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🎙️ Bullied, Broken, and Battling Addiction: The Journey from the Streets to Sobriety | Scars Podcast 02

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of the Scars Podcast, our guest opens up about a life shaped by pain, resilience, and transformation.

From being bullied as a child for his dark complexion—fighting back just to protect his dignity—to being let down by a school system that pushed him into special education without real support, his early life was marked by struggle. He shares raw accounts of run-ins with the juvenile justice system, including arrests that steered him further into the streets.

But it was the devastating loss of a mentor and witnessing his mother suffer a heart attack that became the turning point. After nearly two decades of alcohol abuse, he made the life-changing decision to get sober.

He also unpacks the mental health battles that haunted him—anxiety, depression, and panic disorder—and the weight of hiding these struggles from friends and family. Today, he’s learning to speak openly, breaking the silence that once imprisoned him.

This episode shines a light on how childhood wounds, systemic failures, and silence around mental health can derail lives—and how healing, support, and vulnerability can bring redemption.

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