“To get off my addiction to meth I had to make a difficult choice and completely remove myself from the group of friends that I was hanging out with,” he said. “Not saying they were bad people it’s just what was best for me at the time. I’d also just split up with my girlfriend, so I felt completely alone. That led to my first suicide attempt.”

Brian said that with his alcohol addiction, he had friends and family to help get him on the right track but ultimately it was up to him to decide what he wanted from this life.

Just two months after that run, he finally went in and had X-rays done on his hips. The Orthopedic then informed Jesus that he had end-case arthritis in his left hip and that his right hip didn’t look great either.

“Managing the pain is what I was told I’d be doing for the rest of my life,” he said. “I was 39-years old and the thought of simply eating painkillers was not an acceptable option for me. I started doing some research and found Dr. Pritchett in Seattle. Dr. Pritchett agreed that a hip implant was in order and in 2013 I had my left hip replaced, less than 7 months after running 106 miles.”