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Staying Fit Healthily & Battling Addiction with Mike Catherwood – Episode 2101

by Vinnie Tortorich

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Episode 2101 – On this Friday show, Mike Catherwood joins Vinnie Tortorich, and the two talk about Tom Leykis, Mike’s career in radio, battling addiction, staying fit healthily, and more.

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CAREER IN RADIO

  • Mike is a great voice on the radio.
  • You might know him as Psycho Mike from KROQ.
    • KROQ is a hugely influential force in Los Angeles.
  • He also co-hosted the famous radio show, Loveline, for six years.
  • Mike got to KROQ in 2003.
    • He grew up listening to the station.
  • Before radio, he was an aspiring musician but as that didn’t take off full-time, he found his way to radio.
    • Initially, he wanted to be a songwriter and he played bass and guitar. 
    • His first gig in radio was in production on a morning show.

BATTLING ADDICTION

  • Earlier in his life, he suffered from addiction during this time.
  • He would have long periods of blacking out and was struggling.
  • Mike had done so much damage before he got the help that stuck.
    • He would be clean for a few weeks, but he couldn’t stay clean.
  • The most recent time he (and hopefully the last time he’ll have to) got sober, he finally realized this was something he had to do to save himself.
  • Mike follows the twelve-step program, but he recognizes it’s not for everyone.
  • It’ll be 20 years of sobriety for Mike later this year!
    • this means he’ll have been in recovery for half of his life.
  • It’s important to Mike that he not forget about this period of time.
    • He’s proud of the man he is now — not reckless, a family man.

STAYING FIT HEALTHILY

  • Mike looks amazing and stays in great shape.
  • He even inspires Vinnie to keep working out!
  • For Mike, he had to make sure that he did not overdo it with working out.
    • He had to find synergy between his mental health and his p
  • For a while, he was genuinely addicted to lifting weights and looking better.
    • His addiction bled over to his body.
      • This wasn’t healthy for him.
    • He didn’t care how many steroids he took, and he was still never comfortable in his skin.
  • Finally, a few years ago, he found how to find comfort in what he was doing and in his relationship with food.
    • He now focuses on developing himself positively emotionally and physically.

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Filed Under: 1 On 1 Guests (not luminary), Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Podcast, Sports Tagged With: addiction, alcoholic, bass, eating disorder, exercise, guitar, KROQ, Mad Men, music, musician, Rehab, rockstar, Steroids, twelve-step program, Weight Lifting

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