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🎙️ Ep 14: Jam Alker – From Rockstar Highs to Rock Bottom Lows, Now Thriving in Sobriety

What happens when the dream life crashes hard—and leaves you with nothing but a guitar, a gut infection, and a choice to heal?

In this powerful episode, Chicago-based musician, speaker, entrepreneur, and recovery advocate Jam Alker joins Stuart to share his remarkable journey from rising rockstar to rock bottom—and back. After battling addiction, surviving a decade-long heroin dependency, and losing it all just as his band The JAB signed with Sony Records, Jam faced a new unexpected battle: a severe health crisis during COVID that turned his life upside down again.

💥 Jam opens up about:

• How childhood trauma and music shaped his path
• His breakthrough moment in treatment using songwriting as therapy
• Rebuilding his life through music, service, and holistic healing
• Biohacking, gut health, and creating his wellness company HEAL
• His documentary The Middle Way, and why service is his secret to happiness

Whether you're early in sobriety or long into recovery, Jam's story is a vivid reminder that it’s never too late to heal, grow, and transform. His radical reinvention offers tools, hope, and inspiration for anyone asking: “Now what?”

🎧 Plus, don’t miss:

• How Jam went from pain to purpose—and why he believes we’re all seeds ready to grow
• A behind-the-scenes look at his music therapy foundation, I’m a Seed
• Why discipline—not motivation—is the key to staying sober and healthy for life

Resources:
🌐 JamAlker.com
🌱 Heal4Wellness.com
🎥 The Middle Way – Now streaming on Amazon Prime & Tubi

Song at the end of episode was Jam Alkers - Junkyard used with permission. 

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