Michael Chernow

And then I knew one person who I respected who was sober.

And it was a woman named Karen who was like an older sister to me.

She worked in this nightclub that I was a bar back at when I was like 16.

And her and I just clicked.

And she would always just take me in whenever I was down and out.

Like if I was strung out and just like...

I needed to like be somewhere that was not in the street.

I called her because I knew she was sober.

And she was like, wherever you are, stay.

I'm going to send my boyfriend.

And she called her boyfriend, Marcus.

And Marcus showed up.

And Marcus changed my whole entire life.

He introduced me to, well, certainly sobriety, but he introduced me to the world of wellness through fitness and nutrition.

Program.

The night that I spent with Marcus that first day, he sat down with me and he just said, I just want to, he's like, just tell me your story.

Like, you know, and at that point, no one had really asked me that question, right?

Tell me your story.

Like, what is it?

And, of course, like I wanted him to think that I had had it like the worst life ever, right?