addiction is through connection with others rather than isolation.

“We're not equipped to deal with what's happening in the world. So, the way we get through it is through connection.”

Twelve-step recovery is a beneficial solution for individuals dealing with addiction or those who want to change themselves.

“In this case, 12-step recovery which I believe is a good solution for anyone with addiction issues or anyone that wants to change themselves actually.”

Greg suggests that a person who is planning to end a period of sobriety needs a support system of friends to help them through the experience.

“You need to wake up with friends. You need to wake up with support team to get get you to keep drinking.”

Sobriety is a necessary path to achieving a better life, honesty, and professional success.

“I knew that it would be sobriety, I knew that it would be honesty, and those two things go hand in hand. So, that was what I knew.”

He claims that quitting alcohol was the necessary first step for him to better combat his personal demons.

“the first step for me for beating my demons was to quit drinking and that's really it gave me the tools to better combat them not not so they don't go away people need to understand they don't go away it's just you have better tools to to uh to combat them and deal with them that's it”

Buff Bagwell states that stopping his use of pills and alcohol was the most difficult thing he has ever done.

“Hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Hardest thing I've ever done in my life.”

She asserts that her addiction to alcohol was a coping mechanism used to escape underlying feelings of pain and worthlessness, rather than being the source of the problem itself.

“alcohol isn't the problem the problem is this feeling inside of me I have to try it a different way”

He claims that his past attempts to link his identity to professional achievement, which he now views as a form of insecurity, were just as damaging as his substance use.

“I had to give that up over time in sobriety realizing that that was just as detrimental as the drinking was truly like because it becomes like who who who am I? Like who am I? And if this is my identity, if this is how I'm evaluating myself, then I'm always going to fall short.”