The Payoff is a look at the great life that awaits in sobriety on other side of addiction - but not without taking you through the madness first. Hosted by Pete Sousa.
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Pete sits down with musician and actor Wes Cunningham to talk music, movies, and sobriety.
Pete sits down with fitness coach and friend Ali Perry to talk the past, mistakes, fitness, and sobriety.
Pete sits down with his brother Mike to discuss how alcohol relieved his obsession with fear and trying to outrun addiction by moving to Los Angeles, before desperation and the birth of his daughter moved him to get sober. Mike's 14 years sober and he's also pretty funny.
Pete and sits down with real estate mogul Gordon H to discuss driving through houses before sobriety and breaking through emotionally in recovery.
Tim Brooks was one of the nation's top high school lacrosse recruits, from a great family, living in one of America's most affluent suburbs. But when he showed up on Good Morning America, it wasn't because he'd won a college lacrosse title, it was because he was likely headed to prison for being the No. 2 man in a drug ring who's takedown made national headlines. Seven years sober, Tim looks talks with Pete about the wild ride and speaks about trading a life of 'taking' in addiction, to a life of 'giving' in sobriety.
Kimchi was one of the youngest female commercial airline pilots ever. She eventually turned in her wings so she could get help with her alcoholism. Her message embodies the monster addiction can be, even for the brightest of young stars. Today, the Southern California native is flying high in sobriety and life.
If you or someone you love is feeling hopeless because of addiction this is the podcast to listen to. In this episode, Pete sits down with Anna. She was on track to have an unreal life. She was living in Hawaii, with a wonderful husband and a child on the way. But she couldn't stop drinking, ever, no matter what. Rehab after rehab, meeting after meeting, nothing worked...until it did. Now she's the one people turn to.
Frank's story seems like it was ripped from a Hollywood script and part of it actually takes us there. His battle through addiction begins as a college mascot and ends with him a criminal. He's also a very funny dude, who celebrates his more than 14 years of sobriety through being wildly comfortable in his own skin; a place most people in addiction can't even fathom.
At one point, every morning Murph told himself he wasn’t going to drink and every night the bottles stacked up. He says that’s why he considerers the fact he doesn’t want to drink today a miracle. This guy was a great hoops player but he turned down playing for a major D-1 program because his life was already unmanageable at 19. We’ve got a real alcoholic on our hands, who wears life like a loose shirt now and is basically family to Pete.
