Join @RichardTaiteOfficial and cohost Jason LaChance for a conversation of hope and triumph with Cristal Aguirre . Cristal Aguirre is a dedicated influencer who shares an inspiring journey of sobriety and personal growth. Formerly a vet assistant and model, Cristal transitioned from a period of daily substance abuse from 2018 to 2021. With 2 years and 8 months of sobriety under her belt, Cristal Agurrie has begun the process of transitioning and moving on from OnlyFans to focus on empowering others with her story. Cristal has found a meaningful narrative through every challenge to inspire and uplift those on their own paths. For all things Richard Taite, the We're Out Of Time podcast, and Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa: https://linktr.ee/richardtaite For more on Cristal Aguirre: https://www.instagram.com/cristalaguirre222/ Key moments from this conversation with Cristal Aguirre , Richard Taite & Jason LaChance. Intro 00:00 When did Cristal first begin to experiment with substances and what were they? 01:29 What traumatic event involving people Cristal thought were her friends led to more substance experimentation? 03:56 When did substances go from experimentation to dependency for Cristal and how did her modeling career play a role? 07:17 What does Richard share regarding resolving the fact that "parents do their best"? 09:47 Does Cristal think that her father's drinking has hindered their relationship and possibly contributed to her addiction? 12:00 How did Cristial get sober and how did a car accident in which she injured someone else move her towards sobriety? 15:58 How did the accident lead to many of the best gifts to come in Cristal's life? 24:23 How long into her sobriety did Cristal begin to share her story and why? 28:37
Chapter 1: What sparked Cristal's journey into substance use?
Did you hurt anybody?
I did.
Chapter 2: What traumatic experience influenced Cristal's addiction?
Just you want to get sober?
No, I don't.
I don't think so. It's hard to have a connection with your old man when, you know, there's not a meeting of the minds, you know, and I know that hurts.
I was always searching for home.
Before you leave this podcast, you're going to tell me why you got jumped. That is the only thing I want to hear. And I can tell you now.
This is the We're Out of Time podcast. Sitting to my right, the man who revolutionized addiction recovery treatment, Richard Tate. I'm Jason Lachance, a certified addiction recovery coach, and our guest today, Crystal Aguirre. Thanks for joining us, my friend.
Hello. Thank you for having me.
It's so nice because we've known each other, I don't know, six, seven months, but virtually. So it's nice to meet in person.
Yes. When I saw you, I was like, wow, he's really tall. Yeah. I did not know that you were that tall. I was like, oh, okay.
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Chapter 3: How did Cristal transition from substance use to sobriety?
Chapter 4: What role did family dynamics play in Cristal's addiction?
Well, it doesn't come up usually in conversation, but we're going to kind of dig through the whole entire journey.
Don't you want to hear what it was like?
Yes.
Chapter 5: How did a car accident change Cristal's life?
I mean... I want to hear what it was like, and then what happened, and what it's like now. Don't you?
Yeah. What was the introduction for you? What was kind of going on where that curiosity became substance use, abuse into addiction?
I think when I was in high school was when I got exposed to everything. What's everything? Which was... Alcohol, ecstasy, weed. What else? I think that was it around that time. Cocaine wasn't until after high school. But I think it was more so. No. I think it was more so towards the end of my senior year. That's when I started to want to be part of the cool kids.
And I think I always wanted to fit in with the cool kids, but I just never did. And I didn't realize that the cool kids were the type. Right. The types who just like get in trouble all the time.
Lame. And now you realize that's what's cool changes. Yeah. Right? And those guys are all in either jail, prison, rehab, or mental hospitals. Or they peaked at 17. Or they peaked at 17.
Well, my parents are from Mexico. So when they came here, I think they were 18. They had just gotten married. And then a year later, they had my sister. And then nine years later, they had me. So I think the times changed a lot. But I think what never changed for them was working. So they weren't ever home. They were always working. And my sister was the one who had to take care of me.
So she was my mom, pretty much. And I just, I definitely want to say this, that I love my parents. And I know that they did the best that they could and knew how. They were kids themselves. And they didn't know, never learned about, you know, emotional intelligence. They never learned about mental health stuff. They never learned anything about that. And in our culture, that's non-existent.
They'll make fun of you if you're... That's right. If you're sad.
That's right.
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Chapter 6: When did Cristal begin sharing her sobriety story publicly?
Where? What city?
In La Puente. Or West Covino. I think it was West Covino.
You got jumped by a group of girls?
Yeah. Who were my friends?
Who was the boy involved?
Uh, the guy at the time, he was my ex-boyfriend and shut up. Yeah. See, okay. This is a man. And I'm still friends with this guy. We're really cool still, but I don't know. I used to think in my mind that it was, it was planned. Like they did it on purpose. It, it, it just, to me, the way everything played out. All of us ended up in the same theater.
I don't know. Were you dating this guy?
Yeah.
Okay. You were dating this guy and you, and you broke up with him.
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