Episode 262 - Akshay Nanavati

<div class="CNxNUMI4vuO8-fkO8bPPMQ== FdGBl7+r1sQJZTUFqRjvJw==" data-block="true" data-editor="coh38" data-offset-key="8r4i7-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8r4i7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8r4i7-0-0">As a young immigrant to the US, Akshay overcame drug addiction, PTSD from fighting in Iraq with the Marines, depression and alcoholism that pushed him to the brink of suicide.</span></div> </div> <div class="CNxNUMI4vuO8-fkO8bPPMQ== FdGBl7+r1sQJZTUFqRjvJw==" data-block="true" data-editor="coh38" data-offset-key="84rsi-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="84rsi-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="84rsi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="84rsi-0-0">By falling in love with his demons, he has since:</span></div> </div> <div class="CNxNUMI4vuO8-fkO8bPPMQ== FdGBl7+r1sQJZTUFqRjvJw==" data-block="true" data-editor="coh38" data-offset-key="2eec0-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2eec0-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2eec0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2eec0-0-0">- Run 167 miles across post-war Liberia to build a school.</span></div> </div> <div class="CNxNUMI4vuO8-fkO8bPPMQ== FdGBl7+r1sQJZTUFqRjvJw==" data-block="true" data-editor="coh38" data-offset-key="beeup-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="beeup-0-0"> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="beeup-0-0"><span data-offset-key="beeup-0-0">- Despite 4 biological defects including a blood disorder that 2 doctors said would kill him in boot camp, he is now a sponsored athlete and have run many ultra marathons, including an 80 mile run around a 0.2 mile loop and a 50 miler around a cul-de-sac during the quarantine.</span></div> </div> <div class=