Welcome to another episode of The SHAIR Podcast. Today, we have Zach B. Joining us! Zach is a father of twins, an amazing husband, a wonderful, powerful example to the rest of his community, especially in the recovery community, where he does a tremendous amount of service, but prior to all of this, Zach was surrounded by drugs and alcohol from the age of twelve and had a tumultuous relationship with alcohol and drugs until he found recovery. Zach's got an amazing and powerful story. Join Us Now!
Clean Date: March 10th 2013
Omar: All right, so Zach, what is the best suggestion you have ever received?
Zach: It had to be Buddy. He tells me this over and over again. He says, "Let go or get dragged." When I come up to him and I'm complaining. I was like, "Man, this is not going my way. I should be getting paid this much in this job." He says, "Zach, let go or get dragged. You can't control any of this. The outcome is God's and God's alone, so you just live this life, man." I write that down everywhere I go, and I use it, and I love it. I mean, let go or get dragged. It's so true.
Omar: I love it. Okay, and if you could give a newcomer only one suggestion, what would it be?
Zach: You deserve this. I mean, that's one thing it took me a while to accept. That I could deserve something better, something more meaningful. If anyone is listening to this and they're on the edge of recovery or in the midst of it and you're doubting yourself, you deserve every bit of good that's going to come your way. Trust me, good is going to come. When the storm is done and it's weathered, there's going to be sun, and it's beautiful. It's like you're looking through glasses. I mean, just the vision is beautiful. You'll learn new things. You'll have new hobbies. There will be so much more to replace your alcoholism or your addiction. It's not even funny. You can do some great things.