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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, Hi, who's this?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is Levi? Hi, Levi? How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I'm good? How about you?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I am excellent? Thank you, Levi. I can I ask
how old are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I am fifteen?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Did you say fifteen or sixteen?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Fifteen? I'm turning sixteen in May.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Oh wow, so you're fifteen? And yes, what can I
do for you?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Well, my mom is a big fan of your podcast
and everything like that.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
It's a radio show. It's excuse me, excuse me. Yes,
I don't care, LEVI radio a dead say that it
was dead? Wait hey, wait, wait, Levi. Do you ever
listen to the radio? You listen to this show, don't you?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Oh yeah, I've listened to it every day for you
with my mom.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Of course I've been listening to it since I was
like little right right?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I love this, of course you do anyway, don't over
So Levi, what can I What can I do for you?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Well? I wanted to surprise my mom by going on
air for her, because well, I also wanted to say
that I'm graduating early from high school. I'm graduating a
year early. And I wanted to bring attention to teenage
addicts due to the problem around the US with it.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Okay, So let's break that down a couple of things.
Number one, so you're going to graduate a year a year?
What great are you in right now?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I'm a junior. I'm supposed to be a sophomore.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So you'll you'll finish out this year and then next
year and you'll graduate. Do you know where I'm assuming
the answer is yes, if you started looking at colleges,
or if colleges started.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Looking at you.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Uh, yeah, I actually have been looking at colleges.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Which ones are you looking at?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Well, I'm looking at Hood College. I'm also looking at
University of Maryland.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Good for you? Good for you?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:59):
And then what was the what was the little side
note of wanting to call attention to youth addicts.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So the reason why I'm graduating early is because I
go to a teenage recovery school in Frederick, Maryland. For
it's called Phoenix Recovery Academy, and it's down in Frederick, Maryland,
and it helps young teenagers with addiction issues.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
LEVI, did you end up there because you were you
had an addiction issue?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yes, I had. I'm a addict and alcoholic and Phoenix
helped bring it to light because I was odean. I
was getting high all the time, And a lot of
people think that teenagers can't become addicts or alcoholics, and
(02:56):
I feel like such wrong, because we can even though
we don't think we can.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Hey, LEVI can I ask you a couple of other questions?
I love by the way, I love everything. I love
everything about you.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What were you when you started out?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
How how old were you when you first started, whether
it was with drinking or doing drugs?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Well, when it became consistent? I think I was ten
or eleven?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Ten eleven with alcohol? Right?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
And then when did you when did you switch over
to drugs?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I think I was in I was twelve. I think
I was in seventh grade.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Can I ask what drugs you were? What you were doing?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Uh? Sure? So I was on uh marijuana, I did opioids,
and recently, around six months ago, I relapsed and ended
up odein on DXM, which is also known as cost medication.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Right, how many times during the how many times in
so let's say you started at ten drinking and and
you're now fifteen, Right, in that five year period, how
many times did you did you o D?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So that's a pretty difficult question because even I don't
know how many times I've vodd specifically because a good
chunk of them I don't remember, probably right, and other
unks of time I don't even know if I was
odeen or not, but i'd say more than three times.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Right. How did you end up at? How did you
end up at Phoenix?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How? Like? There's that this the saying right for for
addicts is you you bottom out?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
You hit rock bottom?
Speaker 1 (04:40):
What was your what was your rock bottom?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Oh? My rock bottom? I didn't never really hit one. Uh,
but my mom had found out that I had was
using and she had taken to a psych ward. I
went there. It didn't work. I had gotten a boyfriend there,
(05:07):
still smoking weeds, still doing everything I was right, And
so she put me into the school to maybe help
because she is a addict and recovering alcoholic herself. She's
a recovering addict and alcoholic herself, so she understands that
what was happening with me. So she put me in
the Phoenix and I had oweded two weeks after being
(05:30):
in the Phoenix, I had left for two months and
then I got back and I've been a little over
six months clean. Since then.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
That's awesome, that's great.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
How is your relationship with your parents?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
It's a little difficult. I mean, my mom and dad
are a divorce and my dad is up in Missouri
and I don't talk to him and my I live
with my mom and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend's absolutely nice.
I love him. Me and my mom's relationship is pretty good.
Me and my dad's relationship is really strained, though, it's
(06:08):
like we don't talk at all.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Right. The reason I asked, and it wasn't It wasn't
so much about to learn about your your your dad.
But I would imagine things got really horrible between you
and your mom. But as you as you kind of
grow and stay clean that it is a it is
(06:31):
a pleasure to rebuild that relationship.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yep, it is because we had We were in the
midst of our addictions at the same time, so it's
not like just one of us was being rude to
the other. We were both at each other's throats all
the time.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I love everything about you. Honestly, I thought you were
just trying to say butthole on the air.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Now, Oh, I'd love.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
To say butthole.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
My mom's always like you need to go to Ellie
in the morning and.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Say, girl, LEVI two things.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Number one, I love your story, and I mean, first
of all, I love that you are, that you're getting.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yourself healthy, right, that's the most important.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
But I also love that you're not hiding from it,
because you're right, there's a you're not the only teenager
that is that is dealing with being an alcoholic and
an addict, and there's obviously a lot of there's a
lot of internal shame in having to to say that publicly.
I couldn't be more proud of you that number one,
you're willing to own it. Number two, that you're willing
(07:37):
to be open about it, and number three that you're
willing to help educate people about it.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I think that's awesome. I do. I love everything about you.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Want a shirt?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Want a shirt? Yes?
Speaker 3 (07:51):
I would love a shirt.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
All right, very good? Hold on one second, all right,
don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Hey, and the other thing is, and you don't have
to tell me on the air, keep me updated with
how you're doing. I will, all right, LEVI, hold on
one second for me, hold on one second, love, Levi
Hi, Hi, who's this?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is Levi? Hi, Levi? How are you?
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I'm good? How about you?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I am excellent? Thank you, Levi. I can I ask
how old are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I am fifteen?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Did you say fifteen or sixteen?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Fifteen? I'm turning sixteen in May.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Oh wow, so you're fifteen? And yes, what can I
do for you?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Well, my mom is a big fan of your podcast
and everything like that.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
It's a radio show. It's excuse me, excuse me. Yes,
I don't care, LEVI radio a dead say that it
was dead? Wait hey, wait, wait, Levi. Do you ever
listen to the radio? You listen to this show, don't you?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Oh yeah, I've listened to it every day for you
with my mom.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Of course I've been listening to it since I was
like little right right?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
I love this, of course you do anyway, don't over
So Levi, what can I What can I do for you?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Well? I wanted to surprise my mom by going on
air for her, because well, I also wanted to say
that I'm graduating early from high school. I'm graduating a
year early. And I wanted to bring attention to teenage
addicts due to the problem around the US with it.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Okay, So let's break that down a couple of things.
Number one, so you're going to graduate a year a year?
What great are you in right now?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I'm a junior. I'm supposed to be a sophomore.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So you'll you'll finish out this year and then next
year and you'll graduate. Do you know where I'm assuming
the answer is yes, if you started looking at colleges,
or if colleges started.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Looking at you.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Uh, yeah, I actually have been looking at colleges.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Which ones are you looking at?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Well, I'm looking at Hood College. I'm also looking at
University of Maryland.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Good for you? Good for you?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:59):
And then what was the what was the little side
note of wanting to call attention to youth addicts.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So the reason why I'm graduating early is because I
go to a teenage recovery school in Frederick, Maryland. For
it's called Phoenix Recovery Academy, and it's down in Frederick, Maryland,
and it helps young teenagers with addiction issues.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
LEVI, did you end up there because you were you
had an addiction issue?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yes, I had. I'm a addict and alcoholic and Phoenix
helped bring it to light because I was odean. I
was getting high all the time, And a lot of
people think that teenagers can't become addicts or alcoholics, and
(02:56):
I feel like such wrong, because we can even though
we don't think we can.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Hey, LEVI can I ask you a couple of other questions?
I love by the way, I love everything. I love
everything about you.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What were you when you started out?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
How how old were you when you first started, whether
it was with drinking or doing drugs?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Well, when it became consistent? I think I was ten
or eleven?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Ten eleven with alcohol? Right?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
And then when did you when did you switch over
to drugs?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I think I was in I was twelve. I think
I was in seventh grade.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Can I ask what drugs you were? What you were doing?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Uh? Sure? So I was on uh marijuana, I did opioids,
and recently, around six months ago, I relapsed and ended
up odein on DXM, which is also known as cost medication.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Right, how many times during the how many times in
so let's say you started at ten drinking and and
you're now fifteen, Right, in that five year period, how
many times did you did you o D?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So that's a pretty difficult question because even I don't
know how many times I've vodd specifically because a good
chunk of them I don't remember, probably right, and other
unks of time I don't even know if I was
odeen or not, but i'd say more than three times.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Right. How did you end up at? How did you
end up at Phoenix?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How? Like? There's that this the saying right for for
addicts is you you bottom out?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
You hit rock bottom?
Speaker 1 (04:40):
What was your what was your rock bottom?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Oh? My rock bottom? I didn't never really hit one. Uh,
but my mom had found out that I had was
using and she had taken to a psych ward. I
went there. It didn't work. I had gotten a boyfriend there,
(05:07):
still smoking weeds, still doing everything I was right, And
so she put me into the school to maybe help
because she is a addict and recovering alcoholic herself. She's
a recovering addict and alcoholic herself, so she understands that
what was happening with me. So she put me in
the Phoenix and I had oweded two weeks after being
(05:30):
in the Phoenix, I had left for two months and
then I got back and I've been a little over
six months clean. Since then.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
That's awesome, that's great.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
How is your relationship with your parents?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
It's a little difficult. I mean, my mom and dad
are a divorce and my dad is up in Missouri
and I don't talk to him and my I live
with my mom and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend's absolutely nice.
I love him. Me and my mom's relationship is pretty good.
Me and my dad's relationship is really strained, though, it's
(06:08):
like we don't talk at all.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Right. The reason I asked, and it wasn't It wasn't
so much about to learn about your your your dad.
But I would imagine things got really horrible between you
and your mom. But as you as you kind of
grow and stay clean that it is a it is
(06:31):
a pleasure to rebuild that relationship.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yep, it is because we had We were in the
midst of our addictions at the same time, so it's
not like just one of us was being rude to
the other. We were both at each other's throats all
the time.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I love everything about you. Honestly, I thought you were
just trying to say butthole on the air.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Now, Oh, I'd love.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
To say butthole.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
My mom's always like you need to go to Ellie
in the morning and.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Say, girl, LEVI two things.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Number one, I love your story, and I mean, first
of all, I love that you are, that you're getting.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yourself healthy, right, that's the most important.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
But I also love that you're not hiding from it,
because you're right, there's a you're not the only teenager
that is that is dealing with being an alcoholic and
an addict, and there's obviously a lot of there's a
lot of internal shame in having to to say that publicly.
I couldn't be more proud of you that number one,
you're willing to own it. Number two, that you're willing
(07:37):
to be open about it, and number three that you're
willing to help educate people about it.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I think that's awesome. I do. I love everything about you.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Want a shirt?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Want a shirt? Yes?
Speaker 3 (07:51):
I would love a shirt.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
All right, very good? Hold on one second, all right,
don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Hey, and the other thing is, and you don't have
to tell me on the air, keep me updated with
how you're doing. I will, all right, LEVI, hold on
one second for me, hold on one second, love, Levi
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