After losing his brother to suicide, Brent spiraled into severe alcoholism, grief, and repeated suicide attempts. He shares what helped him choose life.

Brent’s addiction didn’t begin with drugs — it began with alcohol, grief, and unspoken trauma. What started as confidence and relief quickly became daily drinking, violence, and survival alongside people involved in serious criminal activity. As his drinking escalated, so did the losses: the death of his mother, the loss of his marriage, homelessness, seizures, repeated assaults, and a life that slowly collapsed inward.

Everything shattered when Brent lost his brother Curtis to suicide. Consumed by grief, guilt, and alcohol, Brent spiraled into suicidal ideation, multiple attempts, detox stays, and near-fatal withdrawals. Drinking to survive became drinking to disappear. What ultimately stopped the spiral wasn’t willpower — it was surrender. Through treatment, grief work, spirituality, and finally allowing himself to feel what he’d been running from, Brent began to rebuild a life rooted in honesty and purpose.

This episode explores alcoholism, suicide loss, complicated grief, relapse, treatment, and what it means to stop running and choose life — even when the pain feels unbearable.

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