The Duchow Files Part 1: Addiction, Rock Bottom & What Came Next

This is our first car episode—recorded at 9pm driving to Wenatchee with adventure coffee in hand. Clint's telling his story, and we're not holding back. This is Part 1 of the transformation that took him from half a gallon of vodka every 2-3 days to where he is now.What we discuss:What Clint thought lifting weights was for in high school (and why the concept of metabolic health never even occurred to him)The car accident that changed everything—when his daughter had a broken leg and his ex-wife ended up in a hospital bed in the living room for monthsThe recording Clint listened to the next day where he talked for almost an hour about wanting to die (and didn't remember having that conversation)What happened when Clint got fired from coaching his son's senior year—the moment something shifted and "light started to come on"The 4th of July heart-to-heart with his sister-in-law that he somehow remembers (even though he was way over the legal limit)Why Clint kept all his booze displayed on the counter after he quit—and what he calls "facing the demon head on"This is Part 1 of Clint going back to the beginning—before health mattered, before lifting made sense, before anything clicked. We're walking through what it looked like when alcohol was medication, when rock bottom didn't feel like rock bottom yet, and what finally triggered the realization that something had to change. This is raw, unscripted, and recorded in real-time as we're driving through the night talking about the years that led up to everything shifting.