Nick Middaugh

Yeah. Yeah, it is. No, I, um, like I said, you know, I was raised in this environment where like my parents were, especially as I got older, they're really trying to steer us away from, you know, the path of alcohol and drugs and stuff like that. You know, telling us like, Hey, you know, you can go out and have some drinks at a party, but be safe, be smart. Don't drink too much.

Yeah. Yeah, it is. No, I, um, like I said, you know, I was raised in this environment where like my parents were, especially as I got older, they're really trying to steer us away from, you know, the path of alcohol and drugs and stuff like that. You know, telling us like, Hey, you know, you can go out and have some drinks at a party, but be safe, be smart. Don't drink too much.

Yeah. Yeah, it is. No, I, um, like I said, you know, I was raised in this environment where like my parents were, especially as I got older, they're really trying to steer us away from, you know, the path of alcohol and drugs and stuff like that. You know, telling us like, Hey, you know, you can go out and have some drinks at a party, but be safe, be smart. Don't drink too much.

You know, don't let it become a habit. And, uh, you know, especially like growing up in church and in the middle of nowhere in Michigan, like there's a lot of that, um, you know, drugs are bad. Alcohol is not good.

You know, don't let it become a habit. And, uh, you know, especially like growing up in church and in the middle of nowhere in Michigan, like there's a lot of that, um, you know, drugs are bad. Alcohol is not good.

You know, don't let it become a habit. And, uh, you know, especially like growing up in church and in the middle of nowhere in Michigan, like there's a lot of that, um, you know, drugs are bad. Alcohol is not good.

I don't think that's just, but, um, so I knew, you know, uh, I knew that it probably wasn't the best path to walk, but I was in such a state of victimhood. Um, you know, at a, at a certain point, even though it was wrong, it was like the conscious effort to to just drink. And then once you get to a certain point, you're addicted.

I don't think that's just, but, um, so I knew, you know, uh, I knew that it probably wasn't the best path to walk, but I was in such a state of victimhood. Um, you know, at a, at a certain point, even though it was wrong, it was like the conscious effort to to just drink. And then once you get to a certain point, you're addicted.

I don't think that's just, but, um, so I knew, you know, uh, I knew that it probably wasn't the best path to walk, but I was in such a state of victimhood. Um, you know, at a, at a certain point, even though it was wrong, it was like the conscious effort to to just drink. And then once you get to a certain point, you're addicted.

And there's a lot of things that changes, I think, with you physiologically as well as like mentally. Just once you're addicted, like your mental health you know, it gets different and you find different ways to kind of justify the continuance of that dependency.

And there's a lot of things that changes, I think, with you physiologically as well as like mentally. Just once you're addicted, like your mental health you know, it gets different and you find different ways to kind of justify the continuance of that dependency.

And there's a lot of things that changes, I think, with you physiologically as well as like mentally. Just once you're addicted, like your mental health you know, it gets different and you find different ways to kind of justify the continuance of that dependency.

And that was me hook, line, and sinker. I couldn't go a day without drinking. Would you have physical symptoms if you did? Not in that short of a turnaround. Maybe a little bit. I'd get like a headache at worst. There really wasn't a whole lot of periods in my life where, you know, I went without it. You know, now when I did have a few brief stints of sobriety, maybe it was like a week,

And that was me hook, line, and sinker. I couldn't go a day without drinking. Would you have physical symptoms if you did? Not in that short of a turnaround. Maybe a little bit. I'd get like a headache at worst. There really wasn't a whole lot of periods in my life where, you know, I went without it. You know, now when I did have a few brief stints of sobriety, maybe it was like a week,

And that was me hook, line, and sinker. I couldn't go a day without drinking. Would you have physical symptoms if you did? Not in that short of a turnaround. Maybe a little bit. I'd get like a headache at worst. There really wasn't a whole lot of periods in my life where, you know, I went without it. You know, now when I did have a few brief stints of sobriety, maybe it was like a week,

or a couple days, I tell myself, I'm gonna stop drinking, I'm not gonna go back, this is a problem, I've gained all this weight, I'm not good to my family when I'm drinking all the time. Do you ever wake up super hungover, like I'm never drinking again?

or a couple days, I tell myself, I'm gonna stop drinking, I'm not gonna go back, this is a problem, I've gained all this weight, I'm not good to my family when I'm drinking all the time. Do you ever wake up super hungover, like I'm never drinking again?

or a couple days, I tell myself, I'm gonna stop drinking, I'm not gonna go back, this is a problem, I've gained all this weight, I'm not good to my family when I'm drinking all the time. Do you ever wake up super hungover, like I'm never drinking again?

Yep. Yep. Yep. About 12 hours. I'd be back in the checkout lane getting more stuff.

Yep. Yep. Yep. About 12 hours. I'd be back in the checkout lane getting more stuff.