Ep. 47 - A Life Worth Living with Jason Carter

Just know that whatever you are going through in life right now, you don’t have to do this anymore. You have a life worth living. In this episode, Jason Carter explains why and how he moved through his struggles with anxiety, depression, and alcoholism to beginning his path to not only recovery, but dedicating his life to helping others who feel limited by life. 

To learn how to choose a different path, and the first steps towards “breaking the cycle” outside of your circumstances. To confront your demons knowing that the answers you seek lie in the emotions you feel + moving through them with grace, humanity, and heart. 

To know that you don’t have to do THIS anymore, whatever THIS is - a soul sucking career, a partner or spouse that is not for you, a relationship that isn’t serving your Soul, a business that does not align with your heart, or even your own negative thoughts that consume you and keep you stuck in spirals. 

YOU are in control, and today, our greatest desire in this episode is to give you that spark of change to drive HOPE again. 

To live a life worth living! 

“The man who realizes his limits has no limits.” - Jason Carter 

About Jason: 

Jason Carter is a husband, father and entrepreneur who struggled for decades with depression and alcoholism before beginning the journey to recovery. In his new memoir, To Hell I Ride: When a Life Examined Became Worth Living (Lioncrest Publishing, Jan. 2022), he takes an unflinching look into the darkest corners of his past and how he found clarity—and ultimately redemption—on a reflective road trip from Texas to Telluride.

Years ago, most people assumed Jason lived a normal, happy life. (And certainly, on the surface, this was true.) He had a remarkable wife, three great kids and a spacious house near the country club. So, why was he engaging in suicidal ideation on his morning run? What no one realized was that, for 30 years, he had also lived with a combination of excessive drinking, deep-rooted insecurity and depression that was taking a significant toll.

That is, until one fateful therapy session. After discussing his thoughts of suicide with his psychiatrist, Jason was forced to address his drinking head on and reevaluate the effect it was having on his mental health—and the trajectory of his life. That’s when he piled his family into their Suburban for a 17-hour road trip to Colorado, simultaneously taking a parallel journey down memory lane to confront the memories that had influenced his descent into despair. This time, he would choose to take a different path. 

In To Hell I Ride, Jason recounts how the insidious presence of alcohol crept into every fabric of his life, while also confronting personal demons that still haunt him today. Determined and darkly comedic, he bares it all with brutal honesty to dispel the taboo of speaking about alcoholism and empower others to know they are not alone in their struggle.

Jason is the founder and president of Pilot/Runner Communications, specializing in creating meaningful communication strategies and connective content for VC, startups and early-stage companies. He holds a B.A. in English from Texas Christian University and attended a graduate screenwriting program at UCLA. Jason currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and three kids.

Connect with Jason: https://www.thejasoncarter.com/