Get a Grip Podcast

How Prescription Painkillers Led Me to Heroin, Speedballs & Robbing Houses

15K views · 1d ago · 1:11:44

Guest: Carrie Ann

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Carrie Ann for a raw and eye-opening conversation about opioid addiction, heroin, crime, motherhood, and the difficult road to recovery. Carrie Ann’s story reveals just how quickly prescription painkillers can take over someone’s life and how far addiction can push a person when getting high becomes the only thing that matters.

Topics: Growing Up With an Alcoholic Father · Leaving the Good Guy for the “Bad Boy” & Getting Introduced to Opiates · Relationship Falling Apart · Getting Prescribed Lortab & Prcocets for Period Cramps · Addiction Takes Over: Stealing Money From Work · Stealing Copays & What Her Daily Prcocet Use Looked Like

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1:13:38

How Growing Up With a Highly Abusive Mother Led Me to Decades of Alcoholism

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Guest: Amber Ray

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Amber Ray for an intense and deeply personal conversation about childhood abuse, addiction, alcoholism, toxic relationships, and the long road to recovery. Amber’s story is a powerful look at how childhood trauma can follow someone into adulthood, shaping their decisions, relationships, and struggles with addiction.

Topics: Growing Up With an Abusive Mother · Going to School With Someone Who Took a Life · Doing Ecstasy Throughout High School · Alcohol & Xnax Become Her Drugs of Choice · More Stories of Her Mother's Abuse · Addiction Takes Over at 18

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1:19:27

How I Ended Up Homeless Shooting Meth in a Garage

24K views · 5d ago · 1:19:27

Guest: Amanda Gayler

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Amanda Gayler for a raw and emotional conversation about addiction, grief, methamphetamine, homelessness, and the incredible journey that led her and her partner to recovery. Amanda’s story is a powerful look at how someone can go from raising a family and caring for loved ones to losing nearly everything, only to find a way back to a life she never thought was possible.

Topics: Growing Up With a Sick Father · Raising 3 Kids by the Age of 20 · A Back Injury Leads to Percocet Addiction · Losing Her Grandma and Being Introduced to Meth · Meth Addiction Takes Over Her Life · Working at a Nursing Home While High on Meth

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1:29:29

How My Meth Fentanyl & Alcohol Addiction Turned Me Into a Professional Booster…& Landed Me in Prison

22K views · 1w ago · 1:29:29

Guest: Alana Hissong

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Alana Hissong for a wild, unfiltered conversation about addiction, crime, prison, fentanyl, and recovery. From getting a DUI at 17 to building a shoplifting operation and facing years behind bars, Alana's story is filled with shocking twists and hard lessons.

Topics: Childhood, Early Partying & Dropping Out of High School · Blackouts & a DUI at 17 · Ccaine Becomes Her Best Friend · Her Dad Calls Children’s Services · Getting Hooked on Mth & Stealing From Grandma · Taking 30 Adderall Pills

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1:44:32

I Started Using Bath Salts First... Then Meth & Heroin Took Over My Life

13K views · 1w ago · 1:44:32

Guest: Justin Reynolds

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig sits down with Justin Reynolds for a raw and powerful conversation about childhood drug use, methamphetamine, heroin addiction, overdoses, faith, and the fight to rebuild a life after addiction. Justin shares how his struggles began at a young age and how what started as experimentation eventually spiraled into a dangerous cycle that nearly cost him everything.

Topics: Childhood and Growing Up · Doing Bath Salts as a Kid While Playing COD · Getting Hooked on Meth · Stealing Percs From Girls · Trying Heroin for the First Time · When His Addiction Shifted to Heroin

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I Grew Up With IV Drug-Addicted Parents… Then Fentanyl Took Over My Life

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Guest: Sahara Tomlin

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig sits down with Sahara Tomlin for a raw and eye-opening conversation about growing up around addiction, fentanyl, family struggles, drug dealing, and the difficult road to recovery. Sahara shares what it was like being raised by parents who were IV drug users and how addiction became part of her life long before she understood just how dangerous it could be.

Topics: Growing Up With IV Drug-Addicted Parents · Getting Addicted to Fntanyl Pills Thinking They Were Xanax · Trying to Quit Fntanyl Cold Turkey · The Crazy Things She Witnessed at Her Plug’s House · Her Mom’s Hustle · Running With Her Dad Before Trying to Get Clean

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1:17:53

From Painkillers in Middle School to Heroin in High School… It Led Me to Crack & Prison

17K views · 2w ago · 1:17:53

Guest: Alex Deener

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig sits down with Alex Deener for an intense and unfiltered conversation about early drug use, opioid addiction, heroin, prison, violence, relapse, and the long road to recovery. Alex's story is a powerful look at how addiction can take hold at a young age and spiral into consequences that change the course of an entire life.

Topics: Childhood & Growing Up · Getting Caught With Painkillers in Middle School · A Felony Charge Pushes Him Into Online School · Getting Deep Into Opioid Pills in High School · Trying Hroin for the First Time at 18 · From Opana to Hroin

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How I Started Using OxyContin With My Dad… Then Fentanyl Took Over

36K views · 2w ago · 1:48:07

Guest: Lauren Hamilton

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Lauren Hamilton for a raw, emotional conversation about opioid addiction, fentanyl, family trauma, sexual assault, relapse, motherhood, and finding recovery after years of struggle.

Topics: Childhood & Growing Up · Finding Her Identity & Experimenting With Drugs · Nursing School, an Injury & Prescription Painkillers · Getting Hooked on Percocet & Tramadol · Discovering Her Dad Was Hiding His Opioid Addiction · Using OxyContin With Her Dad

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