I am glad you got 'burned out' early in life. You still have a lot of time to do what you love. I decided to start exploring those areas of Oregon I had never seen, despite being 67 at the time, and having lived here all my life. Now at 71, and after two back surgeries, my future in hard core 'adventuring' and boondocking is uncertain. I agree, you are a fortunate man indeed.💛
You are so very courageous to share your story. You are helping others. I’m so glad you were able to move forward, and now living a peaceful and fulfilling life with your beautiful Meadow 🙏
Brian, been there done that but what I didn't know was the whole body pain I was experiencing is because my whole bone structure is rattled with soriatic arthritis. The only time I wasn't in brutal pain was when I had an impacted wisdom tooth and was given pain mess. What a difference it made. I was taking otc ibuprofen but found out I had liver disease from the ibuprofen so I was put on a liver detox regimen that did help with some of the pain from the arthritis. That lasted 1 month then I realized that I needed help with the body pain. After a year of testing I was diagnosed with chronic heart disease, cold, diabetes and kidney disease. Heart attack x 4 and 2 titanium valve sleeves and 1 pig valve sleeve later I was released to go home with instructions and appointments to see 5 different specialists. Since then I've lost both of my legs due to toxic fluid build up in the lower half of my legs. At almost 50 I could no longer work due the physical pain and was put on permanently disabled status barring me from working even though I kept trying until 55. It was a brutal reality check loosing my position as a heavy equipment operator running an excavator. I nearly died inside the cab working a job I loved. My bosses came to my hospital room and told me that they wanted me to retire while I still had a life. While I didn't take the severance pay I fely I didn't earn it and it was charity, I wanted to go back to work but the paperwork had already been started to put me on disability so I wasn't allowed to work. I waited 5 years to get a sesettlement and I've been stuck since. I've tried to quit the pain mess multiple times and get about 2 months then I end up back at the hospital after being found down every time. The pain gets so intense it causes me to have seizures. I hate taking it but I was told the last time I'm showing altered brain activity from the seizures and the next time could be my last. When you get so down you could care less whether you live or die you know it's time to ask for help and I did get help so I'm good now but I have to say it's better to ask than just not bothering
Your the first channel that I ever watched that had winter camping. That year I started camping and got the nerve up to winter camp with my cat. You teach me so much about this lifestyle and the do's and don'ts. I learned about how to tell good wood from bad wood. What 4 a for season tent is. Brian don't think for one moment that your channel is not helping people. You made me find a passion for camping and a new found freedom.. You keep 100% real! Much love and light xoxoxo kisses to Meadow and your beloved Sierra!
Brian, I have been watching your channel for so many years and I commend you for finding yourself and your passion and what makes you happy. For five years of my life I was on 40 different anti-depressants I was not me whatsoever I never laughed. I never smiled. I just existed so one day I finally said, I will deal with my demons and my depression. I went off of those drugs. That was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life. You have to do what makes you happy this life we live is so short. Thank you so much for all the great content on your channel! ❤
I really appreciate you sharing about your story with benzos. I had a bad addiction to them for 7 years and they really took a lot from me. Your story helps me know I’m not the only one to ever go through it.
Thanks for sharing Bri! Yeah we all need to find our place and do/work at something we enjoy or can at least tolerate and it not take too big of toll on our mental well being. Some things do take a toll on your body though physically like construction, but there's a balance. Hopefully won't all be broken down when hit 60
I have 9 years clean and your message is one of strength and hope! People need to know that you can do! I will never be ashamed of who I was because it made me who I am today! I was agoraphobic for many years due to shame and the fact that every body kept drug use hush hush. Those times are long gone there is no need to keep it all hush hush if you found your way back!.. Keep kicking ass!
That's awesome to hear you've been clean for almost a decade! Cheers to living life on your terms, it feels so good to be on the other side of the addiction nightmare.
Thank you for sharing this part. Sometimes life is finding out about what works for you. So glad you embraced the journey. I did 20 plus years in corporate and for the last 10 years - garden, knit, kiteboard, and live a modest lifestyle - love it.
I started following ur channel around 6 months ago. I think ur amazing and courageous to share ur story. I also was addicted to benzodiazepines and opioids I was blessed to have a husband who loved me and wouldn’t give up on me. I’m now clean 8 yrs and I thank God every day I don’t know if I could live off grid but watching u makes me really think about it. Although I don’t know u I I’m so proud and inspired by ur testimony 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Yes yes yes to all the above. I did great at my job but burned the candle at both ends. Had my physical and emotional struggles. But now all that is part of my "how did I get here" story. Thanks for putting your story out there, Brian
✨✨✨✨✨great subject , can totally identify , cause that was me ! 42 yrs chemical sales in NJ , self medicating .. heart attack 2019 ... covid hit & truck was done . sold house to Son , drove to AZ quit job & now livin my best life 5yr F/T in my truck 😂 Hell yeah buddy ❤ ThQ !! ~peace~🕊✨✨✨✨✨
Love the Cap love to see your own logo on one,and don't worry about addiction we all have them and you are lucky,you beat yours,all additions take a lifetime of control.
As far as I am concerned, not that my opinion matters, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Life sucks at times and will break you. It happens. I lost my wife to cancer 20 years ago, and I still haven't healed. I understand life punched you in the gut. You're dealing with it and using your experience to help others. 😊 Keep doing it
Overcoming addiction is so humbling, I really think it opens your eyes to a world others easily take for granted. There’s definitely something about nature that’s so healing
thanks Brian for sharing your story you made the right choice . I did the same thing left a good paid job it was just dragging me down your channel helped to make my decision and now i look back it was the right choice been 2 years this May i;ve never looked back .
I preach to my younger comrades to STAY OUT OF DEBT! We are so brainwashed to BUY-BUY-BUY. Kudos to you for recognizing what "Was to Come" and being willing & able to Pop-Smoke into what makes you happy. Stay warm, Amigo...
Thx for your honesty for I truly leads us to healing. Im 63 years old was on suboxone for ten years. Havent had any in few months. Im now doing sublocade shots. Just took 4th one and feeling better no cravings so hoping I can be done with shots as well. My 36 y.o. old son passed from suicide 6 years in Jan. Trying to climb up out of darkness is brutal. I love your content and God bless you and life your building Thx for your honesty and courage God bless. I m in Az also
Best message man, love your videos they hit home on so many levels. You are one of kind. I hope I get to run into you someday and shake your hand! Have a rad day !
Thanks for sharing with such honesty…so rare today. Good messages a lot of people need to hear. I retired early from a long career as a public servant and am working hard toward living a simple off grid lifestyle…maybe 12 hours away from you near Zion NP. Peace 😊
Good for you Brian. If you’re ever in the Yosemite area and need to post up on your travels, you are welcome here at my place. Water hook ups, electrical and dump out anytime.
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing. Mental health issues run in my family. Lost people to it. Struggle myself, but avoiding benzos. Once after dental surgery i was subscribed oxi type pain killers, i took 1 or 2, and figured, nope, that has trouble written all over it. My saving grace is that I have kids, and a loving wife, which motivated me to stay clean and be a good role model. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been struggling with alcohol and the reason being is from anxiety and panic attacks. It was the only reason I was able to cope for 10 years plus! It all started in college when I had my first panic attacks. Now I’m on FAA regulated medication for anxiety and I have been panic and anxiety free for the most part for a year and a half! I started to travel again, and work without being in a constant state of panic. When they’d start it would last a week straight… constant panic! It sucked! Stay high man, appreciate your videos!
I admire what you’re doing Brian and for telling your story. My doctor has offered me antidepressants and I always tell her I’m not depressed I don’t need them. She almost seems mad I won’t accept them. I have one of those high stress jobs but plan to retire soon. It’s toxic for sure. I’m starting to get stomach issues but I know why. I hope to get a tiny home and live a simpler life soon.😊
Excellent video Brian. Im in the corporate world doing the corporate sales thing and always ask myself if life is this crazy for others. Turns out you've answered that. I envy you.
So good you sharing your story..like you l went that drug road...and like you l am clean..l really think we are better people when life happens..take care Brian and Meadow...take care
Hi Sharon, I agree...I know for certain I'm a better person for what I went through. It sounds like we have traveled a similar path. You take care as well, thank you for tuning in!
You really did make the right decision. 👍 Sometimes I worry if the power goes out in a very rare snow storm or hurricane I think if I was Brian I wouldn't have to worry about it.
Brian, thank you for clipping this out and posting it separately. Your testimony IS important and it will reach people who need this. We are all fallen people and stories like yours CAN bring change to their lives. There is a line on the movie "Love" by Tom DeLonge with Angels and Airwaves. "What you do in your life might change what someone else is doing in theirs" Keep up your health and loving the daily posts.
Hey Brian just watched Larry from work less enjoy life more as he was at your place and while filming his video recommended your yours so here I am. Many years doing what I loved for a living making furniture here in Michigan but also 41 years sober so get real well what you said
Im very very ashamed of the opiate addiction i had. Only because i knew better. From the very first time i woke in the morning and went for the pills. I knew i should stop. But i didn't But proud i got off them. Are carpenters needed? Idont need to make a killing, just enough for dirt bike gas and dog food Your voice gets happier when you talk to Meadow
I had a bad anxiety problem in the 2007s through early 2010s. I was on a good amount of benzos (clonazepam, lorazepam) and they were helpful, for me, especially lorazepam, I knew if I started having an attack the fast acting lorazepam was there if I needed it. I wasn't aware until after I stopped taking them of the potentially serious withdrawal symptoms. I self-tapered over a fairly short time (few weeks), I probably had withdrawal symptoms but I don't associate those with the substance I'm withdrawing from. So I got lucky. The big effect I noticed (and it took years) was not forming memories. I noticed when I started watching movies I'd seen before but it was like I was watching it for the first time.
Having worked for a Pharmaceutical company in the past, I can't tell you how glad I am that I am not there anymore. I never felt good about what we were doing ever. I am still in corporate world but now I am in a much better industry.
I was a salesman for right at 40 years, so I know exactly what ya dealt with. Nine minutes in, you mentioned some realities. Here is another one: if you start selling in your territory like crazy, and doing well? They will split your territory, and give the other half to a new sales rep. Seen that one happen a lot.
Never feel ashamed for a choice. You lived, you learned, and you made the best choice. I really think the point of life is to experience it first hand. God could teach you anything but to "live it" is a whole other thing. Learning from experience is something else entirely. Thanks for the vid👍
I would agree, it's a ton of work. I'm on my feet all day long working on various things around my place. Luckily, I'm the "busy body" type so I love it!
@OffGridBackcountryAdventures exactly 💯 GL brother following off and on since Colorado Backcountry Adventures 🤘🤘 keep putting out dope AF content. Love the Yota mods
I grew up in a cabin, off grid on a homestead in Alaska . I’ve noticed the fad appears to be living in the bush as people watch YT or other reality shows and romanticize thinking this is a better option . While I agree this is the healthiest way to live your life, it doesn’t come without a learning curve . I watched a YT show ..where the family rented an off grid “cabin” in Alaska and spent the summer trying to live..They were complaining, nothing worked, the cabin was literally a little shack, the outhouse needed a new hole dug, the mosquitoes were eating them alive, it snowed, the tarp blew away and so on… When people choose to live in this way expect you will confront discomfort.. Many people today have no clue how to live in the woods, without the conveniences of running water, electricity and wifi …
Everything happens for a reason. No shame for sharing your personal experiences. We are human and we’re trying to figure out this game called life. Sounds like you’ve come out on top - winning! Good for you! Living authentically looks good on you - as it does all of us.
@OffGridBackcountryAdventures yeah we haven't had hardly any except for the heavy fog I see on my security camera. Take care, have fun. I'll be down @ end of August to stain my cabin.
I never liked living in towns, had my health ruined by Drs, at a young age, so finally shook off the conventional citified professional life, sold my sticks n bricks, bought a truck and RV and hit the road with my pets. Now I can hike, paint, and enjoy the outdoors and live on my meagre soc sec.
This is your testimony and you keep sharing it because somebody will see this and relate to your story. God bless you. Brian what people don’t understand the pharmaceutical Company is only killing people. Because there are so many side effects from these drugs. So I love your channel and your content.
Why is the term “he threw away his career” a bad thing? When your done with something you throw it away! Good for you man I left the corporate world 12 yrs ago and started my own handyman business. And just like you I was unhappy and overweight now I’m 56lbs lighter and 100 times happier. But it was not easy hard work = Happiness to me. Also that was my dads modo “if I can’t pay for it in cash I can’t afford it” great content!
Life is full of choices. Some choose drugs and some choose alcohol and some choose none of that. Getting clean and off anything addictive is another choice. Live clean and live happy is my choice. Keep up the good life Bryan
Love the story brian. Huge inspiration. I think kratom is a very amazing medicine under the right circumstances. You can get addicted to it just like anything else. Moderation is key. And dont use it all the time. Only for certain things like how you used it to help you sleep and now im betting you dont use it unless something comes up. I work landscaping in southern idaho. Super hott summers. I occasionally will use it for one or 2 months during the hottest part of the year. It helps deal with the heat. Just have to make sure your hydrated. Love how your telling this story and your surrounded by all that snow. The views. Your own lil spot. Thats what i want man. Slowly but surely ill get there. Almost got my school debt paid off and a lil nest egg saved up for some land! Screw the haters saying you shouldnt talk about that. I was addicted to some pretty hard drugs early on in life but was lucky enough to snap out of it and have been clean since i was 24. Im 32 now. Stay safe buddy hope to run into ya sometime
I left retail corporate and have not looked back once. You could not pay me to go back into that toxic environment. Every month stressing about goals trying to make your numbers only for them to raise your goal so you never make a bonus. I love the phrase work life balance. The things is you have to be alive in order to work!! I make less now but are so much more content.
I am glad you got 'burned out' early in life. You still have a lot of time to do what you love. I decided to start exploring those areas of Oregon I had never seen, despite being 67 at the time, and having lived here all my life. Now at 71, and after two back surgeries, my future in hard core 'adventuring' and boondocking is uncertain. I agree, you are a fortunate man indeed.💛
"The Road Will Show You the Way" ... YES! Truth!
Thanks for sharing your story Brian. I admire your effort and your work ethic.
You are so very courageous to share your story. You are helping others. I’m so glad you were able to move forward, and now living a peaceful and fulfilling life with your beautiful Meadow 🙏
I've been sober from alcohol for 3 years (1.13.22). It is the greatest decision I ever made for myself. Thanks for sharing this, Brian.
❤you are now living in the light! Again, thank you for sharing your story.
Brian, been there done that but what I didn't know was the whole body pain I was experiencing is because my whole bone structure is rattled with soriatic arthritis. The only time I wasn't in brutal pain was when I had an impacted wisdom tooth and was given pain mess. What a difference it made. I was taking otc ibuprofen but found out I had liver disease from the ibuprofen so I was put on a liver detox regimen that did help with some of the pain from the arthritis. That lasted 1 month then I realized that I needed help with the body pain. After a year of testing I was diagnosed with chronic heart disease, cold, diabetes and kidney disease. Heart attack x 4 and 2 titanium valve sleeves and 1 pig valve sleeve later I was released to go home with instructions and appointments to see 5 different specialists. Since then I've lost both of my legs due to toxic fluid build up in the lower half of my legs. At almost 50 I could no longer work due the physical pain and was put on permanently disabled status barring me from working even though I kept trying until 55. It was a brutal reality check loosing my position as a heavy equipment operator running an excavator. I nearly died inside the cab working a job I loved. My bosses came to my hospital room and told me that they wanted me to retire while I still had a life. While I didn't take the severance pay I fely I didn't earn it and it was charity, I wanted to go back to work but the paperwork had already been started to put me on disability so I wasn't allowed to work. I waited 5 years to get a sesettlement and I've been stuck since. I've tried to quit the pain mess multiple times and get about 2 months then I end up back at the hospital after being found down every time. The pain gets so intense it causes me to have seizures. I hate taking it but I was told the last time I'm showing altered brain activity from the seizures and the next time could be my last. When you get so down you could care less whether you live or die you know it's time to ask for help and I did get help so I'm good now but I have to say it's better to ask than just not bothering
Thank you for sharing this 💚
Your the first channel that I ever watched that had winter camping. That year I started camping and got the nerve up to winter camp with my cat. You teach me so much about this lifestyle and the do's and don'ts. I learned about how to tell good wood from bad wood. What 4 a for season tent is. Brian don't think for one moment that your channel is not helping people. You made me find a passion for camping and a new found freedom.. You keep 100% real! Much love and light xoxoxo kisses to Meadow and your beloved Sierra!
Appreciate your transparency, this video will help many people, God Bless you
Hi ; Brian, I appreciate you sharing your story. ❤God Bless You. Others are being helped .
Authenticity takes bravery! You are the bravest! Thank you Brian. 🧡👊🧡
Thank you for sharing that part of yourself. You are an inspiration to so many.
Good Afternoon Brian and meadow ❤❤❤
Brian, I have been watching your channel for so many years and I commend you for finding yourself and your passion and what makes you happy. For five years of my life I was on 40 different anti-depressants I was not me whatsoever I never laughed. I never smiled. I just existed so one day I finally said, I will deal with my demons and my depression. I went off of those drugs. That was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life. You have to do what makes you happy this life we live is so short. Thank you so much for all the great content on your channel! ❤
I really appreciate you sharing about your story with benzos. I had a bad addiction to them for 7 years and they really took a lot from me. Your story helps me know I’m not the only one to ever go through it.
An amazing life, thanks for sharing!
Excellent video Brian...words of wisdom. Have a great day brother.
Thanks for sharing Bri! Yeah we all need to find our place and do/work at something we enjoy or can at least tolerate and it not take too big of toll on our mental well being. Some things do take a toll on your body though physically like construction, but there's a balance. Hopefully won't all be broken down when hit 60
I thank you so much for talking about this. Im sure it helps many.
Good stuff Brian.
I have 9 years clean and your message is one of strength and hope! People need to know that you can do! I will never be ashamed of who I was because it made me who I am today! I was agoraphobic for many years due to shame and the fact that every body kept drug use hush hush. Those times are long gone there is no need to keep it all hush hush if you found your way back!.. Keep kicking ass!
That's awesome to hear you've been clean for almost a decade! Cheers to living life on your terms, it feels so good to be on the other side of the addiction nightmare.
Thankyou your telling the truth.im been keeping away from doctors and hospital. Take care
Thank you for sharing this part. Sometimes life is finding out about what works for you. So glad you embraced the journey. I did 20 plus years in corporate and for the last 10 years - garden, knit, kiteboard, and live a modest lifestyle - love it.
I started following ur channel around 6 months ago. I think ur amazing and courageous to share ur story. I also was addicted to benzodiazepines and opioids I was blessed to have a husband who loved me and wouldn’t give up on me. I’m now clean 8 yrs and I thank God every day I don’t know if I could live off grid but watching u makes me really think about it. Although I don’t know u I I’m so proud and inspired by ur testimony 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing
Yes yes yes to all the above. I did great at my job but burned the candle at both ends. Had my physical and emotional struggles. But now all that is part of my "how did I get here" story.
Thanks for putting your story out there, Brian
Brian I’m glad for you I enjoy watching your channel
I appreciate, your story ! Thankyou
Thank you for tuning in!
✨✨✨✨✨great subject , can totally identify , cause that was me ! 42 yrs chemical sales in NJ , self medicating .. heart attack 2019 ... covid hit & truck was done . sold house to Son , drove to AZ quit job & now livin my best life 5yr F/T in my truck 😂 Hell yeah buddy ❤ ThQ !! ~peace~🕊✨✨✨✨✨
Love the Cap love to see your own logo on one,and don't worry about addiction we all have them and you are lucky,you beat yours,all additions take a lifetime of control.
As far as I am concerned, not that my opinion matters, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Life sucks at times and will break you. It happens.
I lost my wife to cancer 20 years ago, and I still haven't healed.
I understand life punched you in the gut. You're dealing with it and using your experience to help others. 😊 Keep doing it
You are a brave man, wise man. I'm so glad you found your niche and are enjoying it. After all, we only have one life.
Nice message Brian. Thank you fore sharing this. It's a really beautiful life you created.
If your message only reach one person it was very much worth it. Glad you are living your best life now!
Thank you for sharing your story. Everyone has one, whether they admit it or not. You’ve chosen a better path.
Overcoming addiction is so humbling, I really think it opens your eyes to a world others easily take for granted. There’s definitely something about nature that’s so healing
thanks Brian for sharing your story you made the right choice . I did the same thing left a good paid job it was just dragging me down your channel helped to make my decision and now i look back it was the right choice been 2 years this May i;ve never looked back .
Thanks for sharing . I’m so proud of you
I hear you. Thank you.
I preach to my younger comrades to STAY OUT OF DEBT! We are so brainwashed to BUY-BUY-BUY. Kudos to you for recognizing what "Was to Come" and being willing & able to Pop-Smoke into what makes you happy. Stay warm, Amigo...
Thx for your honesty for I truly leads us to healing. Im 63 years old was on suboxone for ten years. Havent had any in few months. Im now doing sublocade shots. Just took 4th one and feeling better no cravings so hoping I can be done with shots as well. My 36 y.o. old son passed from suicide 6 years in Jan. Trying to climb up out of darkness is brutal. I love your content and God bless you and life your building
Thx for your honesty and courage
God bless. I m in Az also
I know I've been quiet here, but I caught your vids from the beginning and I worried for you, but found you to be courageous and inspiring.
Thank you
Best message man, love your videos they hit home on so many levels.
You are one of kind. I hope I get to run into you someday and shake your hand! Have a rad day !
Thanks for sharing with such honesty…so rare today. Good messages a lot of people need to hear. I retired early from a long career as a public servant and am working hard toward living a simple off grid lifestyle…maybe 12 hours away from you near Zion NP. Peace 😊
Good for you Brian. If you’re ever in the Yosemite area and need to post up on your travels, you are welcome here at my place. Water hook ups, electrical and dump out anytime.
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing. Mental health issues run in my family. Lost people to it. Struggle myself, but avoiding benzos. Once after dental surgery i was subscribed oxi type pain killers, i took 1 or 2, and figured, nope, that has trouble written all over it. My saving grace is that I have kids, and a loving wife, which motivated me to stay clean and be a good role model. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been struggling with alcohol and the reason being is from anxiety and panic attacks. It was the only reason I was able to cope for 10 years plus! It all started in college when I had my first panic attacks. Now I’m on FAA regulated medication for anxiety and I have been panic and anxiety free for the most part for a year and a half! I started to travel again, and work without being in a constant state of panic. When they’d start it would last a week straight… constant panic! It sucked! Stay high man, appreciate your videos!
Great video, I have no doubt your story will help others! 👍👍
I admire what you’re doing Brian and for telling your story. My doctor has offered me antidepressants and I always tell her I’m not depressed I don’t need them. She almost seems mad I won’t accept them. I have one of those high stress jobs but plan to retire soon. It’s toxic for sure. I’m starting to get stomach issues but I know why. I hope to get a tiny home and live a simpler life soon.😊
I really think it’s so important to tell people your “real” story
Good for you bro life changes in a blink of an eye …..enjoy every moment 👊🏻
Excellent video Brian. Im in the corporate world doing the corporate sales thing and always ask myself if life is this crazy for others. Turns out you've answered that. I envy you.
So good you sharing your story..like you l went that drug road...and like you l am clean..l really think we are better people when life happens..take care Brian and Meadow...take care
Hi Sharon, I agree...I know for certain I'm a better person for what I went through. It sounds like we have traveled a similar path. You take care as well, thank you for tuning in!
Really good excerpt!
You really did make the right decision. 👍 Sometimes I worry if the power goes out in a very rare snow storm or hurricane I think if I was Brian I wouldn't have to worry about it.
Very well said. Can relate.
So true,
I think most people afraid to live this life style without a steady pay check.
Brian, thank you for clipping this out and posting it separately.
Your testimony IS important and it will reach people who need this.
We are all fallen people and stories like yours CAN bring change to their lives.
There is a line on the movie "Love" by Tom DeLonge with Angels and Airwaves.
"What you do in your life might change what someone else is doing in theirs"
Keep up your health and loving the daily posts.
All your hard work is really paying off!
Hey Brian just watched Larry from work less enjoy life more as he was at your place and while filming his video recommended your yours so here I am. Many years doing what I loved for a living making furniture here in Michigan but also 41 years sober so get real well what you said
Your True to yourself Brian. And that's what Matters. Sometimes money isn't everything. 😊
Thanks for sharing. That is a wonderful life you got there.
Being in or connected to the corporate world, affords you a view that many will never understand. It's so easy to lose yourself.
I love your channel!
Your story needs to be told! It’s important.
There is a way to get free from Corporate Hell; you accomplished it.
Im very very ashamed of the opiate addiction i had. Only because i knew better. From the very first time i woke in the morning and went for the pills. I knew i should stop. But i didn't But proud i got off them.
Are carpenters needed? Idont need to make a killing, just enough for dirt bike gas and dog food
Your voice gets happier when you talk to Meadow
I had a bad anxiety problem in the 2007s through early 2010s. I was on a good amount of benzos (clonazepam, lorazepam) and they were helpful, for me, especially lorazepam, I knew if I started having an attack the fast acting lorazepam was there if I needed it. I wasn't aware until after I stopped taking them of the potentially serious withdrawal symptoms. I self-tapered over a fairly short time (few weeks), I probably had withdrawal symptoms but I don't associate those with the substance I'm withdrawing from. So I got lucky. The big effect I noticed (and it took years) was not forming memories. I noticed when I started watching movies I'd seen before but it was like I was watching it for the first time.
Amazing scenery! You are right about the message you're trying to convey, Addiction to medication is way too frequent especially anti depressants
Your winter wonderland is beautiful.
You are doing what many people dream about.
I walked away from corporate world in 2013, and never looked back.
Having worked for a Pharmaceutical company in the past, I can't tell you how glad I am that I am not there anymore. I never felt good about what we were doing ever. I am still in corporate world but now I am in a much better industry.
I was a salesman for right at 40 years, so I know exactly what ya dealt with. Nine minutes in, you mentioned some realities. Here is another one: if you start selling in your territory like crazy, and doing well? They will split your territory, and give the other half to a new sales rep. Seen that one happen a lot.
MAHA!!!
Never feel ashamed for a choice. You lived, you learned, and you made the best choice. I really think the point of life is to experience it first hand. God could teach you anything but to "live it" is a whole other thing. Learning from experience is something else entirely. Thanks for the vid👍
I think people like the idea of your lifestyle but don't understand the work involved with it. Just my opinion
I would agree, it's a ton of work. I'm on my feet all day long working on various things around my place. Luckily, I'm the "busy body" type so I love it!
@OffGridBackcountryAdventures exactly 💯 GL brother following off and on since Colorado Backcountry Adventures 🤘🤘 keep putting out dope AF content. Love the Yota mods
I grew up in a cabin, off grid on a homestead in Alaska . I’ve noticed the fad appears to be living in the bush as people watch YT or other reality shows and romanticize thinking this is a better option . While I agree this is the healthiest way to live your life, it doesn’t come without a learning curve . I watched a YT show ..where the family rented an off grid “cabin” in Alaska and spent the summer trying to live..They were complaining, nothing worked, the cabin was literally a little shack, the outhouse needed a new hole dug, the mosquitoes were eating them alive, it snowed, the tarp blew away and so on… When people choose to live in this way expect you will confront discomfort.. Many people today have no clue how to live in the woods, without the conveniences of running water, electricity and wifi …
So happy for you! Your soul needed out..Nothing nothing worth risking your health..Shame is powerful emotion,kick it to the curb😊
Everything happens for a reason. No shame for sharing your personal experiences. We are human and we’re trying to figure out this game called life. Sounds like you’ve come out on top - winning! Good for you! Living authentically looks good on you - as it does all of us.
Good fir u Brian on ur lifestyle choses.
Hey looks like u got more snow than my place did the last 2 days. Snows all gone now
We’ve been fortunate to get lots of moisture out here, love seeing my place covered in snow!
@OffGridBackcountryAdventures yeah we haven't had hardly any except for the heavy fog I see on my security camera.
Take care, have fun. I'll be down @ end of August to stain my cabin.
I never liked living in towns, had my health ruined by Drs, at a young age, so finally shook off the conventional citified professional life, sold my sticks n bricks, bought a truck and RV and hit the road with my pets. Now I can hike, paint, and enjoy the outdoors and live on my meagre soc sec.
Brother I'm in the same boat, I used to make good living in sales, nowadays I may be struggling but mentally much more happier 😊
I agree
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We got it good out here brother! Nothing better than living a clean life out in the country. I wouldn't want it any other way.
This is your testimony and you keep sharing it because somebody will see this and relate to your story. God bless you. Brian what people don’t understand the pharmaceutical Company is only killing people. Because there are so many side effects from these drugs. So I love your channel and your content.
How do you wash your car out there like when it gets muddy? What do you do? Do you go to a spray in car wash or do you like have a home remedy
Good Morning, I have a pressure washer which I use to clean off my truck.
Did you get rid of all of your stuff when you hit the road?
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Why is the term “he threw away his career” a bad thing? When your done with something you throw it away! Good for you man I left the corporate world 12 yrs ago and started my own handyman business. And just like you I was unhappy and overweight now I’m 56lbs lighter and 100 times happier. But it was not easy hard work = Happiness to me. Also that was my dads modo “if I can’t pay for it in cash I can’t afford it” great content!
Life is full of choices. Some choose drugs and some choose alcohol and some choose none of that. Getting clean and off anything addictive is another choice. Live clean and live happy is my choice. Keep up the good life Bryan
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I find it funny watching this video that the advertisements that pop up are for prescription drugs lol
Love the story brian. Huge inspiration. I think kratom is a very amazing medicine under the right circumstances. You can get addicted to it just like anything else. Moderation is key. And dont use it all the time. Only for certain things like how you used it to help you sleep and now im betting you dont use it unless something comes up. I work landscaping in southern idaho. Super hott summers. I occasionally will use it for one or 2 months during the hottest part of the year. It helps deal with the heat. Just have to make sure your hydrated. Love how your telling this story and your surrounded by all that snow. The views. Your own lil spot. Thats what i want man. Slowly but surely ill get there. Almost got my school debt paid off and a lil nest egg saved up for some land! Screw the haters saying you shouldnt talk about that. I was addicted to some pretty hard drugs early on in life but was lucky enough to snap out of it and have been clean since i was 24. Im 32 now. Stay safe buddy hope to run into ya sometime
I owe, I owe, off to work I go.
Be careful with Kratom. You can get mild hallucinations when you take it too often.
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Please listen to: 'Noble Oak' 🌷👍
I left retail corporate and have not looked back once. You could not pay me to go back into that toxic environment. Every month stressing about goals trying to make your numbers only for them to raise your goal so you never make a bonus. I love the phrase work life balance. The things is you have to be alive in order to work!! I make less now but are so much more content.
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