Season 2 Ep. 12 - What is Addiction Like in Prison?

SOAR (School of Addiction Recovery)

(Part 1 of 2)

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We are joined today by OG Badger, the recovered 1%er and the face of "OG Badger’s Heavy Hitters" channel on YouTube. Badger’s story is one that, as you will see, has set the basis for his following that totals more than 50,000 people across various social media platforms. His stories vary from daily recovery readings to hardcore prison experiences aimed at keeping people out of prison.

Badger was introduced to hard drugs by his father who, after catching him smoking weed at 13 years old, dragged him by his hair into his bathroom only to inject cocaine into his arm…the high leading to the first time he ever told his father he loved him. Fast forward, and Badger ends up facing 31 days in jail for driving on a suspended license and turns that short stint into 20 YEARS throughout the California prison system as a 1%er. On his 17th day, 3 DAYS away from an early release, due to looking to prove himself, he caught a “187 charge” (murder), convicted by Judge Lance Ito, judge of the famous OJ Simpson trial, which led to his lengthy stay during which he was a shot-caller at times.

His stay in the California prison system led to a number of wild stories, most importantly to us, one of a of full-blown, homemade needle-sharing heroin addiction in prison, with no desire to recover as he figured he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Due to simply WANTING MAIL FROM SOMEONE, while he was in the “hole”, he wrote to the only address he knew, the address of a local Los Angeles Narcotics Anonymous office…and they wrote back. This led to him visiting them once being released the final time and being engulfed in the steps.

Badger shares his recovery through the 12-steps and gives SOLID advice about how he feels one should work them and how he takes his sponsees through them. Tune in for a harrowing story which sets up our next episode….part 2 during which he will focus more on his recovery story. Thanks to OG Badger for joining the show - subscribe to his channel