Jay Mohr Overcoming Victim Mentality & Checking Ego in Addiction Recovery
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What is Jay Mohr's first addiction and how did he overcome victim mentality?
And then I happened to have a tire iron. Then I took the tire iron and I smashed in his windshield. And then I went, yeah, I should go back to at least two meetings with him.
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To my right, Richard Tate, the man who revolutionized addiction treatment. Good to see you, my friend. Thank you. I'm Jason Lachance, a certified addiction recovery coach. And on this episode of We're Out of Time, we're going to give this a James Caan, Godfather, trash can style beating. He knows why. How much you bench? How much you bench? 240, steroid free, just like you guys. 240, you call to brag about that? Put the phone down. Other gays at the gay bar want to use it.
What childhood experiences shaped Jay and Richard's struggles with addiction?
Jay Moore, thanks for joining us. Yeah, my pleasure. I had to do that. One of my favorite cast members of SNL, so... That got me chills. That's like a dream come true right there, Richard.
What led to the incident with the Coke can and how did Jay react?
That sketch, we had little mechanical legs because we were steroid guys. And then we so we had to kneel inside of chairs. And so the little mechanical legs. But if you go back and watch David Spade, they used his real legs. He's just sitting there kicking his little legs around. Oh, shit. That's too good. That's too good. You know, it's always interesting for me. I mean, all this stuff with us with addiction starts in childhood. And I know for me, grew up in a home of addiction. So I kind of wanted to talk about that with you because I know you talked about your mom not getting clean. She got clean when you were about 10? When I was 10, yeah. Yeah. Well, my first addiction was your approval. Right. You know, and I think my I think my drug addiction and alcoholism precedes my youth. Well, I know it does for me. It precedes my actual usage. Like I was insatiable and needed more. And I had this disease of perception before I treated it with drugs and alcohol. So like my first drink was maybe 13.
How does Jay navigate being a comedian in recovery?
My first we I didn't smoke weed till I was like 19. But I was I had like when I do my step work and stuff, I can see that I behave that way zero to up until it's just how i think it's just how my hard drive was installed and then having an alcoholic mom and being the youngest kid on the block and not wondering where i mean i don't think that didn't help but i don't think i don't think i personally don't think anything caused my drug addiction because then that can still paint me as a victim and something on the outside of me caused this thing right yeah between my ears yeah that's why one of my my slogans is no outside solutions to inside problems because that's where it started. Well, you go to a meeting and people like, you know, my disease is out in the parking lot doing pushups. I'm like, I didn't see it. I go through a lot of parking lots. I've never seen one disease out there banging out pushups. Right.
What challenges arose after Jay quit alcohol?
Yeah, why do you think that people look at it as like it was some external thing? I know for me, you know, because I... Because it is an external thing.
Explain that. And he can feel that way because it works for him. Right. Okay? And his life depends on it, so he's got to think that way. Okay? But... A lot of it comes from our early childhoods. Well, for sure. Right? And that's an external thing. And, you know, in AA, they talk about how, you know, our parents did the best they could, right? Even if they didn't.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is Jay Mohr's first addiction and how did he overcome victim mentality?
0:24–1:43
2
What childhood experiences shaped Jay and Richard's struggles with addiction?
1:43–1:54
3
What led to the incident with the Coke can and how did Jay react?
1:54–2:56
4
How does Jay navigate being a comedian in recovery?
2:56–3:47
5
What challenges arose after Jay quit alcohol?
3:47–4:23
6
What are some memorable Saturday Night Live stories shared by Jay?
4:23–7:04
7
What advice does Jay offer to those struggling with sobriety?
7:04–32:18
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