One Last Hit | A Sobriety and Addiction Recovery Podcast

Kevin Gardner had a middle class upbringing and no tragic childhood, yet one humiliating day in fifth grade planted two fears that drove his drinking for years: the fear of being alone and the fear of not fitting in. Alcohol became his fix in middle school, and it cost him a suspension and an expulsion from college. Years later his fiancee left him, and an eight day bender ended with a crashed car and a trip to the emergency room.

Now more than ten years sober, Kevin shares the ninety minute phone call from an old high school friend that pointed him toward the rooms, why his fellowship is his power greater than himself, and the daily gratitude texts he trades with fourteen men every morning. He and Austin talk about the meeting between Bill W. and Dr. Bob in Akron, the mantra behind his books Change Your Thinking, Ignite Your Life, Staying Lit and Stigma, and his message for anyone who is sober curious.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Meet Kevin Gardner
4:17 The Fellowship Is His Higher Power
9:39 The Fifth Grade Humiliation
13:05 Heartbreak, a Crash, 8 Days Drunk
18:19 From the ER to Detox
20:45 The Call That Saved Him
25:35 When Bill W. Met Dr. Bob
28:15 14 Gratitude Texts Every Morning
31:38 Three Books and a Mantra
35:52 Advice for the Sober Curious
40:41 Where to Find Kevin

Find Kevin Gardner:
Website: https://www.ChangeYourThinkingIgniteYourLife.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeYourThinkingIgniteYourLife
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-gardner-5690345/
LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/change-your-thinking-ignite-your-life
Books on Amazon (Kevin J. Gardner): https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BLH3YGSK/allbooks

One Last Hit Podcast: real stories of addiction, survival, and coming back from the edge.

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What is One Last Hit | A Sobriety and Addiction Recovery Podcast?

Most people in recovery never tell the full story. This show does.



I'm Austin Rampt the author of One Last Hit: The Remarkable True Story of an Addict's Journey to Find Himself. 

I grew up in Tampa, spent a decade chasing drugs through eight different rehabs, and eventually fled the country. 

I ended up in Mexico surrounded by members of the Sinaloa Cartel, hit the kind of bottom most 

people don't walk away from, and somehow made it back.



On the One Last Hit Podcast I sit down with people who have been through it , addicts in recovery, 

people who've done prison time, survivors of overdoses, 

family members who watched someone disappear and then come back. No polished stories. 

No watered-down redemption arcs. Just real people talking about what it actually took to get sober and stay that way.



If you are fighting your own battle, loving someone in the middle of theirs, or you just need proof that people really

do get better then this show is for you.



New episodes every week.



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