Golf Prospect w Full Ride to UCLA. Meth Took It All w/ Danny Dalton | The Hopeaholics Podcast #350

Golf Prospect w Full Ride to UCLA. Meth Took It All w/ Danny Dalton | The Hopeaholics Podcast #350 Danny Dalton grew up in Huntington Beach playing golf when Tiger Woods was the standard everyone chased. He was good enough to earn a full scholarship to UCLA. He lost it junior year and spent the next decade filling the gap with cocaine, then meth, then heroin. This episode covers the whole run. The UCLA golfer who shot course records and still couldn't get out of his own way. The meth use that progressed to the needle at 33. The night he looked in a mirror and saw Gollum staring back. And the second day of treatment when a stranger walked into the room with the same name as his deceased father.Follow the Hopeaholics on our Socials:https://www.instagram.com/thehopeaholics https://linktr.ee/thehopeaholicsGo to www.Wolfpak.com today and support our sponsors. Don't forget to use code: HOPEAHOLICSPODCAST for 10% off!Visit our Treatment Centers: https://www.hopebythesea.comIf you or a loved one needs help, please call or text 949-615-8588. We have the resources to treat mental health and addiction. Sponsored by the Infiniti Group LLC:https://www.infinitigroupllc.com Join our patreon to get access to an EXTRA EPISODE every week of ‘Off the Record’, exclusive content, a thriving recovery community, and opportunities to be featured on the podcast. https://patreon.com/TheHopeaholics Our Merch: https://thehopeaholics.myshopify.com#TheHopeaholics #redemption #recovery #AlcoholAddiction #AddictionRecovery #wedorecover #SobrietyJourney #MyStory #Hope #wedorecover #treatmentcenter #natalieevamarie0:00 Cold open0:18 Intro0:47 Danny Dalton, welcome to the show1:09 Golf: how Danny got into it late and why it took over6:35 progressive alcoholism begins7:11 Full athletic scholarship to UCLA9:12 The gene: addiction running through the family14:45 Growing up with Tiger Woods as the benchmark15:05 "I didn't realize how insulated I was until I wasn't"19:03 Losing the scholarship junior year, somehow graduating anyway21:56 Course records / sponsors: pro-level golf he couldn't hold onto24:14 Cocaine, then meth25:09 The needle at 3332:33 First meth charge at 36: parents finding out32:59 Nine charges with the law33:21 Heroin: the thing that took him all the way down34:48 Four years of isolation + his father dies35:49 "I looked in the mirror and saw Gollum"36:13 The shot that almost killed him37:18 Threw everything in the trash and walked to the beach38:01 Detox on his mom's couch, then court39:17 Court-ordered 90 days39:38 Day 2 in treatment: breaking down in church41:13 A stranger named Tom Dalton walks in — his dead father's name43:08 "That's why you have a gift"44:29 Losing his treatment community, starting to slip again45:23 Why he stays in recovery: it's for the next guy48:33 Chad on his own hard year51:12 The two words he says every morning57:35 The recovery side has to come first1:02:41 What Danny does today