In this Second Episode of “This BADASS Sober LIFE” Podcast, Beau Chilson who is a high school student in Boulder, CO is interviewing Aaron Huey about his personal past which led him to his founding of Fire Mountain Treatment Center in Estes Park, CO. You will learn about Aaron's struggle with substance abuse and how he turned his life around to escape the addiction and help others do the same.

Your Guest in this Episode:Aaron Huey: Aaron has been working with children, teens, and parents for over 18 years. After ten years directing camps and empowerment programs around the world, Aaron opened Fire Mountain because he wanted to work with kids and families on a deeper level. Over the first few years of running programs like Teen Rites of Passage and The Warrior Phoenix Challenge, and numerous cries for help from parents, Aaron realized the need to turn his efforts towards teens struggling with drugs, alcohol and the behaviors and issues related to addiction. As a person in recovery since 2000, he felt a calling to put together an expert team and open Fire Mountain. His mission is to awaken confidence and leadership. “It‘s not about being better, it‘s about giving up the struggle to be different from who you are.”Aaron’s formal educational background is in acting. He graduated from the top acting school in the US, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1990. His skills in comedy and drama make him an influential speaker and presenter, and a favorite among the kids. His confidence, compassion, and humor set the tone for deep healing, and fun.Aaron is also trained as an EMT, a Wilderness Survival Instructor and Martial Arts teacher, all of which he weaves into the Fire Mountain RTC curriculumYour Host in this Episode:Beau Chilson is a Natural Highs Peer Mentor and high school student in Boulder, CO. He works with Natural Highs because he thinks that it is incredibly important to help his peers realize the repercussions of drug use on their brains. “I love working with Natural Highs and it has taught me a lot about myself.” He started a weekly teen run club called “First Step” that helps teens realize their habits and gives them reliable support as they try to change.In this Episode of “The BADASS Sober LIFE” Podcast you will learn:• Beau’s and Aaron’s personal connection• Aaron’s personal history and relationship with drugs that caused him to start the Fire Mountain Residential Center and his parenting podcast, Beyond Risk and Back• Aaron’s idea for why he started using, and his opinion on the question of Why people start using• The origins of Fire Mountain Treatment Center and Aarons goal with Fire Mountain, keeping kids out of recovery and helping parents• What Aaron and his counselors actually do at Fire Mountain. • Aaron’s base advice for parenting• The five basic human needs • Accepting your responsibility in a situation rather than blaming a sibling or child for being the “bad” guy• The importance of allowing your kid to fail• Aaron’s connection to Natural Highs• Aaron’s First Message to the world: Nobody thinks they’re “the bad guy”, don’t try and convince people that they are, you can’t hate the world or yourself into something you love, separation causes pain• Aaron’s Second Message to the world: Everybody takes a shit sitting down. • Life is all about giving up the struggle to be different from who you areMore Resources & Next Steps for you:• To get involved with the Natural Highs Community: www.naturalhighs.org• To get your FREE Natural Highs Care Packets by email: Sign up at www.naturalhighs.org• To support Natural Highs: https://www.naturalhighs.org/support-us

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