*SENSITIVE CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: This recording contains sensitive content, including references to drugs and alcohol, that may be triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*

Health Club Manager Rich Schutt joins host Mike Trovato for the nineteenth episode of the Health on a WIMH podcast. When things outside of our control weigh heavily on us, it can be easy to find distraction and comfort in destructive activities and substances. It can cost friendships, jobs, finances, and for some, their lives.

Rich and Mike reminisce about their life-long friendship and connection that was almost lost. Rich shares the powerful story of his over decade-long path through alcohol addiction, sobriety, and undetected type-2 diabetes that nearly took his life. With the help of loved ones, he reflects on his near-death experiences and the toll addiction can take on not only the person afflicted, but those around them.