This show will relate to so many tradespeople working in the industry, please give this show a listen as Bradley shares why and how he got into construction and the path he took, or you could say the path that took him. Thank you so much Bradley for sharing so much and opening up, I know there are a few other tradespeople listening that have or are going through similar struggles. This show we will discuss the industry, business owning and running, union strikes, economy, mental health, addictions and more.

Bradley began his career with Local 183, who are currently on strike as they should be when they have not had a change in their contract since before the pandemic. Before starting his own business, he worked with a number of builders and had a chance to see the bad and good sides of the business, unfortunately more bad than good, that is how many of us learn. Bradley has plans of growing his business to custom home builder and even gated communities.

The topic of mental health comes up and Bradley opens about his past and the struggles he has gone through. In his late teens, a hockey star, the popular kid, partying, became an alcoholic and quickly followed with an addiction ecstasy at the age of 19, carried that along until he was 23 and was introduced to cocaine. Once Bradley was hooked on cocaine, he would wake up in the morning, start his day with a beer and more cocaine before heading to work. His life became darker and darker, he never thought it would end, he figured this was his life for the rest of his life, he knew what he was doing was wrong and his thoughts led him to consider suicide, driving his truck off a bridge. February 19 2021, Bradley finally said to himself, enough, enough. He just finished a 5 day bender of booze and cocaine and he thought of his family, his nieces and nephew and his family helped him back and helped him survive. Arriving on the job site, he hid and cried, nobody on the jobsite knew what Bradley was going through, nobody really knows what any of us are really going through. Bradley called his Mom and she put plans in place and he was quickly admitted into a crisis centre for 72 hours and that was the beginning of his recovery. The hardest part of quitting the addictions for Bradley, was finding himself. For the last few years he put this façade for everyone else and never realized he needed to find his true self.

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Thank You so much Bradley for sharing so much about the industry and opening up the way you did, the mental health stigma really does need to change. Find Brandley at the following @bradthebuilder94 on IG and contact Bradley on his email at bradleyj@builtbybradley.ca