Ultimatum: get married or move on Season 3 stars Nick Tramontin He regrets certain aspects of his participation in the experiment.
Nick (38 years old) said during the Thursday, December 26 episode of the program, “I definitely did not like the way I treated myself.” “vial files” Podcast with your now ex Sandy Gallagher. “(I should have been doing) more of this (drinking water), and less of the other things I was drinking. I think it's pretty clear.”
“I wasn't sleeping, you know, I was having a very difficult time while I was in my apartment and it was kind of, calculating and calculating and calculating, and I was more emotionally volatile or reactive than I was,” he added. I want to show up for someone I care about. “I don’t think I showed up as my real self.”
Nick and Sandy, 28, were too Dated and outdated for approximately nine months before joining the cast Ultimatum: get married or move on Season 3. In the show, one partner issues an ultimatum to either advance the relationship through engagement or end it altogether. To do this, each couple temporarily enters into a “trial marriage” with another actor. Nick is paired with Maria Zernickwhile Sandy is identical to J.R. Warren. (Maria eventually left the experiment early to reunite with her now-fiancé Caleb Lefterismeaning Nick was alone for the duration of the three-week trial.)
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“I think that's hard to digest in any scenario, especially when you have to watch it on TV,” Nick recalled on the podcast, noting that he had “ebbs and flows” with Drug abuse struggles Before filming Alarm.
He explained: “I realized through experience that I needed to take a closer look at the matter. It was something that had come up in our relationship before to the point where sometimes I would feel like I had it together and then sometimes I would go back to it again.
Sandy and Nick in the movie “Ultimatum”
NetflixAccording to Nick, he wasn't “getting that kind of thing.” Mental health support And the system” to avoid using alcohol as a way to “escape” from his life and feelings.
“I wasn't in a good mental state, I think that's pretty obvious,” the artist recalls, citing his drinking and sleep deprivation as contributing factors.
After the show wrapped amid Nick and Sandy's breakup, he “went to check it out and see what I could do myself to change this behavior.”
“I never realized this was something I really needed to get help with, and it was hard,” Nick said. “It's a socially acceptable thing especially on shows like this where everyone's having a drink and people are moving around. It's really hard to step back and look at that pattern.”
Nick, who discovered he was “numbing” his emotions with drinking, praised Sandy's tireless support of his sobriety over the years.
“No matter how frustrated I was with her, the proposal or the breakup, she always supported me and got me to a better place,” Nick affirmed.
For her part, Sandy admitted it was “really hard to deal with” Nick's drug use patterns, but she would always “drop everything” to help when she could.
“I really did my best trying to be there for you and show up for you,” Sandy said. “I'll drop everything and go make sure he's okay if he's having certain things.”
Both Nick and Sandy emphasized this They remain on friendly terms Since they parted ways. He's also started dating again, he told the podcast host Nick Viall They are “much more on the same page” than they ever were with Sandy.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
Ultimatum: get married or move on It is currently streaming on Netflix.
