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What do you do when you've lost everything—your family, your future, your will to live? For Matt Kuiper, founder of Desert Plunge, the answer came in the form of 38-degree water. This is the story of a man who went from two DUIs and jail time to building one of the fastest-growing cold plunge companies in America—and how he discovered that our darkest moments can become our greatest purpose.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
4:00 - Early Childhood & Christian Reform Upbringing
15:10 - First Antidepressants at 15
17:20 - First Drink: "I Cannot Wait to Do This Again"
30:50 - First DUI at 16, Second at 21
37:40 - The Day I Almost Died: 220 BPM Heart Rate
47:30 - Green Oaks Ranch: 6-Month Rehab
53:00 - Meeting My Wife in Rehab
1:09:00 - Relapse: Wife Kicks Me Out
1:17:00 - Rock Bottom & 90 Meetings in 90 Days
1:27:00 - Why Marriage is Worth Fighting For
1:37:00 - Becoming an Electrician: The Trades vs College
1:48:00 - 2019 Mental Health Crisis in Ecuador
2:01:00 - Cold Plunge Changed Everything
2:07:00 - Building Desert Plunge from Garage to Business
2:34:00 - Customer Service & Business Philosophy
2:51:00 - Plant Medicine: 5-MEO, Kambo, Ketamine
3:04:00 - Faith, Fatherhood & Breaking Cycles
3:19:00 - SSRIs, Big Pharma & Alternative Medicine
3:27:00 - Final Message: You Can Change Your Story

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