March 5, 2025 • 25 mins
About Lang Martinez
Lang Martinez is a homelessness advocate, public speaker, and a dedicated voice for those struggling with addiction and trauma. Having battled addiction, imprisonment, and life on the streets, Lang emerged as a symbol of hope and redemption.
Now seven years sober, he is committed to using his experiences to support others in overcoming their struggles and finding a path toward recovery and self-sufficiency.
Lang is currently working on a documentary and a book that shed light on his journey and the broader issue of homelessness and abuse.
About This Episode
In this powerful episode, Lang Martinez shares his incredible story of resilience, transformation, and advocacy. From a troubled childhood to struggling with addiction and homelessness, Lang takes us through the darkest moments of his life and the turning point that led him to recovery.
He talks about his commitment to helping others, his work in homelessness advocacy, and the upcoming documentary that will expose the realities of youth exploitation and abuse.
Lang's journey is a testament to the power of faith, surrender, and unwavering determination. His story will inspire anyone facing adversity to believe that change is possible.
Quotes
2:24 - There was brokenness from the very beginning in my life.
3:21 - There's always the underlying feeling of the brokenness and not belonging.
5:08 - I can't regret the past. I can't make it as if it's the law. I need to take my past experiences and they're the key for the life that I have today.
6:38 - A true surrender to your higher power, and I choose that higher power to be my Lord and Savior.
9:50 - The first thing that happened that day is I had to surrender. I had to surrender and I had to be willing to go to any lengths to make this program work for me. I had to surrender, I had to surrender and I had to be willing to go to any lengths to make this program work for me.
10:24 - I had to learn how to live life on life's terms and I had to listen to others before me that have done this before that could help take me down that road of recovery.
11:15 - My Lord and Savior has never left me for those 55 years and he hasn't left me today. Every day I surrender and I ask him and I thank him, my higher power, for the light that I have today.
13:01 - Everything is temporary, today could be a new day. We can't change the past, we don't have control of the future.
13:14 - We need to let them know they're loved, that they are valuable, and one of the biggest sayings is to take this one day at a time. It's the first step.
14:54 - The story of my life is, Nobody Knows but Me, God Did.
16:46 - I realized how far that I've come spiritually and I had to have and I had to be grateful for the life that I had.
18:01 - It's difficult to take the narrow path because a lot of people choose the easy way and you know there are very few that seek the true path to get to eternal life, which requires sacrifice, it requires dedication.
18:26 - I made a promise that I'd continue to give back to God for the life that he's given to me.
19:53 - Don't rely on your own thinking. Find a mentor, take direction, stay on the path of right and don't let somebody persuade you to do things that are wrong.
20:57 – I’m free!
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Hilmarie Hutchison (00:04):
Welcome to the Matrix Greenpool Podcast,
where we share the inspiringjourneys of remarkable
individuals overcoming adversityand making a difference in the
world around them.
I'm your host, hilmarieHutchison, and today's guest is
a true warrior of resilience andtransformation.
Lang Martinez has battledaddiction, homelessness and
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trauma, emerging as a powerfuladvocate for the homeless and a
beacon of hope for those stillstruggling.
From the depths of Skid Row tostanding as a symbol of
redemption.
Lang's story is one you won'twant to miss.
Lang, welcome to the show.
Lang Martinez (00:44):
Oh, it's my honor .
Never in my wildest dreamswould I ever believe I would be
interviewing in Dubai.
Hilmarie Hutchison (00:50):
We're so happy to have you Lang.
Your story is incrediblypowerful.
Can you start off by telling usa bit about yourself and your
background?
Lang Martinez (00:59):
Yeah, my background is I'm a Los Angeles
native.
I was born and raised inWestchester.
I'm a Los Angeles native.
I was born and raised inWestchester, california.
That's on the southern end bythe beach area towards Lake
Playa del Rey.
So I grew up in a family where Ihad a stepbrother and
stepsister.
So I really never knew who Iwas until I was like 11 years
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old.
How I explain that is that mymom divorced my real father and
she married somebody else whowas my father and that raised me
.
So I came from a broken family.
The family that my stepfatherhad was a family of abusers and
alcoholics.
My stepfather never abused me,never abused my mother, but he
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came from that family.
So it was quite strange for meto be raised in that situation.
So it was quite strange for mebeing raised in that situation,
not really knowing who I reallywas.
But they knew who I was.
So I took the brunt ofpunishments and being accused of
things I didn't do, growing upin a family like an alcoholic
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aunt.
I found out that I was Hispanicand that my name wasn't Lang
Huff, it was Lang Martinez, anda lot of things happened then.
You know, I sort of like callit being in the phone booth.
You're inside this phone boothand you're looking at the world
on the outside and you reallydon't know who you are and you
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really don't feel like you're apart of anything.
So there was brokenness fromthe very beginning in my life.
Hilmarie Hutchison (02:26):
What a start in life, and I'll say I'm sorry
to hear that you had such adifficult start in your life.
That must be incrediblydifficult as a small child to be
raised in a broken family andfeeling as if you don't know who
you really are.
Going on in further in yourlife, you faced addiction,
imprisonment and homelessness.
(02:47):
What were some of the biggestchallenges that you had to
overcome during those years, ordid you want to talk a bit
further about getting to thatpoint before we get to that
question?
Lang Martinez (02:57):
Before we really got into the homelessness and
addiction.
There was a part of my life inhigh school also where I didn't
feel like I was long.
I was basically the heavysetkid in high school.
I didn't have the girlfriendand I found a way to lose that
weight.
I ended up getting thegirlfriend and I ended up
getting a job at a bicycle shopcalled Action Cycle and I
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thought life was good, but itreally wasn't, because there's
always the underlying feeling ofthe brokenness and not
belonging.
And I ended up getting a job ata mayor company in Inglewood,
california, and my friendsworked there and they told me
one day about this gentlemanthat had a glass cutting place
and he did glassworks.
So I ended up quitting the bikeshop and I ended up going there
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and working for this companyand little did I know that this
gentleman was a predator andthat's a very big part of my
story.
It's many and there was a lot ofus in high school we worked
there and this gentleman soldcocaine bisexual, he sold
cocaine and there was lots ofyoung boys there and individuals
like that were predators.
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They know what they're lookingfor and he was looking for me
and he was looking for me and hefound me and he asked me if I
would like to learn the businessof cocaine.
And of course it was anopportunity.
Leave home and I'm going to bewith this guy, not wasn't gay.
I'm going to be with this guy,I'm going to sell cocaine, I'm
going to go to Hollywood, I'mgoing to meet these great people
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.
And little did I know thateventually, the things that he
was doing to other young men, heeventually did that to me and I
think that's a lot.
That was really, as some say,the icing on the cake.
He ended up actually sexuallyabusing me and raping me back in
1981.
Hilmarie Hutchison (04:40):
Wow.
And, as you say, being apredator, he knew what he was
looking for Somebody who alreadyfelt broken, felt like they
didn't belong, not really surewho.
You were Perfect victim forsomebody like that to take
advantage of.
Wow, I'm really sorry you hadto go through that.
Lang Martinez (04:56):
Well, you know what A lot of people say that
they apologize and stuff likethat and you know where I'm
really at now.
Man is where it's at.
I'm okay with it, because Iwouldn't be where I'm at today
if it wasn't for the things thathappened to my yesterdays.
I can't regret the past.
I can't make it as if it's thelaw.
I need to take my pastexperiences and they're the key
for the life that I have today,if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (05:17):
Yes, that absolutely does.
Those were the reasons, orthose experiences is what made
you stronger, gave you things toovercome, which you did, taught
you to be resilient to overcomethose challenges.
So then, further on, you thenstarted out with working for
this predator in teaching thelife of being a drug dealer.
What was next?
Lang Martinez (05:38):
I ended up.
I was in a club in Hollywood.
It was called the Odyssey andin fact, actually there was a
lot of.
In the last few years there'sbeen a lot of attention in
regards to that club.
That's what we're doing as faras working on my story.
I ended up getting away fromthat gentleman and I ended up
going somewhere to try to getthe help that my family wanted
me to get before I turned 18years old, and once I turned 18
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years old I was back at homewith mom and dad.
Really, what happened to mekeeping it in the back of my
mind is regression, because youreally don't remember it.
You don't want to remember itbecause you see the things going
on around you that are sotraumatic that you put it out of
your mind.
So the brokenness was reallythere.
There was really nothing thatwas going to fix it.
You know, a lot of individualsthink that getting the
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girlfriend, getting the job,getting the car, is going to
make you okay, and that's amisconception.
That's a very misconception,especially for individuals that
are in jail, that are in prison.
They all think that the job,the girl, the baby, they think
all these things are going tofix it, but they're really not
the only thing that's reallygoing to fix.
It is a true surrender to yourhigher power, and I choose that
higher power to be my Lord andSavior, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (06:45):
That leads me to that question.
You know, you have faced, asyou mentioned.
You have faced addiction, youfaced imprisonment, you faced
homelessness.
What was the turning point thatmade you decide to change your
life?
Lang Martinez (06:56):
My sobriety date is July 25th 2018.
So I'm coming up on seven yearsof sobriety and seven years
since I've surrendered tosomebody believing in somebody
besides me, because I realizedthat legs away didn't work.
And there's a saying here inAmerica that sometimes going
into your head by yourself is abad neighborhood and you really
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don't want to go there alonebecause it's a bad place.
So the turning point for me wasJuly 25th 2018.
I was in downtown Los Angelesin an area by Vernon and Western
, and I was on themethamphetamine, I was on
alcohol and the situation was abad neighborhood and things that
were going around me werepeople that were dying, there
was prostitution, there was drugdealing, there was gangs and I
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had a low heartbeat and on adaily basis, I saw people that
were on the streets that weredead.
I saw chop lines, there washelicopters, there was shooting,
there was abuse.
It was horrific and I lookedaround the situation and I knew,
if I would die, that nobodywould say anything good about me
, and my whole life, growing upas a kid, up to that point, all
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I ever wanted was just oneperson to say something good
about me, and I knew that daythat, if I closed my eyes.
That would never happen, and Imade the decision.
Man, we do it so many times whenwe're caught up in addiction or
caught up in crime.
You know, you get in the backof the police car and you say,
god, can you get me out of thisone one more time?
You know I won't do this again.
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You know, blah, blah, blah.
But this time was different forme, man.
This time I cried out to God.
I said God, please, I'm beggingyou.
If you save my life, I'll giveit all back to you.
At the very end, I said Ipromised God, please.
That day was July 25th 2018,and I ended up getting into a
program in Los Angeles,california, called Acton man.
That was the turning point.
Hilmarie Hutchison (08:41):
Incredible, having gone through so many
experiences, as you said, to bethat low, and having asked so
many times, or thinking so manytimes, to start over.
Finally, when you look to ahigher power, for the solution
is when you were able to change,but it was also that program
that you entered that helped youmake that transition.
Lang Martinez (09:03):
Yeah, you know I ended up getting into that
program and I've had sobriety.
You know, numerous times I hadsobriety on the streets, I had
sobriety in jail or sobriety inprison and I've been to programs
.
But this time was reallydifferent, because I really
didn't want to die and I thinkmy God, my higher power, had
something different for me.
I think he wanted to use me forthe work that I do today.
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So I was able to get afoundation in a program to learn
how to live life on life'sterms, because for 55 years my
way didn't work.
Then my way led to a road ofdestruction and destroying
others.
Hilmarie Hutchison (09:39):
Incredible.
So once you made thattransition, can I ask how long
was the program that you entered?
Lang Martinez (09:45):
The program was 60 days.
It started immediately.
I mean number one.
The first thing that happenedthat day is I had to surrender.
I had to surrender and I had tobe willing to go to any lengths
to make this program work forme.
I had to surrender, I had tosurrender and I had to be
willing to go to any lengths tomake this program work for me.
I had to completely surrenderand understand that what was
going on inside my head wasbroken.
It just wasn't working for mefor 55 years and I can look back
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at the destruction that Icaused, the addiction and where
I was that day, and I knew thatLeng Zui didn't work and I had
to rely just not on my higherpower, my God but I had to rely
on others and I call those theangels that won't let me fall.
I had to feel and I had tobelieve that there was a
different way and I had to takedirection.
I had to learn how to live lifeon life's terms and I had to
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listen to others before me thathave done this before that could
help take me down that road ofrecovery.
Hilmarie Hutchison (10:33):
That's incredible that after all those
many years of addiction, ofhomelessness, of going through
the cycles over and over again,this program in those 60 days
totally transformed you.
That is a remarkable story.
I mean, many, many people havegone through many programs and
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then it doesn't take long oncethey're out and then they're
back to doing what they weredoing before.
Now I know you speak of thehigher power.
Was that relationship thenpowerful enough after 60 days to
keep you from going back to theformer ways that you had?
Lang Martinez (11:07):
That higher power that we talk about.
As I know, we all, we call Godby a different name and I call
God my Lord and Savior.
My Lord and Savior has neverleft me for those 55 years and
he hasn't left me today.
Every day I surrender and I askhim and I thank him, my higher
power, for the light that I havetoday.
Each day I surrender and I askto do his will, not Lang's will.
(11:29):
Lang's way doesn't work, man, Iknow that.
Hilmarie Hutchison (11:31):
Yeah, you found that out the hard way many
times.
So then, when you finished the60-day program, what did you do
straight after, when you weredone with that?
Lang Martinez (11:41):
Well, I went back .
There was a gentleman whohelped me out that had a credit
business, a bond freeman and Iended up leaving there and going
back to a place in Oxnard whereI also was homeless and I
started working for a companycalled Credit Wise and I was
soliciting credit repair forthis gentleman.
And I started working for acompany called Credit Wise and I
was soliciting credit repairfor this gentleman and one day
somebody who was part of thecity, a guy named Abel Magana,
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came into the office and hementioned about a five-year plan
for the homeless and herecognized me and he asked me if
I would speak at council.
And that was the first timethat I made a presentation in
regards to the situation ofhomelessness in Ventura
California.
Hilmarie Hutchison (12:19):
So that is what got you on the path of
starting to advocate for thosewho are homeless, who are living
on the streets.
How has your own livedexperience shaped the way you
approach that you're trying tohelp?
Lang Martinez (12:32):
Passion and understanding.
You know understanding what theindividual's going through the
part that I've been there so Ican relate.
The understanding when I'mworking with individuals is that
I make it very clear that I'mno better than you are and that,
basically, I'm just one drugaway from being where you're at
now, and that I explain my story.
I talk to them about how I gotto where I am today.
Hilmarie Hutchison (12:54):
What advice would you give to someone
currently struggling withaddiction and feeling hopeless
about the future?
Lang Martinez (13:01):
Everything is temporary, that today could be a
new day.
We can't change the past, thatwe don't have control of the
future.
The situation that they're intoday, or that I was in today,
we could do something about it.
Today we need to let them knowthey're loved, they their
valuable, and one of the biggestsayings is that take this one
day at a time.
It's the first step.
Hilmarie Hutchison (13:21):
That's excellent advice.
That's good and that's fromsomebody who's been there, who
understands what it is to takeone day at a time, shift gears a
little bit and talk about adocumentary film that you're
involved in that's to bereleased by the end of the year.
Can you tell us a little bitabout that?
Lang Martinez (13:38):
Yeah, I'm working with a gentleman by the name of
Chris Eckstein and him and hiswife, stacy Eckstein.
They own a production companyand they're in the business of
entertainment it's called MarketStreet Productions and we ended
up meeting each other actuallyat church and we befriended each
other and he was aware of mystory and the more time that we
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spent together.
The decision was made that wewere going to make a documentary
going back to that club in the1980s and basically bring the
light to the darkness of asituation where there was a lot
of things going on as far asbrokenness.
The club was a place that youngindividuals didn't find their
identity.
They found their brokenness.
The identity wasn't going to aclub and finding your sexuality
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and there was a lot of predatorsthere and a lot of children
were hurt.
So it's always been a dream ofmine and it's always been a goal
of mine to bring the situationthat happened to the light, to
the public, to the audience.
Hilmarie Hutchison (14:36):
That's fantastic.
So this documentary will bepartly it's your story.
It's going back, but it's alsoan opportunity to expose what
was happening at that time,during that time period.
It's very brave to do that tobe part of a documentary film
like this.
That's going to be telling yourwhole life story.
Lang Martinez (14:54):
Yeah, the story of my life is Nobody Knows but
Me God Did.
So the book that's coming outwill be Nobody Knows but Me God
Did, and we think thedocumentary.
Well, we haven't decided yet.
It'll be no longer a secret.
Hilmarie Hutchison (15:06):
Excellent.
So you are keeping very busyworking on a documentary film,
working on a book and, as yousaid, the name of the book is
going to be Nobody Knows but Me,and then the name of the film
is going to be no Longer aSecret.
Both should be done by the endof 2025, right?
Lang Martinez (15:24):
Yes, ma'am, they'll be promoting the
documentary and the book willfollow.
Yes, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (15:29):
Incredible Well done.
I mean, that's amazing.
Seven years sober, taking oneday at a time, but also now
using your strength to work withthat are still struggling, that
are still on the streets, stillstruggling with addiction, and
then also taking the time towrite a book and work on a
documentary.
It's absolutely incredible.
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You are doing fantastic Today.
You are thriving in your career, in your personal life.
How do you stay grounded andcontinue to grow from your past
experiences?
Lang Martinez (15:59):
I'm very honored that you asked that question and
I think that's a big questionfor the audience for me to
answer.
I think in any situationwhether you're caught up in
addiction, caught up inbrokenness you're having
problems at home right, you needto do life one day at a time.
For me, I had to do this oneday at a time, and there's a
point that when you surrender,it's a lonely journey and you
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continue to work and youcontinue to do this one day at a
time and trudge till you getthe road of happy destiny, and
we really don't know where thathappy destiny is.
In my case, what I did and tooksix years is I had to stop and
things would happen in my lifeand I would say, well, I'm not
happy here, things just aren'tgoing the way that they are, and
I had to look back, engagewhere I came from to where I'm
(16:44):
at today, and then I realizedhow far that I've really come
spiritually and I had to haveand I had to be grateful for the
life that I had.
I continue to do this and for me, my God put somebody in my life
named Laura and I met somebodythat loves me for me, that
understands my brokenness,somebody that's there for me,
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and I found somebody that doeshelp me stay grounded.
You know, I have lots of peoplein my life and I call them
God's angels who won't let mefall.
There's a lot of people thathave been involved in my life
and I call them God's angels andwon't let me fall.
There's a lot of people thathave been involved in my life
and helped teach me and helpnavigate me, and now I have
somebody in my life, a companion, that's there for me and is a
partner, and she definitelyhelps me stay grounded, because
I can go off in tangents, man, Ican go this way and that way,
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and she's definitely there tohelp me stay down.
Hilmarie Hutchison (17:32):
I'm so happy to hear that you absolutely
deserve that and it's fantasticto hear that you've got that
support.
You've got a wider supportnetwork, as you've mentioned
before your angels that supportyou, but to have that close
person, to have Laura there tosupport you every day, is a true
blessing and I'm really happythat you found her and that she
found you.
(17:52):
That is fantastic.
Lang Martinez (17:53):
You know there was a saying that there's
actually a Bible verse thattalks about going down the
narrow path and then taking thewide path.
Actually, it's difficult totake the narrow path because a
lot of people choose the easyway and you know there's very
few that seek the true path toget to eternal life, which
requires, you know, it requiressacrifice, it requires
dedication, if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (18:13):
Absolutely.
There is no doubt, taking thenarrow path is the harder way,
but it's the correct way.
It's the right way to go.
Lang Martinez (18:20):
Yes, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (18:20):
So what's next for you, Lang?
Lang Martinez (18:26):
How do you plan to continue inspiring and
helping others in the future?
I made a promise that I'dcontinue to give back to God for
the life that he's given to me,and he's definitely given me a
gift with a beautiful woman thatI love with all my heart.
Try to stay focused, try tostay humble, learn humility.
You know there's a saying herein America that ego is not your
amigo.
Ego is something that'sdefinitely bad for me, because
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when ego gets in the way of thedrive to where you want to go in
life, it's not a good thing.
So having Laura in my life isdefinitely a good thing.
So we plan on getting marriedin June and I'll continue to do
the work that I'm doing,basically through my testimony,
by being honored to be on yourshow.
Continue to tell people thatthere's hope for everyone.
Hilmarie Hutchison (19:07):
Fantastic, well done.
You've come a long way.
It's an absolutely inspiringstory.
What you've gone through andthat you're giving back, that
you're using your strength nowto help others, is remarkable.
Now we've come to the segmentof our show where I'll ask you
some rapid fire questions, ourversion of a game show.
Are you ready?
Yeah, what's one quote ormantra that keeps you going
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every day?
Lang Martinez (19:31):
There is nothing more paralyzing than an attitude
that things can never change.
We need to remind ourselvesthat God can change things, but
it's your outlook thatdetermines your outcome.
If you see only the problems,you will be defeated, but if you
see the possibilities in ourproblems, we can have victory.
Hilmarie Hutchison (19:48):
If you could give one piece of advice to a
young person today, what wouldit be?
Lang Martinez (19:53):
Don't rely on your own thinking.
Find a mentor, take direction,stay on the path of right and
don't let somebody persuade youto do things that are wrong.
Hilmarie Hutchison (20:02):
I love that.
Find a mentor.
I think it's good for youngpeople to have somebody who can
guide them somebody older, nottheir own age, because
oftentimes those kinds ofmentors or friends are not
always looking out for one'sbest interest.
But to find a mentor that'solder, I think that's excellent
advice.
Lang Martinez (20:20):
That works for the younger generation.
That's the advice I get For me.
It's kind of funny because at61 years old a lot of my mentors
are a lot younger than me.
You have to realize, ben, thatin sobriety and recovery you
kind of regress in life.
So coming up on seven years old, sometimes I act like that
seven-year-old.
So I do have mentors in my lifethat are in their 20s and 30s
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and I definitely take directionfrom them because they know a
lot more than my Martinez does,because I'm still on that road
of learning, if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (20:47):
I love that humility of yours that we can
all learn from somebody else.
It doesn't matter our age.
In one word, if you can, howwould you describe your life
today?
I'm free.
That's a good one.
I'm free.
What is one thing that you doevery day, no matter how busy
you get?
Lang Martinez (21:04):
I shouldn't be doing it all day, but the one
thing that I do every day isthat I pray and I thank God for
the life that I have today.
Hilmarie Hutchison (21:10):
Well, thank you for playing along.
That was easy enough.
Now we get to our signaturequestion.
Could you share an inspiring orlife-changing experience that
you have gone through yourGreenpaw moment.
Lang Martinez (21:23):
I would have to say that I've had a few of those
.
My Greenpaw moment was when Ireceived a phone call from a
mother in regards to herdaughter that was named Tanya,
and I met this young lady in ajack-in-the-box with a friend of
mine and she was caught up inaddiction and abuse.
And about a year later I got aphone call from the mother
telling me that her Tanya wasdoing good, she was in a program
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, she had a job and the motherthanked me.
Hilmarie Hutchison (21:49):
What an experience to have changed
somebody's life like that, tohave turned their life around
completely from being low orbeing addicted to turning one's
life around.
To be part of the journey ofsomeone like that is truly a
gift, and it's fantastic thatyou are able to use your example
, your experiences, yourbackground to help other people
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to change their lives, in a way,helping them with their Green
Pool moment, helping them tomake the right decision at the
time to turn their own livesaround.
What a beautiful story.
Thank you so much for sharingthat with us.
And thank you for sharing yourstory.
Your humbleness and recognitionof where you've come from and
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that it wasn't all your owndoing that.
It's others looking to a higherpower, looking to others to
support you through this journey, is what has made the
difference for you, and you're afantastic example to others who
might be struggling withaddiction or any other
challenges.
I'm looking forward to thedocumentary and also to your
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book.
I'm sure that will also helpmany, many people.
Lang, your story is trulyinspiring.
I'm so sure it will resonatewith many of our listeners.
Your journey from Skid Row tobecoming an advocate and mentor
is a testament to resilience andhope.
Thank you so much for sharingthat with us today.
Lang Martinez (23:11):
Thank you for having me on the show.
It was an honor.
You know, I made a promise toGod that I would share what he's
done for me could do foranybody, and I promised him that
I would tell the story.
I also said that the worldwould know, and my counterpart
to the people that support me,and I told them that I'd be
doing this interview.
They were so happy for me andthey said Lang, you've now
fulfilled a promise.
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You know, there's somethingthat I live by, ma'am, and I
like to end it.
It's the first day of the restof my life.
I'm going to make it productiveand memorable.
I have just become the causefor my future rather than the
effects of my past, and I haveto own this.
Hilmarie Hutchison (23:45):
I love that Beautiful.
Every day is a new start and wecan just do better, and you are
doing fantastic Again.
Just do better and you aredoing fantastic Again.
Thank you so much Before wesign off, where can our
listeners connect with you andfollow your incredible work?
Lang Martinez (24:07):
My Facebook page is Lang Patrick Martinez.
I don't have the other links.
I can send those to you so youcan also Google Lang Martinez,
l-a-n-g Martinez and a lot of mystuff's on Google.
As far as what I do, thearticles, the interviews that
I've done in the past you canall find there.
You can also go to YouTube andlook for Lang Martinez and you
can see recent interviews.
Recently I just did aninterview with the Addiction
Podcast with Joni Siegel.
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I'm also many interviews withNASCA, national Association of
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.
That's N-A-A-C-S-A dot org andyou can look those up by
Googling.
There's quite a few articles.
I've done Epic Times.
I've been very fortunate toshare my story in such a wide
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audience.
Hilmarie Hutchison (24:48):
Fantastic, and we'll also look that up and
we'll put these links in theshow notes as well.
Thank you again for sharingyour story with us today.
It's absolutely incredible.
Lang Martinez (24:59):
Thank you so much and it's such an honor that you
reached out and that you put meon this show.
Hilmarie Hutchison (25:05):
You are so welcome To our listeners.
Thank you for tuning in toanother episode of the Matrix
Green Pill Podcast.
Don't forget to subscribe andleave us a five-star review.
Until next time, stay inspiredand keep moving forward.
If you enjoy our conversations,please like and subscribe.
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See you next Wednesday.
Welcome to the Matrix Greenpool Podcast,
where we share the inspiringjourneys of remarkable
individuals overcoming adversityand making a difference in the
world around them.
I'm your host, hilmarieHutchison, and today's guest is
a true warrior of resilience andtransformation.
Lang Martinez has battledaddiction, homelessness and
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trauma, emerging as a powerfuladvocate for the homeless and a
beacon of hope for those stillstruggling.
From the depths of Skid Row tostanding as a symbol of
redemption.
Lang's story is one you won'twant to miss.
Lang, welcome to the show.
Lang Martinez (00:44):
Oh, it's my honor .
Never in my wildest dreamswould I ever believe I would be
interviewing in Dubai.
Hilmarie Hutchison (00:50):
We're so happy to have you Lang.
Your story is incrediblypowerful.
Can you start off by telling usa bit about yourself and your
background?
Lang Martinez (00:59):
Yeah, my background is I'm a Los Angeles
native.
I was born and raised inWestchester.
I'm a Los Angeles native.
I was born and raised inWestchester, california.
That's on the southern end bythe beach area towards Lake
Playa del Rey.
So I grew up in a family where Ihad a stepbrother and
stepsister.
So I really never knew who Iwas until I was like 11 years
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old.
How I explain that is that mymom divorced my real father and
she married somebody else whowas my father and that raised me
.
So I came from a broken family.
The family that my stepfatherhad was a family of abusers and
alcoholics.
My stepfather never abused me,never abused my mother, but he
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came from that family.
So it was quite strange for meto be raised in that situation.
So it was quite strange for mebeing raised in that situation,
not really knowing who I reallywas.
But they knew who I was.
So I took the brunt ofpunishments and being accused of
things I didn't do, growing upin a family like an alcoholic
(02:01):
aunt.
I found out that I was Hispanicand that my name wasn't Lang
Huff, it was Lang Martinez, anda lot of things happened then.
You know, I sort of like callit being in the phone booth.
You're inside this phone boothand you're looking at the world
on the outside and you reallydon't know who you are and you
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really don't feel like you're apart of anything.
So there was brokenness fromthe very beginning in my life.
Hilmarie Hutchison (02:26):
What a start in life, and I'll say I'm sorry
to hear that you had such adifficult start in your life.
That must be incrediblydifficult as a small child to be
raised in a broken family andfeeling as if you don't know who
you really are.
Going on in further in yourlife, you faced addiction,
imprisonment and homelessness.
(02:47):
What were some of the biggestchallenges that you had to
overcome during those years, ordid you want to talk a bit
further about getting to thatpoint before we get to that
question?
Lang Martinez (02:57):
Before we really got into the homelessness and
addiction.
There was a part of my life inhigh school also where I didn't
feel like I was long.
I was basically the heavysetkid in high school.
I didn't have the girlfriendand I found a way to lose that
weight.
I ended up getting thegirlfriend and I ended up
getting a job at a bicycle shopcalled Action Cycle and I
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thought life was good, but itreally wasn't, because there's
always the underlying feeling ofthe brokenness and not
belonging.
And I ended up getting a job ata mayor company in Inglewood,
california, and my friendsworked there and they told me
one day about this gentlemanthat had a glass cutting place
and he did glassworks.
So I ended up quitting the bikeshop and I ended up going there
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and working for this companyand little did I know that this
gentleman was a predator andthat's a very big part of my
story.
It's many and there was a lot ofus in high school we worked
there and this gentleman soldcocaine bisexual, he sold
cocaine and there was lots ofyoung boys there and individuals
like that were predators.
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They know what they're lookingfor and he was looking for me
and he was looking for me and hefound me and he asked me if I
would like to learn the businessof cocaine.
And of course it was anopportunity.
Leave home and I'm going to bewith this guy, not wasn't gay.
I'm going to be with this guy,I'm going to sell cocaine, I'm
going to go to Hollywood, I'mgoing to meet these great people
(04:21):
.
And little did I know thateventually, the things that he
was doing to other young men, heeventually did that to me and I
think that's a lot.
That was really, as some say,the icing on the cake.
He ended up actually sexuallyabusing me and raping me back in
1981.
Hilmarie Hutchison (04:40):
Wow.
And, as you say, being apredator, he knew what he was
looking for Somebody who alreadyfelt broken, felt like they
didn't belong, not really surewho.
You were Perfect victim forsomebody like that to take
advantage of.
Wow, I'm really sorry you hadto go through that.
Lang Martinez (04:56):
Well, you know what A lot of people say that
they apologize and stuff likethat and you know where I'm
really at now.
Man is where it's at.
I'm okay with it, because Iwouldn't be where I'm at today
if it wasn't for the things thathappened to my yesterdays.
I can't regret the past.
I can't make it as if it's thelaw.
I need to take my pastexperiences and they're the key
for the life that I have today,if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (05:17):
Yes, that absolutely does.
Those were the reasons, orthose experiences is what made
you stronger, gave you things toovercome, which you did, taught
you to be resilient to overcomethose challenges.
So then, further on, you thenstarted out with working for
this predator in teaching thelife of being a drug dealer.
What was next?
Lang Martinez (05:38):
I ended up.
I was in a club in Hollywood.
It was called the Odyssey andin fact, actually there was a
lot of.
In the last few years there'sbeen a lot of attention in
regards to that club.
That's what we're doing as faras working on my story.
I ended up getting away fromthat gentleman and I ended up
going somewhere to try to getthe help that my family wanted
me to get before I turned 18years old, and once I turned 18
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years old I was back at homewith mom and dad.
Really, what happened to mekeeping it in the back of my
mind is regression, because youreally don't remember it.
You don't want to remember itbecause you see the things going
on around you that are sotraumatic that you put it out of
your mind.
So the brokenness was reallythere.
There was really nothing thatwas going to fix it.
You know, a lot of individualsthink that getting the
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girlfriend, getting the job,getting the car, is going to
make you okay, and that's amisconception.
That's a very misconception,especially for individuals that
are in jail, that are in prison.
They all think that the job,the girl, the baby, they think
all these things are going tofix it, but they're really not
the only thing that's reallygoing to fix.
It is a true surrender to yourhigher power, and I choose that
higher power to be my Lord andSavior, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (06:45):
That leads me to that question.
You know, you have faced, asyou mentioned.
You have faced addiction, youfaced imprisonment, you faced
homelessness.
What was the turning point thatmade you decide to change your
life?
Lang Martinez (06:56):
My sobriety date is July 25th 2018.
So I'm coming up on seven yearsof sobriety and seven years
since I've surrendered tosomebody believing in somebody
besides me, because I realizedthat legs away didn't work.
And there's a saying here inAmerica that sometimes going
into your head by yourself is abad neighborhood and you really
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don't want to go there alonebecause it's a bad place.
So the turning point for me wasJuly 25th 2018.
I was in downtown Los Angelesin an area by Vernon and Western
, and I was on themethamphetamine, I was on
alcohol and the situation was abad neighborhood and things that
were going around me werepeople that were dying, there
was prostitution, there was drugdealing, there was gangs and I
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had a low heartbeat and on adaily basis, I saw people that
were on the streets that weredead.
I saw chop lines, there washelicopters, there was shooting,
there was abuse.
It was horrific and I lookedaround the situation and I knew,
if I would die, that nobodywould say anything good about me
, and my whole life, growing upas a kid, up to that point, all
(08:00):
I ever wanted was just oneperson to say something good
about me, and I knew that daythat, if I closed my eyes.
That would never happen, and Imade the decision.
Man, we do it so many times whenwe're caught up in addiction or
caught up in crime.
You know, you get in the backof the police car and you say,
god, can you get me out of thisone one more time?
You know I won't do this again.
(08:21):
You know, blah, blah, blah.
But this time was different forme, man.
This time I cried out to God.
I said God, please, I'm beggingyou.
If you save my life, I'll giveit all back to you.
At the very end, I said Ipromised God, please.
That day was July 25th 2018,and I ended up getting into a
program in Los Angeles,california, called Acton man.
That was the turning point.
Hilmarie Hutchison (08:41):
Incredible, having gone through so many
experiences, as you said, to bethat low, and having asked so
many times, or thinking so manytimes, to start over.
Finally, when you look to ahigher power, for the solution
is when you were able to change,but it was also that program
that you entered that helped youmake that transition.
Lang Martinez (09:03):
Yeah, you know I ended up getting into that
program and I've had sobriety.
You know, numerous times I hadsobriety on the streets, I had
sobriety in jail or sobriety inprison and I've been to programs
.
But this time was reallydifferent, because I really
didn't want to die and I thinkmy God, my higher power, had
something different for me.
I think he wanted to use me forthe work that I do today.
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So I was able to get afoundation in a program to learn
how to live life on life'sterms, because for 55 years my
way didn't work.
Then my way led to a road ofdestruction and destroying
others.
Hilmarie Hutchison (09:39):
Incredible.
So once you made thattransition, can I ask how long
was the program that you entered?
Lang Martinez (09:45):
The program was 60 days.
It started immediately.
I mean number one.
The first thing that happenedthat day is I had to surrender.
I had to surrender and I had tobe willing to go to any lengths
to make this program work forme.
I had to surrender, I had tosurrender and I had to be
willing to go to any lengths tomake this program work for me.
I had to completely surrenderand understand that what was
going on inside my head wasbroken.
It just wasn't working for mefor 55 years and I can look back
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at the destruction that Icaused, the addiction and where
I was that day, and I knew thatLeng Zui didn't work and I had
to rely just not on my higherpower, my God but I had to rely
on others and I call those theangels that won't let me fall.
I had to feel and I had tobelieve that there was a
different way and I had to takedirection.
I had to learn how to live lifeon life's terms and I had to
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listen to others before me thathave done this before that could
help take me down that road ofrecovery.
Hilmarie Hutchison (10:33):
That's incredible that after all those
many years of addiction, ofhomelessness, of going through
the cycles over and over again,this program in those 60 days
totally transformed you.
That is a remarkable story.
I mean, many, many people havegone through many programs and
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then it doesn't take long oncethey're out and then they're
back to doing what they weredoing before.
Now I know you speak of thehigher power.
Was that relationship thenpowerful enough after 60 days to
keep you from going back to theformer ways that you had?
Lang Martinez (11:07):
That higher power that we talk about.
As I know, we all, we call Godby a different name and I call
God my Lord and Savior.
My Lord and Savior has neverleft me for those 55 years and
he hasn't left me today.
Every day I surrender and I askhim and I thank him, my higher
power, for the light that I havetoday.
Each day I surrender and I askto do his will, not Lang's will.
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Lang's way doesn't work, man, Iknow that.
Hilmarie Hutchison (11:31):
Yeah, you found that out the hard way many
times.
So then, when you finished the60-day program, what did you do
straight after, when you weredone with that?
Lang Martinez (11:41):
Well, I went back .
There was a gentleman whohelped me out that had a credit
business, a bond freeman and Iended up leaving there and going
back to a place in Oxnard whereI also was homeless and I
started working for a companycalled Credit Wise and I was
soliciting credit repair forthis gentleman.
And I started working for acompany called Credit Wise and I
was soliciting credit repairfor this gentleman and one day
somebody who was part of thecity, a guy named Abel Magana,
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came into the office and hementioned about a five-year plan
for the homeless and herecognized me and he asked me if
I would speak at council.
And that was the first timethat I made a presentation in
regards to the situation ofhomelessness in Ventura
California.
Hilmarie Hutchison (12:19):
So that is what got you on the path of
starting to advocate for thosewho are homeless, who are living
on the streets.
How has your own livedexperience shaped the way you
approach that you're trying tohelp?
Lang Martinez (12:32):
Passion and understanding.
You know understanding what theindividual's going through the
part that I've been there so Ican relate.
The understanding when I'mworking with individuals is that
I make it very clear that I'mno better than you are and that,
basically, I'm just one drugaway from being where you're at
now, and that I explain my story.
I talk to them about how I gotto where I am today.
Hilmarie Hutchison (12:54):
What advice would you give to someone
currently struggling withaddiction and feeling hopeless
about the future?
Lang Martinez (13:01):
Everything is temporary, that today could be a
new day.
We can't change the past, thatwe don't have control of the
future.
The situation that they're intoday, or that I was in today,
we could do something about it.
Today we need to let them knowthey're loved, they their
valuable, and one of the biggestsayings is that take this one
day at a time.
It's the first step.
Hilmarie Hutchison (13:21):
That's excellent advice.
That's good and that's fromsomebody who's been there, who
understands what it is to takeone day at a time, shift gears a
little bit and talk about adocumentary film that you're
involved in that's to bereleased by the end of the year.
Can you tell us a little bitabout that?
Lang Martinez (13:38):
Yeah, I'm working with a gentleman by the name of
Chris Eckstein and him and hiswife, stacy Eckstein.
They own a production companyand they're in the business of
entertainment it's called MarketStreet Productions and we ended
up meeting each other actuallyat church and we befriended each
other and he was aware of mystory and the more time that we
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spent together.
The decision was made that wewere going to make a documentary
going back to that club in the1980s and basically bring the
light to the darkness of asituation where there was a lot
of things going on as far asbrokenness.
The club was a place that youngindividuals didn't find their
identity.
They found their brokenness.
The identity wasn't going to aclub and finding your sexuality
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and there was a lot of predatorsthere and a lot of children
were hurt.
So it's always been a dream ofmine and it's always been a goal
of mine to bring the situationthat happened to the light, to
the public, to the audience.
Hilmarie Hutchison (14:36):
That's fantastic.
So this documentary will bepartly it's your story.
It's going back, but it's alsoan opportunity to expose what
was happening at that time,during that time period.
It's very brave to do that tobe part of a documentary film
like this.
That's going to be telling yourwhole life story.
Lang Martinez (14:54):
Yeah, the story of my life is Nobody Knows but
Me God Did.
So the book that's coming outwill be Nobody Knows but Me God
Did, and we think thedocumentary.
Well, we haven't decided yet.
It'll be no longer a secret.
Hilmarie Hutchison (15:06):
Excellent.
So you are keeping very busyworking on a documentary film,
working on a book and, as yousaid, the name of the book is
going to be Nobody Knows but Me,and then the name of the film
is going to be no Longer aSecret.
Both should be done by the endof 2025, right?
Lang Martinez (15:24):
Yes, ma'am, they'll be promoting the
documentary and the book willfollow.
Yes, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (15:29):
Incredible Well done.
I mean, that's amazing.
Seven years sober, taking oneday at a time, but also now
using your strength to work withthat are still struggling, that
are still on the streets, stillstruggling with addiction, and
then also taking the time towrite a book and work on a
documentary.
It's absolutely incredible.
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You are doing fantastic Today.
You are thriving in your career, in your personal life.
How do you stay grounded andcontinue to grow from your past
experiences?
Lang Martinez (15:59):
I'm very honored that you asked that question and
I think that's a big questionfor the audience for me to
answer.
I think in any situationwhether you're caught up in
addiction, caught up inbrokenness you're having
problems at home right, you needto do life one day at a time.
For me, I had to do this oneday at a time, and there's a
point that when you surrender,it's a lonely journey and you
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continue to work and youcontinue to do this one day at a
time and trudge till you getthe road of happy destiny, and
we really don't know where thathappy destiny is.
In my case, what I did and tooksix years is I had to stop and
things would happen in my lifeand I would say, well, I'm not
happy here, things just aren'tgoing the way that they are, and
I had to look back, engagewhere I came from to where I'm
(16:44):
at today, and then I realizedhow far that I've really come
spiritually and I had to haveand I had to be grateful for the
life that I had.
I continue to do this and for me, my God put somebody in my life
named Laura and I met somebodythat loves me for me, that
understands my brokenness,somebody that's there for me,
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and I found somebody that doeshelp me stay grounded.
You know, I have lots of peoplein my life and I call them
God's angels who won't let mefall.
There's a lot of people thathave been involved in my life
and I call them God's angels andwon't let me fall.
There's a lot of people thathave been involved in my life
and helped teach me and helpnavigate me, and now I have
somebody in my life, a companion, that's there for me and is a
partner, and she definitelyhelps me stay grounded, because
I can go off in tangents, man, Ican go this way and that way,
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and she's definitely there tohelp me stay down.
Hilmarie Hutchison (17:32):
I'm so happy to hear that you absolutely
deserve that and it's fantasticto hear that you've got that
support.
You've got a wider supportnetwork, as you've mentioned
before your angels that supportyou, but to have that close
person, to have Laura there tosupport you every day, is a true
blessing and I'm really happythat you found her and that she
found you.
(17:52):
That is fantastic.
Lang Martinez (17:53):
You know there was a saying that there's
actually a Bible verse thattalks about going down the
narrow path and then taking thewide path.
Actually, it's difficult totake the narrow path because a
lot of people choose the easyway and you know there's very
few that seek the true path toget to eternal life, which
requires, you know, it requiressacrifice, it requires
dedication, if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (18:13):
Absolutely.
There is no doubt, taking thenarrow path is the harder way,
but it's the correct way.
It's the right way to go.
Lang Martinez (18:20):
Yes, ma'am.
Hilmarie Hutchison (18:20):
So what's next for you, Lang?
Lang Martinez (18:26):
How do you plan to continue inspiring and
helping others in the future?
I made a promise that I'dcontinue to give back to God for
the life that he's given to me,and he's definitely given me a
gift with a beautiful woman thatI love with all my heart.
Try to stay focused, try tostay humble, learn humility.
You know there's a saying herein America that ego is not your
amigo.
Ego is something that'sdefinitely bad for me, because
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when ego gets in the way of thedrive to where you want to go in
life, it's not a good thing.
So having Laura in my life isdefinitely a good thing.
So we plan on getting marriedin June and I'll continue to do
the work that I'm doing,basically through my testimony,
by being honored to be on yourshow.
Continue to tell people thatthere's hope for everyone.
Hilmarie Hutchison (19:07):
Fantastic, well done.
You've come a long way.
It's an absolutely inspiringstory.
What you've gone through andthat you're giving back, that
you're using your strength nowto help others, is remarkable.
Now we've come to the segmentof our show where I'll ask you
some rapid fire questions, ourversion of a game show.
Are you ready?
Yeah, what's one quote ormantra that keeps you going
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every day?
Lang Martinez (19:31):
There is nothing more paralyzing than an attitude
that things can never change.
We need to remind ourselvesthat God can change things, but
it's your outlook thatdetermines your outcome.
If you see only the problems,you will be defeated, but if you
see the possibilities in ourproblems, we can have victory.
Hilmarie Hutchison (19:48):
If you could give one piece of advice to a
young person today, what wouldit be?
Lang Martinez (19:53):
Don't rely on your own thinking.
Find a mentor, take direction,stay on the path of right and
don't let somebody persuade youto do things that are wrong.
Hilmarie Hutchison (20:02):
I love that.
Find a mentor.
I think it's good for youngpeople to have somebody who can
guide them somebody older, nottheir own age, because
oftentimes those kinds ofmentors or friends are not
always looking out for one'sbest interest.
But to find a mentor that'solder, I think that's excellent
advice.
Lang Martinez (20:20):
That works for the younger generation.
That's the advice I get For me.
It's kind of funny because at61 years old a lot of my mentors
are a lot younger than me.
You have to realize, ben, thatin sobriety and recovery you
kind of regress in life.
So coming up on seven years old, sometimes I act like that
seven-year-old.
So I do have mentors in my lifethat are in their 20s and 30s
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and I definitely take directionfrom them because they know a
lot more than my Martinez does,because I'm still on that road
of learning, if that makes sense.
Hilmarie Hutchison (20:47):
I love that humility of yours that we can
all learn from somebody else.
It doesn't matter our age.
In one word, if you can, howwould you describe your life
today?
I'm free.
That's a good one.
I'm free.
What is one thing that you doevery day, no matter how busy
you get?
Lang Martinez (21:04):
I shouldn't be doing it all day, but the one
thing that I do every day isthat I pray and I thank God for
the life that I have today.
Hilmarie Hutchison (21:10):
Well, thank you for playing along.
That was easy enough.
Now we get to our signaturequestion.
Could you share an inspiring orlife-changing experience that
you have gone through yourGreenpaw moment.
Lang Martinez (21:23):
I would have to say that I've had a few of those
.
My Greenpaw moment was when Ireceived a phone call from a
mother in regards to herdaughter that was named Tanya,
and I met this young lady in ajack-in-the-box with a friend of
mine and she was caught up inaddiction and abuse.
And about a year later I got aphone call from the mother
telling me that her Tanya wasdoing good, she was in a program
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, she had a job and the motherthanked me.
Hilmarie Hutchison (21:49):
What an experience to have changed
somebody's life like that, tohave turned their life around
completely from being low orbeing addicted to turning one's
life around.
To be part of the journey ofsomeone like that is truly a
gift, and it's fantastic thatyou are able to use your example
, your experiences, yourbackground to help other people
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to change their lives, in a way,helping them with their Green
Pool moment, helping them tomake the right decision at the
time to turn their own livesaround.
What a beautiful story.
Thank you so much for sharingthat with us.
And thank you for sharing yourstory.
Your humbleness and recognitionof where you've come from and
(22:32):
that it wasn't all your owndoing that.
It's others looking to a higherpower, looking to others to
support you through this journey, is what has made the
difference for you, and you're afantastic example to others who
might be struggling withaddiction or any other
challenges.
I'm looking forward to thedocumentary and also to your
(22:53):
book.
I'm sure that will also helpmany, many people.
Lang, your story is trulyinspiring.
I'm so sure it will resonatewith many of our listeners.
Your journey from Skid Row tobecoming an advocate and mentor
is a testament to resilience andhope.
Thank you so much for sharingthat with us today.
Lang Martinez (23:11):
Thank you for having me on the show.
It was an honor.
You know, I made a promise toGod that I would share what he's
done for me could do foranybody, and I promised him that
I would tell the story.
I also said that the worldwould know, and my counterpart
to the people that support me,and I told them that I'd be
doing this interview.
They were so happy for me andthey said Lang, you've now
fulfilled a promise.
(23:31):
You know, there's somethingthat I live by, ma'am, and I
like to end it.
It's the first day of the restof my life.
I'm going to make it productiveand memorable.
I have just become the causefor my future rather than the
effects of my past, and I haveto own this.
Hilmarie Hutchison (23:45):
I love that Beautiful.
Every day is a new start and wecan just do better, and you are
doing fantastic Again.
Just do better and you aredoing fantastic Again.
Thank you so much Before wesign off, where can our
listeners connect with you andfollow your incredible work?
Lang Martinez (24:07):
My Facebook page is Lang Patrick Martinez.
I don't have the other links.
I can send those to you so youcan also Google Lang Martinez,
l-a-n-g Martinez and a lot of mystuff's on Google.
As far as what I do, thearticles, the interviews that
I've done in the past you canall find there.
You can also go to YouTube andlook for Lang Martinez and you
can see recent interviews.
Recently I just did aninterview with the Addiction
Podcast with Joni Siegel.
(24:27):
I'm also many interviews withNASCA, national Association of
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.
That's N-A-A-C-S-A dot org andyou can look those up by
Googling.
There's quite a few articles.
I've done Epic Times.
I've been very fortunate toshare my story in such a wide
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audience.
Hilmarie Hutchison (24:48):
Fantastic, and we'll also look that up and
we'll put these links in theshow notes as well.
Thank you again for sharingyour story with us today.
It's absolutely incredible.
Lang Martinez (24:59):
Thank you so much and it's such an honor that you
reached out and that you put meon this show.
Hilmarie Hutchison (25:05):
You are so welcome To our listeners.
Thank you for tuning in toanother episode of the Matrix
Green Pill Podcast.
Don't forget to subscribe andleave us a five-star review.
Until next time, stay inspiredand keep moving forward.
If you enjoy our conversations,please like and subscribe.
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See you next Wednesday.
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