Founding Drummer of Maroon 5 On Losing Everything, Finding Recovery & Rebuilding His Life

Описание: Ryan Dusick is an associate marriage therapist and counselor and the founding drummer of one of the world’s most popular bands, Maroon 5. He started the band which was originally called Kara’s Flowers in 1994 with his best friends Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden. After changing the name of the band to Maroon 5, they went on to have their first viral record “Songs About Jane,” selling millions of albums and winning two Grammy’s. Despite the band’s massive fame and success Ryan was suffering with some deep physical and emotional pain which eventually led to Ryan parting ways with the band in 2006. Ryan lost everything, found himself in the depths of addiction before finding recovery in 2016 and completely reinventing himself and we dive into all of this today.

Today on the show we discuss: The story of starting Maroon 5 and what led to Ryan parting ways with the band, what life was like after losing everything, the challenges of success and fame, what his current relationship is like with Adam Levine, how Ryan reinvented himself and got sober, why he values recovery more than winning a grammy and more.



What to Listen For:

00:00 Intro
00:23 Ryan parts ways with Maroon 5
09:29 The story of Maroon 5
13:53 Ryan’s nervous system forced him to stop
19:56 Why does fame cause mental health issues?
23:40 Addiction
29:45 The hardest part of leaving the band
31:32 The reinvention process
38:45 Misdirected anger towards Maroon 5
41:27 Rebuilding his self esteem
45:16 Why is Ryan’s story so relatable?
46:51 Recovery vs. winning a Grammy
49:21 Current relationship with Adam Levine
51:30 Would he ever rejoin the band?







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