{"id":809634,"date":"2026-08-11T03:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809634\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T03:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:26:13","slug":"zac-clark-discusses-how-community-saved-him-during-addiction-recovery-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809634\/","title":{"rendered":"Zac Clark Discusses How Community Saved Him During Addiction Recovery Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opening up.<\/p>\n

Bachelor Nation met Zac Clark on Season 16 of \u201cThe Bachelorette,\u201d and as fans remember, Zac shared his struggle with addiction and journey to sobriety with Tayshia Adams on-screen.<\/p>\n

Since his time on the show, Zac has continued to share resources for addiction, mental health, and more through his company Release Recovery Addiction Treatment Center.<\/p>\n

Zac has celebrated almost 15 years of sobriety and continues to speak openly about his recovery online.<\/p>\n

And recently, the Bachelor Nation star opened up about how being in community helped save him during his recovery journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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During an interview on \u201cThe Rich Roll<\/a>\u201d podcast, Zac reflected on overcoming his addiction and said, \u201cInitially I needed a lot of therapy. I needed a lot of separation. Ultimately, I knew that the thing that was going to sustain my recovery long term was going to be community, fellowship, service, prayer, meditation, helping others. And I found all those things in AA.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on, sharing, \u201cToday, almost 15 years into it, it\u2019s AA and [blank]. So AA and therapy, AA and running, AA and going to the concert or playing golf or finding joys in ways previously I really wasn\u2019t able to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zac also discussed receiving a lot of phone calls about people who are no longer around and were in isolation. He said, \u201cFor me, the most obvious way to combat that is to throw yourself into the middle of some community. And for me, I\u2019ve been able to do that through AA and through running\u2026 It\u2019s amazing what peer-to-peer support can do. Like, really being seen by someone who has been through what you are going through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: New York Road Runners<\/p>\n

The Bachelor Nation star gave his advice for those who may be struggling or feel like they\u2019re alone in their journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s achievable for that person who\u2019s sitting out there and feels really alone and feels really scared and feels like there\u2019s no hope. Simply putting that hand up and walking into a room and saying, \u2018I need help,\u2019\u201d he expressed. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not saying a meeting, I\u2019m saying any room. You know, show up to a yoga class and pull the girl aside next to you and say like, \u2018Hey, that was a great class. Can I share something with you?\u2019 Just start practicing asking for help.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are so proud of Zac\u2019s continued advocacy for addiction recovery, and we\u2019re so glad he found support within his various communities. We know him continuing to share his story will help so many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram Opening up. Bachelor Nation met Zac Clark on Season 16 of \u201cThe Bachelorette,\u201d and as fans remember,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-809634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}