Hunter Biden

But what it's given me is the opportunity to own it all, is to own all of my story without shame or fear, realizing that

I have a community of people out there that I want to be of service to.

I really mean that.

And so part of it is by me being able to be honest about it, and we were just talking before we started this, is the hardest thing for any addict to do is not only get honest with the people that they love, but to get honest with themselves.

And until they can, until they can really see themselves for who they are,

all of it, and decide to love themselves, then, you know, the cycle is just going to continue.

At least in my experience, that's the truth.

I think one of the things... Did I even answer your question?

Oh, I know.

I went into all the good stuff.

And so just what is the difference between... I know I got a lot of heat for...

Well, it was important to me to make the distinction that there's this idea that there's this kind of a secret kind of special enhancement to powder cocaine that makes it into crack.

And, you know, you have to have, you know, some technical degree in order to be able to do that.

And

Let's start all the way at the beginning.

I think that I'm genetically predisposed to being an alcoholic.

I do believe that there is a genetic piece of it.

I do believe that my brain works differently as an addict in terms of the way in which my synapses fire once they're introduced to the dopamine hit and the serotonin increase that occurs because of an introduction of a substance.

I believe that, uh, that, that I became, uh, acclimated and, um, physiologically dependent upon that when I, um, started to drink in earnest, um, when I was in college in which you can control and, you know, I made it through Georgetown and, uh, I went to Jesuit volunteer Corps for a year.

I've been in, uh, and it's kind of like domestic peace.