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Parents & Addicts in Need’s Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Adam Carroll. We wanted to speak with Adam about the tumultuous childhood that led him to not only use steroids at a young age but he saw it as a solution to combat bullies.
He was a very insecure child, uncomfortable, and feelings of loneliness were all too common, which led to some serious bullying. I turned to drugs and alcohol to cope, the only things that made him feel ok and started dealing at age 14. He got kicked out of his mom's and dropped out of high school, and so the high cost of low living in the fast lane going nowhere fast ensued. Adam never returning to school. At this point he began to live on his own at the age of 15, this is when drug dealing entered his life which eventually almost resulted in his death.  
His full-time career became using and selling, he had his own place early on, even a vehicle with no license. Adam was hanging with the wrong crowd, but feeling that false sense of belonging, respect, strength, and that people feared him, took away all his insecurities and he felt invincible.
His life of addiction was crime-riddled with jail stints, violence, near-death experiences, drug deals gone south, crazy long benders, and ultimately, loss of friends and family, and almost being murdered.  When Adam finally decided to turn his addictive personality into a positive direction; he started going to the gym and working out every day.
He got addicted to learning and accumulated many certifications and knowledge adding to his lived experience.  Today, Adam is on a mission to help others, but with a more specific and holistic approach through the Addict 2 Athlete Method, focusing on taking care of the mind, body, and soul by combining the 12 steps, meetings, breathwork, sober coaching/peer counseling, and addressing past trauma. 
Adam loves helping others reach their goals, nothing makes him happier than to work with individuals who are motivated and who are also ready to be game changers in their lives.
Adam has been clean and sober now for over 9 yrs, racking up daily gains and wins, growing strong odaat (one day at a time) since seeking help and changing his life in 2013. He says jails, institutions, and death were to be his fate—instead, he became addicted to bettering himself and helping others better themselves.

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