Sarah Fountain (she/her) is a marketing director, creative, writer, dog mom, rock climber, and general outdoors enthusiast living in Boulder, Colorado. She recently celebrated 9 years of sobriety. She also describes herself as an aggressive extrovert and empath.
In this episode, John and Sarah discuss:
- her day-to-day in Boulder, Colorado
- Sarah’s recent celebration of 9 years in recovery
- her upbringing and how she immediately felt like she was a fish out of water
- how the first time she got drunk, she immediately thought ‘I need this’
- her semester with NOLS and how it was essentially a detox but also she had her first big moment with the outdoors
- her relationship with cocaine and how it became a light switch in her brain
- how addiction can feel like a loss of trust in yourself
- her rock bottom moment
- how most of early recovery was about trudging the happy road
- her move to Maine after 20 months of recovery catalyzed by her brother having Stage 4 cancer
- how climbing and the climbing community supported her during her recovery
- having to mourn the loss of drinking and drugging
- dealing with cultural norms around drinking
- her relationship with her brother, who was dying of Stage 4 cancer, and how she wouldn’t have been able to show up for him, in the same way, were it not for a 12-step program
- staying in the right relationship with the mountains and learning from the mountains
- keeping your side of the street clean
Catch up with Sarah on Instagram.
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