How a Sober Nomad Built a Life He Won’t Escape
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How did Zac’s early anxiety lead him to alcohol and drugs?
Being super, super anxious at a young age and and coming up with trying to find solutions. And one of the easiest ones that was introduced to me was drinking and drugging and it's a solution until it's not.
But you look pretty young. So you started at a young age?
Yeah, yeah. I started pretty young and then um uh and got sober at twenty one. And then uh travel being a huge part of my healing and and it really is so much more one of the hardest things I've ever done is get sober, but the easiest thing I've ever done is stay sober. Yeah. And it's because of the life that I live today.
Zack Spoard is an author, clinical coach, and founder of Nomadic Addict, a platform built around sober travel, recovery, and experiencing life fully without drugs or alcohol. With a master's degree in addiction counseling and nearly two decades of sobriety, Zach now combines clinical coaching with global travel while sharing the lessons behind his book, Love Unlocked.
We're just people coming together to have a good time and the beers and the drinking. And the drugging isn't necessarily gonna serve that.
You can't just give up something and have this this emptiness without filling it with something else, right?
So a big part of my work, whether it's on the clinical coaching side of things or or the nomadicotic side of things, is just helping people get in touch with like what is that inner voice? Like what is it that they're potentially trying to run away from? Like what does it look like to build a life that you don't want to run away from? Whether that's through like drugs, alcohol, and it's not about uh escaping ourselves in travel. It's about finding ourselves along the way through
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Hey, welcome back everyone to a special edition of Living Your Legacy Podcast. I'm your host again, Jay Slangan, and I'm here in the South Beach Miami Studios. But our guest here is virtually uh coming in from Bali, and we're gonna get to know all about him today in this special edition of the Zoomcast, where you know we get to teach uh talk to some of the best entrepreneurs, the disruptors, doctors. Is, I mean all kinds of amazing people. So yeah, let's get into it. So uh yeah, where where what's your name? Where are you calling from? And what's your business?
Yeah, thanks, man. Uh so my name is Zach Spauert. Um, I'm in Bali, like you said, in Bali, Indonesia. Uh, but born and raised in in the US. You can probably tell by my accent. Um, yeah, so I'm a clinical coach. I'm a dual masters clinician. I just finished this book I was telling you a little bit about earlier here. I don't know if it's on the screen. Love Unlacked, a guide to self-acceptance and conscious relating. And then I got the um Uh, I got the legacy maker show coming out here pretty soon too, which is all about the sober, sober journey. Uh, you know, being sober almost 20 years and traveling the world solo and sober. And it's a big, big, big part of my story. So excited to chat with you about it. Thanks for having me on.
Wow, wow. So 20 years uh as a as a nomad. So
20 years sober. Not a full nomad, but okay. So twenty
twenty years sober and then uh but you look pretty young. So you started at a young age?
Yeah, yeah. I started pretty young and then um uh and got sober at twenty one. So that's a big part of my story is like how you can get sober at a young age, even though it's I know alcohol free is a little bit more cool these days and trendy, but At twenty one, almost twenty years ago it wasn't quite the case, so it was a Big part of my story getting through that, getting into a lot of a lot of mischief. And then uh travel being a huge part of my healing and Uh meeting cool people and doing cool stuff along the way. So back in
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Zac’s early anxiety lead him to alcohol and drugs?
0:00–3:48
2
What motivated Zac to get sober at 21 and stay sober for nearly two decades?
3:48–8:07
3
How did solo travel become a core part of Zac’s healing process?
8:07–11:23
4
What entrepreneurial mindset and digital‑marketing strategies allowed Zac to fund a nomadic lifestyle?
11:23–14:22
5
How did the Nomadic Addict brand and sober‑travel experiences evolve?
14:22–17:58
6
What memorable adventures (shark diving, surfing, cultural trips) does Zac share as part of his sober journey?
17:58–21:56
7
What is the purpose of Zac’s book *Love Unlocked* and the upcoming *Life Unlocked*?
21:56–25:13
8
What upcoming projects, talks, and future plans does Zac have for his community?
25:13–27:02
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