In this edition of The Way Out, our favorite recovery podcast co-host with the most, Jason has a marvelous interview with original drummer and one of the founding members of the band Maroon 5, Ryan Dusick. Ryan, who is now a person in long term recovery and a marriage and family therapist, shares his amazing journey of starting the band Maroon 5 and what it was like as the band blew up into international super-stardom, and in the process how he ended up losing his drumming career, and follow Ryan down to his personal point of desperation, which led to him finding true purpose in Recovery through his service work and now his career in helping those in their time of great need. Ryan talks about finding connections and about finding a new identity, post international pop superstardom as well as about his new career as a marriage and family therapist and what it was like to write his memoir Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing it All, and Finding Recovery. You won’t want to miss this very special and candid interview packed with recovery truth as Ryan shares his journey to and through recovery to this point so listen up. Learn more about Ryan’s new book, Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing it All, and Finding Recovery: https://www.amazon.com/Harder-Breathe-Memoir-Finding-Recovery/dp/1637742339/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=harder+to+breathe&qid=1666639606&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjk5IiwicXNhIjoiMC40MiIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=harder+to+b%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1 Best piece of Recovery advice: Be Teachable Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Revised-Illness/dp/0345536932 Song that symbolizes Recovery to Ryan: Sia – Chandelier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjPBrBU-TM Recovery Resources: Betty Ford Center Drug Rehab | California | Rancho Mirage (hazeldenbettyford.org) Home - CLARE|MATRIX (clarematrix.org) Missing Peace Center for Anxiety – A Spa for Your Brain (missingpeace4anxiety.com) Don’t forget to check out “The Way Out Playlist” available only on Spotify. Curated by all our wonderful guests on the podcast! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HNQyyjlFBrDbOUADgw1Sz (c) 2015 - 2022 The Way Out Podcast | All Rights Reserved Theme Music: “all clear” (https://ketsa.uk/browse-music/) by Ketsa (https://ketsa.uk) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd

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