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| 0:00 | around a 100,000 Americans passed away |
| 0:02 | in 2023 from a disease that almost no |
| 0:04 | one understands America is facing a |
| 0:07 | record high number of addiction places |
| 0:09 | over 48.7 million Americans are living |
| 0:12 | with substance use disorder and millions |
| 0:14 | more directly and indirectly |
| 0:17 | impacted I'm an addict if I have a drink |
| 0:20 | I can't stop everyone's safety is at |
| 0:23 | stake it is an uncontrolled |
| 0:25 | fire someone close to home offered to |
| 0:27 | give us a more personal perspective on |
| 0:29 | addiction my name is Dan and I'm an |
| 0:33 | addict and alcoholic and I have been in |
| 0:36 | recovery for the last 11 years Dan |
| 0:39 | started working with Beast philanthropy |
| 0:40 | as the chief creative officer almost 2 |
| 0:43 | years ago and during his continuous hard |
| 0:45 | work to make these films he still |
| 0:46 | suffers with his addiction on a daily |
| 0:48 | basis the hardest part is remaining |
| 0:52 | clean having to constantly remind |
| 0:55 | oneself like life can look so great from |
| 0:58 | the outside |
| 1:05 | but it's a it's a daily um struggle and |
| 1:09 | it's |
| 1:12 | forever but that's why we say just for |
| 1:15 | today so Dan and I we've been working |
| 1:18 | together a little bit over a year and a |
| 1:20 | half I've learned spending so much time |
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