Luke Lunkenheimer

times and schedules that they can do it and so on and so forth. But it's very easy to see how a kid could just, especially a kid with a rough upbringing could get lost in that. And then it take it a step further.

And you talk about VR, excuse me, virtual reality and AI and the Oculus glasses and these meta environments where these kids can literally become white skin, blue veins, skinny, ribsy, malnourished,

And you talk about VR, excuse me, virtual reality and AI and the Oculus glasses and these meta environments where these kids can literally become white skin, blue veins, skinny, ribsy, malnourished,

And you talk about VR, excuse me, virtual reality and AI and the Oculus glasses and these meta environments where these kids can literally become white skin, blue veins, skinny, ribsy, malnourished,

bots that are just living in this virtual reality world so it is crazy but just on the addiction thing man i i you know if i had been educated about addiction and understood what to look for and knew that because it ran rampant in my family that there was a high likelihood that i was going to go down that path obviously would have made some different choices but i just remember me i'll never forget i was at work and i had had you know i had a shoulder surgery i got a good insurance policy i was very excited i was on a waiting list for the uh

bots that are just living in this virtual reality world so it is crazy but just on the addiction thing man i i you know if i had been educated about addiction and understood what to look for and knew that because it ran rampant in my family that there was a high likelihood that i was going to go down that path obviously would have made some different choices but i just remember me i'll never forget i was at work and i had had you know i had a shoulder surgery i got a good insurance policy i was very excited i was on a waiting list for the uh

bots that are just living in this virtual reality world so it is crazy but just on the addiction thing man i i you know if i had been educated about addiction and understood what to look for and knew that because it ran rampant in my family that there was a high likelihood that i was going to go down that path obviously would have made some different choices but i just remember me i'll never forget i was at work and i had had you know i had a shoulder surgery i got a good insurance policy i was very excited i was on a waiting list for the uh

Surgery with a really good doctor. Doctor told me, when we're done with you, Luke, 95% of what you had you're going to have back. And I could throw a football. I mean, I can't cite for you the yardage now. It's been a long time. But it was almost as far as I recall Donovan McNabb threw the football in the carrier dome at the combine.

Surgery with a really good doctor. Doctor told me, when we're done with you, Luke, 95% of what you had you're going to have back. And I could throw a football. I mean, I can't cite for you the yardage now. It's been a long time. But it was almost as far as I recall Donovan McNabb threw the football in the carrier dome at the combine.

Surgery with a really good doctor. Doctor told me, when we're done with you, Luke, 95% of what you had you're going to have back. And I could throw a football. I mean, I can't cite for you the yardage now. It's been a long time. But it was almost as far as I recall Donovan McNabb threw the football in the carrier dome at the combine.

So just to give you an understanding, I had one hell of a cannon for a skinny country kid. And that was about it. I was fast and I could jump high. But there was nothing to me. So I was going to make a great division two quarterback. They had me convinced of that. And that's where my mind stayed. So I got the surgery done. And after the surgery, man, it was pain pills.

So just to give you an understanding, I had one hell of a cannon for a skinny country kid. And that was about it. I was fast and I could jump high. But there was nothing to me. So I was going to make a great division two quarterback. They had me convinced of that. And that's where my mind stayed. So I got the surgery done. And after the surgery, man, it was pain pills.

So just to give you an understanding, I had one hell of a cannon for a skinny country kid. And that was about it. I was fast and I could jump high. But there was nothing to me. So I was going to make a great division two quarterback. They had me convinced of that. And that's where my mind stayed. So I got the surgery done. And after the surgery, man, it was pain pills.

You know, it was a pain pump and pain pills. And I remember, you know, today, if you get a significant injury, you're hard pressed to have a doctor write a prescription for five to 10 pills for follow-up pain therapy. We're talking in 2005, I believe it was, brother. They gave me two separate prescriptions.

You know, it was a pain pump and pain pills. And I remember, you know, today, if you get a significant injury, you're hard pressed to have a doctor write a prescription for five to 10 pills for follow-up pain therapy. We're talking in 2005, I believe it was, brother. They gave me two separate prescriptions.

You know, it was a pain pump and pain pills. And I remember, you know, today, if you get a significant injury, you're hard pressed to have a doctor write a prescription for five to 10 pills for follow-up pain therapy. We're talking in 2005, I believe it was, brother. They gave me two separate prescriptions.

One was for five milligrams of Oxycontin, okay, which is a smaller dose, but they gave me 160 pills for the month. And then they gave me a bottle of 10 milligram hydrocodone which is, I think that, yeah, Lortab, it's like the strongest dose you can get of that with a small Tylenol equivalent. And it was like 120, 160 of those. I literally had four or five of each of those to take a day.

One was for five milligrams of Oxycontin, okay, which is a smaller dose, but they gave me 160 pills for the month. And then they gave me a bottle of 10 milligram hydrocodone which is, I think that, yeah, Lortab, it's like the strongest dose you can get of that with a small Tylenol equivalent. And it was like 120, 160 of those. I literally had four or five of each of those to take a day.

One was for five milligrams of Oxycontin, okay, which is a smaller dose, but they gave me 160 pills for the month. And then they gave me a bottle of 10 milligram hydrocodone which is, I think that, yeah, Lortab, it's like the strongest dose you can get of that with a small Tylenol equivalent. And it was like 120, 160 of those. I literally had four or five of each of those to take a day.

Bro, there are stage three cancer patients that don't have that kind of pain therapy, you know? So I recall one day, I just, you know, What it did for me, you know, if I'm being honest, is it really numbed the emotional pain of, you know, rough childhood. It numbed the fact that I was no longer on this trajectory to be this great athlete.