Mark Aiston

Mark has worked in the Australian TV and radio industry as a Sports host, a radio commentator and radio show host since 1980.
He has done most of his work in Adelaide, building a significant following throughout his career.

In 2016 Mark’s life changed forever. He lost his high-profile roles in TV and radio, and his marriage collapsed.

His downfall affected his family, friends, workmates and those who followed him throughout his media career.

Previous Experience:

Addiction & Recovery: On Thursday the 28th of March at 3 pm in the afternoon on a gloomy overcast day Mark boarded a flight from Adelaide to Melbourne. There he would stay for two months at the Hader REHAB Clinic, in a last-ditch effort to overcome addiction to marijuana, alcohol, cocaine and gambling.

All of which had robbed him of his family, job, friends, soul and in the end the will to live. Since leaving the Hader Clinic, Mark has continued his sobriety, and is in the best space of his life.

At 60 years of age, Mark says he never ever wants to go back to where he was, and he will do everything in his being to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Presentations: Mark’s message is not just extremely powerful and raw, it is uncomfortable for many. He holds nothing back, telling openly and honestly of his spiral into the darkest of holes.

He talks explicitly of his drug taking, why how and when, his major mistakes under the influence of alcohol, mistakes that cost him his marriage and his jobs And he speaks with candour and emotion about the damage he inflicted on himself and everyone around him through gambling.

Mark has been an advocate for mental health for 20 years. But as he freely admits, for much of that time he felt a fraud.

Now, truly enlightened, clean and sober, and loving himself for the first time Mark has an unshakable desire to stay that way and through his presentation, in which he warns others about wandering onto the path that is darkly lite, dangerous and totally unpredictable, a path he once frequented and instead offering another root, one that is bathed in sunshine, hope, love, companion, responsibility and abundance.
Mark uses no props, no PowerPoint, no slides, just himself and his voice as he reflects on his backstory, and basks in his present and future.