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RUNNING WITH DEMONS - Rising from the ashes of a destitute life, a former homeless addict-turned-athlete embarks on a jo | dG1fdEZFbmVqdVNTMEk
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00:01I didn't want to be a drug addict.
00:04Using drugs and drinking as much alcohol as I could
00:07just became a way for me to not feel.
00:10And I paid the price for it severely on many levels.
00:13Where am I going to get the money to pay for my addiction?
00:15Who did I beat up last night? Where did all this blood come from?
00:18Why is my window shattered? Why are the cops knocking on my door?
00:22My mom took her own life.
00:24You don't get over that.
00:26You do the best that you can on that given day to deal with your stuff.
00:34My name is Todd Crandall.
00:36I am dedicated to helping others with their drug and alcohol dependency
00:39and recovery.
00:40And use endurance races like the Ultraman to spread my message
00:43that with sobriety anything is possible.
00:52When things get hard I think about Todd.
00:55He's just, he's really amazing, you know.
00:57Think of that.
00:58The you saw me doing before to this.
01:01Come on.
01:03Unbelievable.
01:07I think he's hit on something which will create natural highs for some people.
01:12It's not for everyone.
01:16He's still got another seven hours of biking.
01:18He's trying to find some flow, but he's trying to find flow at too high a pace.
01:23I'm striving for improvement, physically, emotionally, spiritually, every day.
01:33I keep pushing, I keep pushing.
01:34Watch my family walk out the door.
01:36And I just didn't think that I have to pay the price like this for trying to do some good.
01:43How do you have people that on one day can tell you, you saved my son's life.
01:48And then go home and not wonder if your wife and kids are going to be there.
01:51I don't want to be abandoned.
01:54I don't want to feel broken again.
01:57Suicidal thoughts.
01:59I'm tired of being a failure, man.
02:01I've been a failure my whole life.
02:03Everything I've experienced has made me who I am today.
02:08And that's okay.
02:09This is what I've been dealt.
02:15Let me make something good out of it.
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