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Ryan Blair

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
771 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

I was in the middle class. So in the middle class, dad had $100,000 plus salary. How does dad start using drugs? Do you know? How does this happen? Cocaine.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

And, you know, he was, you know, in the middle class, doing really well economically. He had some vices and, you know, some self-sabotaging behaviors. He's no longer with us. So I've healed my relationship with him spiritually, so to speak. But yeah, yeah, his brain got the best of him. He had a lot of unhealed things that he was dealing with. How old were you when you knew this was going on?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

And, you know, he was, you know, in the middle class, doing really well economically. He had some vices and, you know, some self-sabotaging behaviors. He's no longer with us. So I've healed my relationship with him spiritually, so to speak. But yeah, yeah, his brain got the best of him. He had a lot of unhealed things that he was dealing with. How old were you when you knew this was going on?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

And, you know, he was, you know, in the middle class, doing really well economically. He had some vices and, you know, some self-sabotaging behaviors. He's no longer with us. So I've healed my relationship with him spiritually, so to speak. But yeah, yeah, his brain got the best of him. He had a lot of unhealed things that he was dealing with. How old were you when you knew this was going on?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

It was always in my life. So it was always marijuana, always weird stuff going on, always violence. But I recognized that we had a drug problem in the household at about 11 years old or so. I knew that that was a problem. Oh, man. Yeah. And I would, I would, uh, I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. Uh, I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood at 11, uh, even before that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

It was always in my life. So it was always marijuana, always weird stuff going on, always violence. But I recognized that we had a drug problem in the household at about 11 years old or so. I knew that that was a problem. Oh, man. Yeah. And I would, I would, uh, I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. Uh, I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood at 11, uh, even before that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

It was always in my life. So it was always marijuana, always weird stuff going on, always violence. But I recognized that we had a drug problem in the household at about 11 years old or so. I knew that that was a problem. Oh, man. Yeah. And I would, I would, uh, I was trained to cultivate marijuana, bag it. Uh, I would give it to my friends in the neighborhood at 11, uh, even before that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

So marijuana, uh, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. Uh, I would give it away. I trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah. Drugs were in my house from the very beginning. Oh my Gosh.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

So marijuana, uh, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. Uh, I would give it away. I trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah. Drugs were in my house from the very beginning. Oh my Gosh.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

So marijuana, uh, we grew it, you know, we bagged it. Uh, I would give it away. I trade snakes for it, skateboards for it. Older kids in the neighborhood love me because I just hand them handfuls of it. Yeah. Drugs were in my house from the very beginning. Oh my Gosh.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

I had two paper routes. I had a little marijuana distribution business, but I didn't understand the value of it. You know, I'd give them probably a pound for a snake and they'd be like, you know.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

I had two paper routes. I had a little marijuana distribution business, but I didn't understand the value of it. You know, I'd give them probably a pound for a snake and they'd be like, you know.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

I had two paper routes. I had a little marijuana distribution business, but I didn't understand the value of it. You know, I'd give them probably a pound for a snake and they'd be like, you know.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

No, I mean, I was raised, my dad had a criminal element to him and I was raised, you know, to, I knew it was illegal, meaning that if the cops came, this was a problem, but I didn't understand the consequences of criminal behavior by any means, because it was just naturally a part of my environment. You were just exposed to it. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

No, I mean, I was raised, my dad had a criminal element to him and I was raised, you know, to, I knew it was illegal, meaning that if the cops came, this was a problem, but I didn't understand the consequences of criminal behavior by any means, because it was just naturally a part of my environment. You were just exposed to it. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

No, I mean, I was raised, my dad had a criminal element to him and I was raised, you know, to, I knew it was illegal, meaning that if the cops came, this was a problem, but I didn't understand the consequences of criminal behavior by any means, because it was just naturally a part of my environment. You were just exposed to it. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

Who went to jail? Uh, brother went to jail for one brother, went to jail for armed robbery. Another, uh, brother, uh, went to jail for many times. My sister went to prison, uh, many times. Um, and then one sister was the good, the good, the good sister. She was a straight A student. She kept to herself. She read books, everybody else. Uh, you know, we acted out on our trauma. Went their own way.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

Who went to jail? Uh, brother went to jail for one brother, went to jail for armed robbery. Another, uh, brother, uh, went to jail for many times. My sister went to prison, uh, many times. Um, and then one sister was the good, the good, the good sister. She was a straight A student. She kept to herself. She read books, everybody else. Uh, you know, we acted out on our trauma. Went their own way.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

Who went to jail? Uh, brother went to jail for one brother, went to jail for armed robbery. Another, uh, brother, uh, went to jail for many times. My sister went to prison, uh, many times. Um, and then one sister was the good, the good, the good sister. She was a straight A student. She kept to herself. She read books, everybody else. Uh, you know, we acted out on our trauma. Went their own way.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Transformative Power of Mentorship with Ryan Blair

Yeah. She went internal and we all went external.