{"id":113133,"date":"2014-09-21T18:14:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T01:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113133"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:25:01","slug":"how-court-mcgee-went-from-drug-addict-to-ufc-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/how-court-mcgee-went-from-drug-addict-to-ufc-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"How Court McGee Went From Drug Addict To UFC Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/court-mcgee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/court-mcgee.jpg\" alt=\"court mcgee\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10551\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those that watch TUF may be familiar with Court McGee and his emotional story.  For those unfamiliar with the situation, McGee was a substance abuser who overdosed one night at a party, but was revived by EMTs after being dead for 8-minutes.  <\/p>\n<p>McGee&#8217;s parents placed him in rehab and thankfully, McGee found sobriety.  Now as a successful UFC fighter, McGee launched his own program to help addicts find sobriety.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke about his program, Hope 361 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/21\/6357309\/court-mcgee-the-once-dead-man-now-saving-lives-and-breaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Drug addiction is non-biased.  It doesn&#8217;t matter where you came from, who you are, religion, it doesn&#8217;t matter. It doesn&#8217;t matter how much money or how little money you have, drug addiction is non-biased, and it tears everybody apart. So we want to be able to provide a tool for people to use for those who are afflicted around them.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>McGee credits his own sobriety to a social worker who spoke with his parents while he recovered from his overdose in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Had they not come across him, I never would&#8217;ve been given the opportunity or put in that place.  I had felony drug charges. I was looking to do time, and those were my options. It was either being incarcerated or dying. I knew no other way to live. I was so deep in my addiction, I had no idea. But because of that guy who knew where to get help, that suggested I go to that treatment facility, I was saved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a sense, we&#8217;re being that guy. This is what [addicts] do, this is how they maintain their recovery, this is where they got help, and this is what they do now. That&#8217;s what our website does. We&#8217;re acting as that person,&#8221; explained McGee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The person who&#8217;s struggling may not get anything from the videos. But I promise you, the loved ones around them who are afflicted the most will see it. My family didn&#8217;t know what to do. We are giving them that. &#8230; It creates a direction for these people, for their family members or bosses or whoever. It doesn&#8217;t matter, whoever has somebody or knows somebody can get on this website, can get the inspiration from the videos, and get direction to where they can get help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;360 degrees is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.  But if you change that one degree &#8230; anything is possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Court McGee for reaching his 3,075th day of sobriety last Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those that watch TUF may be familiar with Court McGee and his emotional story. 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