Ryan Springer is a story of coming full circle. His parents were school teachers and he lived in a white picket fence world. However, he was intrigued by the counter culture but in spite of his best efforts, he had a hard time getting there. After serving an LDS mission, he describes how while attending BYU he “lost his compass”. “Fell in love with Vodka”, his words, he dove head long into alcoholism. Listen in as he describes the depths of his misery and fall, losing his lawyer license, his multiple DUI’s and losing his family. Listen in as he describes his amazing recovery and his return to a healthy life, mostly thanks to a random connection to the Captain Your Story model and applying it to his life.

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00:00:00 - Ryan Springer
00:01:29 - The Other Side Academy
00:01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
00:02:35 - His Upbringing
00:03:30 - LSD at 16 Years Old
00:05:20 - Falling in Love with Vodka
00:06:50 - “It stayed away from me.”
00:10:00 - Deciding to Serve the LDS Church
00:14:10 - Enrolling at the University of Utah
00:14:57 - Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucalt
00:17:05 - Desciding to Pursue Law
00:18:38 - Discovering Dissonance & Disillusion 
00:24:29 - Crossing the Threshold
00:30:58 - Hitting Rock Bottom
00:33:30 - Catching his first DUI
00:38:40 - A Strange Encounter
00:40:30 - Divorce, Second Marriage, Suspended from Law, & DUI’s Galore
00:47:30 - Joining 12 Step
00:52:02 - Connection through Service
00:55:58 - 90 Days in Jail
00:57:30 - Spirituatlity and Synchroniticy 
00:59:42 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story