Athena,
I recently discovered your channel after re-discovering Joseph’s channel (I found Joseph years ago when he was interviewed on Brian Scott’s channel and kinda forgot about Joseph’s channel until about two weeks ago). I wanted to share a unique success story that happened today.
I was going to get on your live that started at 2:30 in the afternoon where I was, but I could NOT for the life of me find it even after going to your channel and refreshing my app a few times. I found out the reason why I was not meant to attend the live because what unfolded during the livestream for me was this:
This afternoon, I took my daughters to swim in a lake. While there, a man started calling out for help from the other side of the lake (found out his name was Lance later). So, another man (found out his name was Sam after the event) and I swam out to Lance to help him. Lance was drowning and it seemed like he was having a heart attack. Sam had brought a life jacket and thank god I brought a float today to the lake that I took with me to help Lance. I had to swim with the float while holding Lance’s head up as he was coming in and out of consciousness and his head kept dipping under the water. There was another man that met us part of the way out (named Mo) and Mo ended up almost drowning as well. I ended up having two grown men on me and my float while I was trying paddle to shore-one conscious and the other unconscious. Thankfully, the people at the shore called for an ambulance and Sam was able to be there as well. Lance did gain consciousness after the EMTs did some work on him. Whew, what a crazy day!
The thing I didn’t realize until about an hour after the event is that today is 2 years of me being sober.
My old identity of being a drunk probably would not have been able to do what I did today.
So, if you ever have doubts about who you are becoming, keep it up because it might save a life-literally!
Here is the lake zoomed out and then zoomed in. Lance was next to that buoy, drowning and I was near the rope line. Here is a pic of Sam and me afterwards. You are welcome to share this story, if you feel lead to do so.
Thank you for your work and helping me realize what a big identity shift I have already had in my life.