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Rich emphasizes that "rock bottom is what you decide it to be", detaching the traditional idea of a fixed lowest point. For him, it was a series of events—multiple DUIs, drunk driving incidents, and the shame accompanying them—that finally sparked a turn in his life. He explains, "the elevator can always go further down until you're dead." It took a series of dark nights and a willingness to face his deepest pain for real change to begin.