Richard Taite

Wow. That is a good man. He was willing to go to any length. Do you know his name? I don't know his name. He's a star.

Wow. That is a good man. He was willing to go to any length. Do you know his name? I don't know his name. He's a star.

Wow. That is a good man. He was willing to go to any length. Do you know his name? I don't know his name. He's a star.

Really? Yeah. They wouldn't let somebody who was convicted, right? Convicted, yeah. Of armed robbery. Was that what it was? Strong arm. Strong arm robbery. Well, you would think that's kind of like what we want in our soldiers, no? No. There's a little bit of violence. Yeah. We want our soldiers violent, but we don't take violent people into the military. Yeah. Can we get back to common sense now?

Really? Yeah. They wouldn't let somebody who was convicted, right? Convicted, yeah. Of armed robbery. Was that what it was? Strong arm. Strong arm robbery. Well, you would think that's kind of like what we want in our soldiers, no? No. There's a little bit of violence. Yeah. We want our soldiers violent, but we don't take violent people into the military. Yeah. Can we get back to common sense now?

Really? Yeah. They wouldn't let somebody who was convicted, right? Convicted, yeah. Of armed robbery. Was that what it was? Strong arm. Strong arm robbery. Well, you would think that's kind of like what we want in our soldiers, no? No. There's a little bit of violence. Yeah. We want our soldiers violent, but we don't take violent people into the military. Yeah. Can we get back to common sense now?

I mean, it only sounds stupid when you say it out loud, right? It does. It does. Okay. All right. This is okay. So you spent time in a recovery home. Mm-hmm. How did that come about?

I mean, it only sounds stupid when you say it out loud, right? It does. It does. Okay. All right. This is okay. So you spent time in a recovery home. Mm-hmm. How did that come about?

I mean, it only sounds stupid when you say it out loud, right? It does. It does. Okay. All right. This is okay. So you spent time in a recovery home. Mm-hmm. How did that come about?

How long were you doing that for? 10 years? Yeah. You're unusually clear. Yeah. Normally when people do meth for that long, they never make it back. They don't have that clarity and the presence and the connection that you have. They're all over the place. So with...

How long were you doing that for? 10 years? Yeah. You're unusually clear. Yeah. Normally when people do meth for that long, they never make it back. They don't have that clarity and the presence and the connection that you have. They're all over the place. So with...

How long were you doing that for? 10 years? Yeah. You're unusually clear. Yeah. Normally when people do meth for that long, they never make it back. They don't have that clarity and the presence and the connection that you have. They're all over the place. So with...

Now I heard that, but wait a minute, let's go back. You were in jail from 18 to 19. Yeah. Right. And then you immediately started to continue to do drugs until what age did you go into the sober living home? Until I was 28. Okay. So you lost nine years. Yeah. Just lost them. They're gone. Yeah. Nothing positive during that period of time. Yeah. Not moving up in your career, not nothing.

Now I heard that, but wait a minute, let's go back. You were in jail from 18 to 19. Yeah. Right. And then you immediately started to continue to do drugs until what age did you go into the sober living home? Until I was 28. Okay. So you lost nine years. Yeah. Just lost them. They're gone. Yeah. Nothing positive during that period of time. Yeah. Not moving up in your career, not nothing.

Now I heard that, but wait a minute, let's go back. You were in jail from 18 to 19. Yeah. Right. And then you immediately started to continue to do drugs until what age did you go into the sober living home? Until I was 28. Okay. So you lost nine years. Yeah. Just lost them. They're gone. Yeah. Nothing positive during that period of time. Yeah. Not moving up in your career, not nothing.

Straight to heaven. All right. How'd you get to the recovery center?

Straight to heaven. All right. How'd you get to the recovery center?

Straight to heaven. All right. How'd you get to the recovery center?

And then you had this internal compass to where you knew intuitively, I feel the pull, so I'm going that way. I go against what feels not good to me anymore. That's what I'm hearing. I'm just not going to go in the direction any longer that doesn't feel clean to me.

And then you had this internal compass to where you knew intuitively, I feel the pull, so I'm going that way. I go against what feels not good to me anymore. That's what I'm hearing. I'm just not going to go in the direction any longer that doesn't feel clean to me.