EPISODE · Jul 29, 2021 · 37 MIN
Taylor Reed
from Living Limitless · host Clint Riggin
Taylor Reed- 29 Grew up in Southeastern Colorado outside of a small town called Wiley. Roughly 400 people. I am the youngest of 5. Raised livestock as well as helping my dad, grandpa, and uncle farm. By the time I was 12, my brother and I had a little over 500 goats and 150 head of cattle that we took care of. I was extremely passionate about sports. My summers as a teenager were spent traveling the state playing on an all-star baseball team. During the school year, I was immersed in football and basketball. Won a couple of state titles in high school my sophomore year, football and baseball. Was quarterback on the football team and was a pitcher/outfielder in baseball. Was 1 of 12 players selected from the Midwest to play in the USA vs. Canada bowl game for 6-man football. Received a scholarship to play basketball at Otero Jr. College Helped my cousins start a roustabout company in the oilfield industry when I was 19. By the time I was 22 I was a construction supervisor and had 40 men working underneath me building production facilities. Addiction has always been prevalent in my life. I began drinking when I was 3, was getting blackout drunk by the time I was 8. First started taking pain pills when I was 12. The first time I tried cocaine was the same day we won the state title in football when I was 14. First tried heroin when I was 16. I lost my scholarship for basketball due to a MIP, so after my 1 st semester I dropped out and began working in the oilfield shortly after. While I was in the oilfield, I had to have surgery for a hernia and when the Dr prescribed me pain pills, that rekindled the fire for my addiction. After my pills ran out, I switched over to heroin. I battled with my sobriety until I was 25 when I first entered treatment. It was a 30-day program and I used it the second I got home. The next year was a struggle, barely maintained a job and was losing the trust and respect of those that knew me. A couple of months before I went back to treatment for the second time, I tried to overdose on heroin. Taking my life was the only way that I saw out. The second round of treatment was the same outcome. Relapsed shortly after getting home. After several months, I reached a new “rock bottom”. In a months’ time, I nearly overdosed the morning of my brother's wedding, I had another failed suicide attempt by overdosing, went on a high-speed chase, and landed up in county jail. I was fortunate that the judge sentenced me to complete a long-term treatment center versus going to prison for 5 years. I competed in my first bodybuilding contest while I was in treatment and have been pursuing that ever since. "Live Limitless"
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Taylor Reed- 29 Grew up in Southeastern Colorado outside of a small town called Wiley. Roughly 400 people. I am the youngest of 5. Raised livestock as well as helping my dad, grandpa, and uncle farm. By the time I was 12, my brother and I had a little over 500 goats and 150 head of cattle that we took care of. I was extremely passionate about sports. My summers as a teenager were spent traveling the state playing on an all-star baseball team. During the school year, I was immersed in football and basketball. Won a couple of state titles in high school my sophomore year, football and baseball. Was quarterback on the football team and was a pitcher/outfielder in baseball. Was 1 of 12 players selected from the Midwest to play in the USA vs. Canada bowl game for 6-man football. Received a scholarship to play basketball at Otero Jr. College Helped my cousins start a roustabout company in the oilfield industry when I was 19. By the time I was 22 I was a construction supervisor and had 40 men working underneath me building production facilities. Addiction has always been prevalent in my life. I began drinking when I was 3, was getting blackout drunk by the time I was 8. First started taking pain pills when I was 12. The first time I tried cocaine was the same day we won the state title in football when I was 14. First tried heroin when I was 16. I lost my scholarship for basketball due to a MIP, so after my 1 st semester I dropped out and began working in the oilfield shortly after. While I was in the oilfield, I had to have surgery for a hernia and when the Dr prescribed me pain pills, that rekindled the fire for my addiction. After my pills ran out, I switched over to heroin. I battled with my sobriety until I was 25 when I first entered treatment. It was a 30-day program and I used it the second I got home. The next year was a struggle, barely maintained a job and was losing the trust and respect of those that knew me. A couple of months before I went back to treatment for the second time, I tried to overdose on heroin. Taking my life was the only way that I saw out. The second round of treatment was the same outcome. Relapsed shortly after getting home. After several months, I reached a new “rock bottom”. In a months’ time, I nearly overdosed the morning of my brother's wedding, I had another failed suicide attempt by overdosing, went on a high-speed chase, and landed up in county jail. I was fortunate that the judge sentenced me to complete a long-term treatment center versus going to prison for 5 years. I competed in my first bodybuilding contest while I was in treatment and have been pursuing that ever since. "Live Limitless"
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