Exclusive: Zac Clark on Hitting Rock Bottom, Going on ‘The Bachelorette’ Sober, and Betting on Himself

Talking It Out

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In part two of Mike and Bryan’s exclusive interview with Bachelor Nation’s Zac Clark, Zac discusses what it was like at his lowest point and why he had to get punched in the face to become a humble man. Zac also opens up about his concerns with going on “The Bachelorette” sober and why he thinks it ended up giving him a competitive edge. Plus, Zac talks about why addiction doesn’t discriminate and shares which combination of therapy, medicine, and support groups finally got him sober. Learn more about Release Recovery. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back everyone to talking it out with Mike and Brian and on today's
0:07.0	episode we have part two of our very important conversation with Addiction
0:11.4	Specialist Zach Clark on overcoming adversity and addiction. You ready for part
0:16.3	two Mike? Cannot wait for everybody here. Let's get it right to it. So you say
0:21.2	you don't got no gang bro which we we know that's BS because you got to
0:24.4	take that conversation right. So before you've been going on the show, does
0:29.4	you have any any concerns, any quarrels, anything holding you back in regards
0:35.4	to now being sober and you will be the sober guy on the show but probably
0:39.4	having to tell your story on national TV knowing how big the bachelor is
0:44.4	like can you walk us through that right quick? Yeah I think I think as it
0:50.4	pains to alcohol right like I want to be liked I want to find that
0:56.4	commonality like with my fellow and going on a show like this with the
1:00.4	common denominator is oftentimes let's have a drink you know let's have a cocktail
1:04.4	and so you know I think I'd be lying if I told you that I didn't think about
1:09.4	how am I going to like connect with you especially on that first night you know
1:12.4	like it's it's it's it's a lubricant we know that and there was definitely
1:17.4	some moments there where my head was kind of like rotating like what how
1:22.4	did I get here you know and like a lot of things I kind of just had to get
1:27.4	through the pain and work through the fear and get to a place of like
1:30.4	reminding myself that you know like I'm worth it and I'm good enough and
1:34.4	and all that stuff you know and then like other than that just like when you start
1:39.4	to sit down and talk to these women obviously like Claire was there initially
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