Chris Cella
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Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So, you know, my – so growing up, my dad was – he was a general counsel at an oil company in Texas. So he was traveling a lot and he was also – a heavy drinker. He would, he is not the type of person who like needed to wake up and, you know, drink in the morning to function, but he would go on benders, you know, for days, weeks at a time.
And, um, and then my, uh, my mom, um, she was a long distance runner and she had a diving accident that left her basically, she was a victim of big pharma's, uh, push in the early to mid nineties for Oxycontin, um, and then eventually fentanyl. And, you know, this little pathetic pill pushing quack is, you know, giving her just massive amounts of Oxycontin.
And, um, and then my, uh, my mom, um, she was a long distance runner and she had a diving accident that left her basically, she was a victim of big pharma's, uh, push in the early to mid nineties for Oxycontin, um, and then eventually fentanyl. And, you know, this little pathetic pill pushing quack is, you know, giving her just massive amounts of Oxycontin.
And, um, and then my, uh, my mom, um, she was a long distance runner and she had a diving accident that left her basically, she was a victim of big pharma's, uh, push in the early to mid nineties for Oxycontin, um, and then eventually fentanyl. And, you know, this little pathetic pill pushing quack is, you know, giving her just massive amounts of Oxycontin.
And she liked the way she hated the way it felt. And she she's like, I don't like this. You know, it's making me like comatose. And the doctor's like, well, you need to keep taking it. And so she she decided to flush him down the toilet once. And and she went into excruciating withdrawal. And, you know, I'll touch more on withdrawal later. But it's yeah, she so she your parents married. Yes. Yes.
And she liked the way she hated the way it felt. And she she's like, I don't like this. You know, it's making me like comatose. And the doctor's like, well, you need to keep taking it. And so she she decided to flush him down the toilet once. And and she went into excruciating withdrawal. And, you know, I'll touch more on withdrawal later. But it's yeah, she so she your parents married. Yes. Yes.
And she liked the way she hated the way it felt. And she she's like, I don't like this. You know, it's making me like comatose. And the doctor's like, well, you need to keep taking it. And so she she decided to flush him down the toilet once. And and she went into excruciating withdrawal. And, you know, I'll touch more on withdrawal later. But it's yeah, she so she your parents married. Yes. Yes.
Yes. They were married.
Yes. They were married.
Yes. They were married.
Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Like my father, he was he graduated college at 19 and he went to Columbia Law School. I mean, you know, so. Oh, wow. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Like my father, he was he graduated college at 19 and he went to Columbia Law School. I mean, you know, so. Oh, wow. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Like my father, he was he graduated college at 19 and he went to Columbia Law School. I mean, you know, so. Oh, wow. Yeah.
Yeah, because there's – yeah, addiction does not – it does not – it doesn't matter whether you're rich, poor, black, white, whatever. It's indiscriminatory. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, because there's – yeah, addiction does not – it does not – it doesn't matter whether you're rich, poor, black, white, whatever. It's indiscriminatory. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, because there's – yeah, addiction does not – it does not – it doesn't matter whether you're rich, poor, black, white, whatever. It's indiscriminatory. Yeah, that's true.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Right. Correct? Yeah. Yeah. No, my mom was. Absolutely. You know, one of the most disciplined people that I've ever met. Well, you kind of have to be, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And I mean, a lot of long-distance running to me is absolutely, sounds like torture. Well, it's torture. It is torture. But it's highly impressive. Yeah, no, it is absolutely.