Damon West

I had a cocaine problem in 2004, but that was fixed whenever I tried meth for the first time because I never touched cocaine again.

Meth is the most evil, most destructive, most addictive drug.

And addiction, addiction doesn't care who you are or where you come from.

Addiction does not discriminate.

Because addiction doesn't care who you are, where you come from, who your parents are.

When addiction's got a hold of you, it's got you.

And I believe, Mick, wholeheartedly, every person in America is affected by addiction.

Whether you're an addict, the victim of an addict, the friend of an addict, the family member of an addict, or you're just a taxpayer.

You're paying into an overburdened criminal justice system that has no idea how to handle the disease of addiction.

Addiction touches every one of us, Mick.

Yeah, it was humbling.

I mean, and I think humility is when we are right-sized because humility removes the ego and everything else or what our imaginations make the giants of our dreams.

It was extremely humbling.

And look, I'll be honest with you.

Until that day in court, I wasn't ready to accept the responsibility for my behaviors.

I wasn't just this guy that came into the trial and said, hey, I did it all.

I pled not guilty.

I didn't take the stand.

I was a very cocky, arrogant person.

And that's one of the reasons I think the jury hated me so much because I was, you know, I didn't have any remorse.