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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where Brandon's path went sideways (summary of first part of episode 1):

He and Jen reexamined their position on homosexuality and how that related to their faith.  Before they announced their change it was leaked.  Which caused a loss of followers, church goers, they received hate mail, burned books etc.

This led Brandon to a loss of faith, loss of identity, loss of career, medical issues- surgeries, etc.  Then underwent the surgeries and was prescribed Gabapentin for nerve pain. Side effects of the drug are depression and suicidal thoughts.  Which was a dark time for him. Health issues with his dad, private family issues with their kids.  A build up of lots of little things all at once.

Jen pivoted at that time, and he wasn't able to do so. [b]Kind of the beginning of the end of them[/b] (bolded part implied not outright said).  Going through these things together, but making it out on their own (summary of his actual words).

- I'll listen to the rest later and provide an update if someone else doesn't.

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I kept listening, because that's when it got good:

He was distant and angry for a good three years before the split.

The last straw was life altering event of his friend Scott dying in the golf cart accident. Brandon was driving. He watched him die slowly for 2 ½ months. One night took bottle of Jameson, and hydrocodone (oxy from the back pain) and took off on his bike one night. From that point he was just angry. Angry at god, at Jen, at life.  Three year spiral went from there.

He said he’s done things he will regret the rest of his life. He doesn’t want to make excuses, but also don’t want this to define him. No excuse that makes it okay to do certain things in life. It effected his marriage so deeply, and he thought it would self-correct. But there was no reconnection of the intimacy and closeness they had before 2017.  She couldn’t fix him because he didn’t know what was going on with him.  He admits to wasting money in stupid and ridiculous ways. He felt the marriage was over, and he gave up.

He went from finding something to be angry about, to entitlement, to justifying his actions.  Then he found an ally and emotionally began to connect with her.  Then it became physical. He was caught two months later. So that must get us to July 2020.
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He stayed with his sister for two weeks when he was kicked out.  Then he went to rehab, but again it was trauma rehab more than drug/alcohol rehab.  He left feeling he resolved his issues (or was at least on the right path), but once he got back to Texas he had to spend the next two years dealing with the fall out of his actions and the trauma he's caused for those around him.  2020-2022 will be in the second part of the podcast.[/quote]

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