Damon West

And then the question becomes, why have you not already made the change yourself?

And I think the answer lies somewhere in the fear, because we fear the unknown.

Change is hard.

Change takes us outside of our comfort zone.

But Mick, like we're going to hear today, that's a great place to navigate towards outside your comfort zone because brother, that is where growth takes place.

Absolutely.

And we know that, too.

But it's fear.

I think fear is what holds a lot of people back.

I put myself in a situation in life where, because of the choices I made, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did take control of my life.

May 18, 2009 is a good place to start.

this thing because on May 18, 2009, I stood in front of a jury in Dallas.

And the jury, these 12 men and women from Dallas, they sat through a six-day criminal trial.

And the crime that I'm standing trial for is engaging in organized criminal activity.

It's a RICO case.

I'm the boss of the entire RICO ring.

Bunch of meth addicts breaking into houses.

I was a meth addict myself.

But the jury heard the story of a guy named Damon West, this guy that had it all.

Mick, I came from this wonderful town called Port Arthur, Texas.