Kentucky Homeless Addict Became Bodybuilding Star

In his 30 years, Michael Dubri from Louisville, Kentucky, is the epitome of what it means to be physically and mentally healthy.

In 2017, he won a magazine competition. Men’s Health and appeared on the cover of the November issue of the magazine, writes USA Today.

His sculpted body and biceps of steel are the result of spending 6 days a week in the gym. Powerhouse gym.

But for him, this is much more than just a desire to look good and have an ideal body - it is an attempt to distance himself as much as possible from the life he once lived.

Dubri grew up in a family with a drug addict mother and stepfather who sold drugs.

“I smoked weed and drank alcohol since 13 years. In 20 years, I had a heart attack caused by methamphetamine use, so I stopped taking them, but then got hooked on oxycontin and, ultimately, on a stronger opioid called Opana"Dubry said.

To pay for drugs, Dubri sold almost all of his belongings and ended up homeless.

“By the time I was 24, my life had gone downhill. “Everything I had went into these pills,” the man admitted.

In 2011, Dubri signed up for a drug and alcohol rehab program in downtown Louisville. He spent 11 months in a rehabilitation center, and then moved to the next 3 year, in a house with a friend who was supposed to monitor his recovery.

It was then that one of the men, who also underwent rehabilitation in the center, offered him to go to the gym together.

“I weighed about 155 pounds at the time and I didn’t really want to go, but to get him to shut up and stop talking about it, I agreed,” Dubry admitted.

This was the first visit to the gym in his life.

"I was afraid. I didn't want to do anything. I didn’t want to look stupid, but eventually my friend showed me how to do some exercises, and from that moment on I started going to the gym regularly,” the man said.

Dubri became a very dedicated sport, his mental and physical condition began to gradually improve, and his body transformed.

A few weeks after his first visit to the gym, Dubri picked up the courage to look at himself in the mirror. Up to this point, he was afraid to see his own reflection. And he saw that the classes really worked.

“I think this was the first time in my life that I tried something and got positive results,” the man noted.

Dubri decided to learn more about bodybuilding and healthy eating, he talked about this topic with other people in the gym and began to read articles on the topic of interest to him in Men’s Health.

“I used to eat nothing but the cheapest fast food because when you’re an addict, all your money goes to drugs and alcohol,” Dubry said.

But after deciding to do serious bodybuilding, the man’s diet has completely changed. Now his morning usually begins with six eggs and oatmeal. During the day, he eats chicken, rice, fish, sweet potatoes, avocados, almonds, and green vegetables in various combinations.

Now he weighs 197 pounds (89 kg), and all this is pure muscle.

After 7 years after he lost everything, Dubri stands upright and helps other addicts get rid of their addiction.

He is a volunteer at a rehabilitation center. The healing placewho once saved his life, and tells his patients his story.

He earns his living working as a crane operator, and in the gym the man has surpassed his wildest dreams and continues to strive for an even higher level.

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