Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life

Wild Ride to Sobriety: Transformation from Addiction to Empowerment [Ian Fee]

Linda Bjork/Ian Fee Season 6 Episode 19

Ian Fee was immersed in a culture that celebrated excessive drinking from an early age.  He had his first sip of alcohol as a toddler, was a bartender at 13, and attributed his business success to martini lunches and wining and dining his clients.  Yet he found the courage and determination to make a conscious choice to embrace sobriety without sacrificing the enjoyment of life.  Ian is a successful author, entrepreneur, and the creator of Make It Great (MIG).
 
Website: makeitgreat.me

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-fee-6391b112/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Make-It-Great/100034784122106/

Link to Book: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Sobriety-Transformation-Oblivion/dp/B0DHYR1YST/


Some of the highlights Ian shares:

  • First sip of alcohol at age 1
  • Bartender at age 13
  • Used booze to build his business success
  • Alcohol consumption is a highly accepted business practice
  • Having all the appearances of success, but leaving a wake of destruction
  • How drinking negatively affects marriage relationships 
  •  How drinking negatively affects relationships with children 
  • Realizing that something needed to change
  • "Aversion therapy" to overcome a drinking habit
  • Started therapy to save his marriage and to be a better father, but soon realized that he needed to do it for himself
  • Losing 85 pounds and getting healthy
  • I feel like a million bucks
  • How journaling, gratitude, breathwork, and exercise help
  • Forgive your younger self.  Believe in your current self.  Create your future self.
  • Learning self discipline
  • I had signs, but I didn't see them
  • Improving intimate relationships
  • Joy is continued happiness over and over again
  • How his former "party-hard" life was an attractive counterfeit for true joy
  • Gather people around you who help you become your best self
  • You can still be the life of the party when you're sober
  • And more


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