Our Never Give Up Story
Justin Nash, founder of Never Give Up in Dieppe, New Brunswick is on mission to help spread awareness of mental health and addiction and remind people facing silent battles that they aren’t alone.
Never Give Up is a clothing brand that Justin created consisting of hats, t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and juice bags featuring his company name and personal slogan. The goals of NeverGive Up is to create awareness, acceptance, and positive vibes. While the company is just getting started, Justin has begun to branch his clothing line into other areas of holistic healing with the intention of creating a sense of community for those seeking support or feeling isolated and helpless in their day to day lives.
Justin acts as a service advisor or bridge for helping the people who require support to get in contact with professional services to help them in their healing journeys. His main source of public support is through his Podcast, Drink’n Juice with Justin. There he chats about his story, mental health awareness and promotes local healers, practices, and services many of whom he has had first-hand experience with.
Justin knows the struggles faced when dealing with mental health issues and how often, surviving is just a matter of taking it one more day at a time. As a child, Justin was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick. As someone who knows first-hand the challenges of living with severe mental health issues and as a recovering addict, Justin is on mission to help offer his support in any way possible to those still trying to fight their way out of a dark place.
His journey to health was turbulent with slip ups and relapses along the way, but these periods of regression also brought with them learning opportunities and gave him layered approaches to healing that bridging modern medicine with more holistic practices.
Justin struggled with drug addiction for most of his teenage and adult life. At the age of 21, Justin was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and ADHD. He then had a medical reason explaining the depression and other related side effects that he had struggled to cope with his entire and now could begin course correcting with proper medication. Like many who suffer from clinical mental health issues however, he had become codependent on drugs, alcohol and reckless behaviours he had made habit in an attempts to self-medicate and cope.
These were difficult habits to just let go of and it took several years of relapsing, full psychosis breakdowns, car accidents, getting in trouble with the law, failed relationships and persistent thoughts of suicide for him finally make his way out of that space and into a place of health and a desire to not only live but to being thriving in this life.
One of the main contributors to Justin’s health is his ability to embrace his wellness on a holistic level. He receives therapy and takes proper medication for his diagnosis, but what finally enabled him to live consistently in a space of health and positivity is in his work with two healers, one a local naturopath practitioner and one a shaman. Through the work of energy healing, he was able to process and release layers of trauma and emotion in ways modern medicine couldn’t access. In just a few short visits to each he was able to make changes he had been battling against his entire life and not only climb out of the dark but equip himself with awareness of how to navigate his path forward, so he makes healthy choices with intention and purpose.
Never Give Up is a new organization. It is just in its infancy, but it is founded by someone who lived and breathed its motto every step of his life. Justin doesn’t claim to have everything figured out. He realizes he too must focus on the journey ahead and take it one day at a time. And while he may see periods he slips along the path ahead; he is stronger and wiser this time. He knows there is always light after the dark and you can only get there if you keep going -- if you Never Give Up.
For more information about Justin, his products or how you can join the community you can find him on all the social media outlets or email him at justin.nash@never-giveup.ca