Podcast: Olympic Gold Medalist on Alcoholism, Recovery, and Redemption

“Every aspect of my life is connected to my alcoholism. For me, winning an Olympic gold medal at 16, I spent the next 30 years of my life looking for something that made me feel like that 56 seconds made me feel. And if you think about that, 30 years, you’re chasing a feeling that you’ll never be able to replicate. Like there is no replicating that. But I spent 30 years chasing something that made me feel like that less than one minute of my life. And that’s where I got in trouble.” ~Carrie Bates, Gold Medal Olympian

Listen to the Psych Central podcast here: Podcast: Olympic Gold Medalist on Alcoholism, Recovery, and Redemption