Tony Hoffman | From Addiction & Prison To The Olympics & Mental Health Advocate

Welcome to the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪@Hope2Hustle‬⁠⁠⁠podcast! I'm your host Cheree Ashley and I converse with others to share stories of Uncut Gems. In this episode, I sit down with the courageous and ambitious Tony Hoffman.

On December 13th, 2008, Tony Hoffman was paroled by the California Department of Corrections after serving a two-year sentence for a drug-related robbery. While incarcerated, Tony set four goals: Race BMX professionally, go to the Olympics, start a non-profit called the Freewheel Project, and become a professional mental health and substance abuse speaker.

Since paroling prison, Tony has tirelessly worked towards achieving his goals and the dreams he’d set out for while incarcerated. He raced BMX professionally for several years and continued on to coach Brooke Crain to a 4th place finish at the Rio Olympic Games, accomplishing his dream of going to the Olympics. The Freewheel Project was very successful for many years helping thousands of youth through action sports before moving on to pursuing a very demanding national speaking career. Today Tony is an author, an owner of pH Wellness drug and alcohol treatment facility, and one of the world's most requested mental health and substance use speakers.

Tony and I discuss the following and more.

Intro 00:00

What thoughts, feelings, and emotions led Tony towards substance use? 01:03

What is a common thing that all people in addiction recovery tend to have in common? 14:58

What is physical dependence on a substance and how did it become common during the opioid crisis?" 28:26

What would Tony tell his younger self who was struggling with addiction? 43:24

How did Tony use his time in prison to improve himself and begin to envision the life he wanted to build for himself? 58:52

We answer these questions and more in this insightful episode of Hope 2 Hustle, Uncut Gems.

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