November 14, 2013, Larry sat on his couch after a solid two-week bender crying and watching a tragic scene in one of his favorite movies over and over again when something spoke to him and said “Get help today, or tomorrow isn’t going to happen”. He had already been in the hospital earlier that year for alcohol poisoning and this time he was even beyond his initial “rock bottom moment”. In this moment of clarity, Larry reached out to a best friend and told him, “I need help, or I’m going to die.”

Larry woke up several days later in the hospital in McKinney after being admitted to the Enterhealth Ranch in Van Alstyne in very unstable condition. They were unable to stabilize his vitals, and after several failed efforts, an ambulance was called.

After being rehydrated and somewhat stabilized over the course of three days, Larry was sent back to Enterhealth where he continued recovery in their detox wing for roughly a week. The following 6 weeks were spent getting sober while going through their program. Larry has now been sober 8 years amongst becoming a successful podcaster, content creator, and entrepreneur.

Though sober, Larry had caused significant damage to his nervous system and as a result, was in constant pain, even to the point of walking with a cane for more than a year.

To combat this chronic pain, he was on a non-opioid cocktail of medications, which at one point was up to 32 pills a day. It took several years to slowly make progress towards getting the pain under control, but a side effect of the medication and inactivity led to a tremendous amount of weight gain, his peak reaching 326lbs.

After leaving a 21-year corporate career on January 4th of 2021, Larry managed to take himself off ALL of the medications and as of writing this on 12/18/21, is down 82lbs to 244lbs.