SEASON 1 : EPISODE 15
“From Ice Picks to Ice Breakers: Cory’s Journey from Prison Yards to Parenting"
Seth sits down with Cory—a tattooed former gang member who went from homeless camps to aspiring real estate investor in just three years of sobriety. Cory is living proof that sometimes the loudest wake-up call isn’t getting shot, stabbed or a prison sentence, but the quiet pain in a loved one’s eyes.
This discussion includes:
🔹 Getting his first line of meth from his mom at 15 to "sober up" from drinking 🔹 Surviving being stabbed with an ice pick by his own gang—and still not quitting 🔹 The moment federal charges became a blessing 🔹 How he turned a 10-year prison sentence into 5 years probation through radical accountability 🔹 Why setting boundaries with his still-using mother was the ultimate act of love 🔹 Breaking the chain of generational addiction and giving his 2 year old the childhood he never had.
Cory’s story is proof that no one is too far gone—and that sobriety isn’t about losing your edge, it’s about sharpening it for what matters.
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of violence, overdose, and childhood trauma. Listener discretion advised.
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