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We all remember Jason Wahler as the resident bad boy who broke Lauren Conrad's heart on Laguna Beach and then a few more times during their run on The Hills.

After being on the hit TV series, Jason had a string of drunk driving arrests and a few stints in rehab. But things have changed drastically for him since then and he just recently celebrated 1 year of sobriety.

"I wanted to make amends with Lauren," he says of his ex, who he recently contacted. "She was a big part of my life and there's stuff that happened in the past with my drunken ways that I needed to address. She's an incredible person and so supportive of anything I do to stay clean."

Conrad was "impressed" with his achievements in sobriety and "shocked at what I'm doing for work." (He is working as a mentor and sober companion at National Therapeutic Services.)

"I needed to humble myself a lot," he continued. "A lot of people knew me before all the bad stuff, and thankfully I've been able to rekindle a lot of my old friendships."

Of his new life, Wahler says,"I think being clean and having my boundaries and my limitations, I have a much clearer head."