Become a paid channel member of YMH to get First Date episodes one day early and AD-FREE here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIgiXwJck_Pb5Nj-wIrsqg/join SPONSORS: - Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at https://shopify.com/date, all lowercase On this week's episode, Lauren welcomes motivational speaker and addiction advocate, Brandon Novak to the pod. You may know him from Viva La Bam and Jackass, but Brandon has turned his life around to focus on helping addicts with their recovery journey. Brandon shares with Lauren some of his own crazy stories from when he was an addict; one involving a splooge tattoo. Brandon may be emotionally unavailable, but you'll find his love for cats and his mom very charming. First Date Ep. 72 https://www.tiktok.com/@iamlaurencompton https://store.ymhstudios.com YouTube Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:20 - Introducing Brandon Novak 00:06:59 - Single & Not Mingling 00:10:58 - It's Not You, It's Me 00:17:18 - No Small Talk Please 00:20:07 - Rehab Folk 00:23:01 - The Journey 00:29:06 - Keeping It Simple 00:31:58 - Open Relationships 00:35:44 - The Sweetest Thing 00:40:20 - Redemption Addiction Treatment Center