Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate

On this week's Hell Has An Exit former 2x NBA champion and reality television star Lamar Odom shares his experiences from the neighborhoods of Queens to superstardom while battling addiction. Lamar’s father was an addict and a war veteran. A terrible tragedy struck and his Mother died when he was very young, leaving him to be raised by his grandmother. By the age of nine he knew, without doubt, that he would make it to the NBA. With a number of colleges to choose from, Lamar went on to play college basketball while getting involved in several scandals. Shortly after, at only 19 - Lamar enters the NBA. There, he found the spotlight and quickly became a star. Not before long, Lamar found himself with endless funds and the all night partying began. Through partying and using drugs, he would shortly find himself in a full flight addiction, which some say nearly took his life. In his book, Lamar gives us a behind the scenes look on what it was really like rising to fame the way he did and what was really going on in his head. Today, Lamar is focused on creating awareness about his struggles to hopefully help others hold onto their dreams and find a way to sanity while battling addiction. Don’t miss this incredible episode of Hell Has An Exit🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mnDwoVvn1uo🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rene “C” was born to alcoholic parents. In her own words she felt she never had a chance to escape a life of addiction. Growing up her parents were in and out of rehab facilities. Sometimes they would put her in the garage and bring her food at 3 AM instead of taking good care of their small child. By the time she was five or six she was already being sexually molested by a family member that lived at the house. Her parents were never aware of it. The sexual abuse turned into pain and suffering. All through her young years and into middle school Rene became very violent fighting and lashing out at every turn even starting to do self mutilation. By the time she was 13 after several stints in juvenile detention, she ran away from home , leaving her house to join a "boyfriend". This young boy would lord it over her and continue to abuse her, beating her constantly and dragging her around like trash. She stayed with him for 10 years. They enacted crimes together breaking and entering and violent robberies - continuing on together in crime and violence until she was arrested for beating a girl have to death. After serving time in jail she realized she had to get away from that relationship… but he pursued her and threatened her life… He beat her with a golf club and almost killed her and finally he was taken to prison. This is around the time that Rene began to use drugs. With her background she didn’t just use the drugs slowly - no - she went instantly into heavy drug use. After smoking crack only one time she turned to shooting it in her vein. This is one of the deadliest ways to use crack cocaine. Rene is a true story of the 12 step program saving a life. She's now a mother with a healthy child and she’s living one day at a time. Listen to this incredible story of resurrection from death, On the verge of suicide and self destruction. Incredible story of Rene “C” on this week's Hell Has An Exit.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZD4EzQaHzHc🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Hell Has An Exit, Bryan is joined by renowned New York City plastic surgeon, Dr. David Shokrian. Dr. Shokrian shares his journey with us on what it took to become one of the countries leading plastic surgeons. He spent much of his time working on cases in the Philippines and other impoverished countries around the world providing reconstructive surgery for small children born with defects, and restoring limbs. Specializing in burn & trauma victims, Dr. Shokrian is also known as one of the leading transgender doctors - helping people transition into positive body consciousness and positive body experiences. Listen as Dr. David Shokrian shares his winding journey to get to where he is today. He opens up about having to experience antisemitism for the first time, identifying theft and dealing with vindictive peers, who he claims, were out to destroy his success. Join host Bryan Alzate, on this week's BONUS episode of: Hell Has An Exit!** The intended purposes of this episode are geared towards antisemitism awareness.**🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_8t-JsrxxZM🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 42: The Addict’s Diary ft.. Kevin AlterOn todays’ episode, Bryan interviews close friend Kevin Alter. The two jump right into what it was like using, Kevin’s up bringing & what ultimately led to the unlocking of his sinister addictive personality. His first time trying cocaine turned into a three day run. Everything after that was an avalanche. Cocaine became crack, crack became heroin, heroin became homelessness. Kevin spent the next decade deep in the trenches of addiction, homelessness, and living at the train station - it was a race to his own death. Twenty-nine rehabs later, what follows is a story of growth and redemption, and the building of one of the most popular recovery sites on the Internet, “The Addict’s Diary”. Don’t miss Kevin’s incredible story on this week’s Hell Has An Exit. Bonus: Hell Has An Exit is launching its video podcast. Find it by searching our social media or YouTube. 🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qjqOqex8Uwg🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays’ episode, Bryan takes a deep dive into the 12 steps. In his breakdown, he explain’s what they are, how they have dramatically shaped his life, and how you can completely change your life by doing the work. He also takes the time to clear up some of the most common misconceptions associated with the 12 steps. Find out how Bryan’s devotion to the program has made it possible for him to manifest a life beyond his wildest dreams. Don’t miss this important episode!🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6SyyCo0J7rE🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode Bryan invites long time friend Austin. Initially, the two formed a bond over their love for crack. Eventually, thanks to the rooms of NA, the two re-encountered each other in recovery. Listen to episode 40 as Austin takes us for a wild ride through some of his darkest days, relapsing after 5 years, and trying to find his place in a world where he didn’t feel accepted using anything from cocaine to crack to opiates as a way to cope with life. Today, Austin celebrates over 8 years in recovery and shares the lessons learned along the way which have made long term recovery possible for him. Don’t miss this incredibly inspiring story.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/s2xVr1I0w_0🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays episode of Hell Has an Exit, Bryan invites long-time friend and Minister Danny Prada to share how his spiritual journey began and how it came to be what it is today.Growing up a conservative Christian Danny encountered a point in his life where he began to face serious doubts about religion after coming in contact with some difficult elements in his life. After unknowingly joining a cult, he realized that almost all religion is competing. After years of study and research he started a Bible study based on the Christian Bible. This soon evolved into a more open and understanding theology that invited all religions and all beliefs into the church. This new theology brought some serious anger from the Christian community that Danny had grown up in. He was basically ostracized and soon found himself alone. Danny had trained to be a servant of the people with more than five years on the front lines of the most desperate cases as a chaplain at the rescue mission. He was committed to giving his life and service of others. His Bible study grew into the Heartway Church and his ministry group. After studying the mystics and the great teachings of all religions, Danny realized he had to find a way to open up his church to the LGBTQ community and continued his evolution as a pastor in modern times. Today he runs a passionate group of people who seek to evolve their humanity and find real spiritual truth and peace through the trials and tribulations of life. Don’s miss this important episode.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Tphc-ee_Vxg🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 38. On today’s episode Bryan brings back guest interviews and introduces us to his friend Devon C. Devin begins his story by sharing what life was like growing up. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he had a close-knit family. They weren’t rich, but they weren’t poor. Life was good. He did well in school, always made honor roll and was a great athlete. He had a tight group of friends who all lived on the same block. By the time they were 13, him and his friends all got into smoking and selling weed. They’d found a way to buy a pound at a time and break it up into smaller bags. They went from selling dime bags to being introduced to harder drugs. For Devin, it was the pills. He was drawn to them, and they were drawn to him. He went from selling them and taking a few here and there, to an everyday habit that morphed into full blown addiction.Now, six years later his life has taken an incredible turn! Listen to the powerful true story of a guy who found his exit. Today, Devon owns a business, is a loving father to his 3-year-old son, has a strong relationship with his partner and sponsors other people to help them get clean. What an incredible turn, don’t miss this new Hell Has an Exit episode!🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mv1E7UI3_sk🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, we return to Hell Has an Exit’s four-part series - Hell Has an Entrance, where host, Bryan Alzate shares his own personal story of addiction and recovery.  Picking up where he left off,  Bryan shares some of his final memories as an addict in active addiction and describes his journey to recovery in raw detail.In this fourth and final episode, we rejoin Bryan in a memory where he finds himself  meeting up with his dealer, a guy named Jamaica - at some run-down, sketchy hotel. Jamaica went off on his own to score some Roxy’s for Bryan. When he returned, he found Bryan smoking crack with a random homeless woman. No one could have every guessed that the next time Bryan and Jamaica would ever see each other would be at a meeting, where Bryan would have 9 months clean, and Jamaica would be asking him to be his sponsor. This surreal moment kind of sets the premise for what the next few years of Bryans life would be like. Bryan shares how, through the 12 steps, hard work, and dedication – he is able to regain full control of his life and turn some of his biggest goals into reality.Tune in to episode 37 to hear the true story of how Bryan goes from struggling to stay alive, to finding success in every area of his life. Through self-reflection and a deep desire to heal himself and the relationships with his friends and family, Bryan shares the powerful lessons he encounters along the way. He even opens up about his relationship with his father,  a relationship that had been incredibly difficult for him and impossible to understand for a very long time, and how he was able to make amends with the associated trauma that he had been carrying around for the majority of his life.Don’t miss this amazing wrap-up episode to the true story of Bryan Alzate, host of “Hell Has an Exit”.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/wOdM566cwls🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 3 of 4 — of the Bryan Alzate Story, “Hell Has an Entrance”, we join Bryan on his road to recovery, at the very beginning of his sobriety and his entrance into the 12 step program. After completing his stay at Detox, Bryan get’s picked by his parents. The approach his dad took was something Bryan really struggled with. As its common - people who just don’t know any different, blame the drugs as being the sole reason for all of the addict’s problems. As soon as Bryan gets in the car, his dad made it very clear that this was his last chance. That he wouldn’t be putting up with his shit any more and that he needed to man up and get his life together. He needed to cut the crap, finish school, go to college, and get a job. As Bryan sat quietly in the back seat, his dad continued on. He felt it was an important parenting moment - he had to take this opportunity to really let Bryan know that this was it. That he had to just “get over” the drugs and grow up. He had no clue that while he yelled and screamed, his son was in the back seat contemplating suicide. They were living in two completely different worlds.Thankfully, Bryan had learned about meetings at detox. Something clicked and he realized that maybe it would be a good idea to give it a shot. At 17 years old, Bryan was ready to try and get clean. He figured he had two options - try anything, or end it all. What happens next is an odyssey into recovery. Bryan talks about the key relationships he formed & the magic and spiritual power of the 12 step program. He dives deep into his first year clean and opens up in detail about the good, the bad and the ugly. With the help and support of countless strangers, the Mad Russian, his amazing high-school teacher Mrs. Dean, and a commitment to recovery, Bryan begins to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Don’t miss this amazing episode of the Bryan Alzate story, “Hell has an Entrance”, right here on HELL AS HAN EXIT!🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/QuAgSpQ5CK8🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices