Tim Medvetz

And so I had to wear that. I had a knee brace. Did they call you Turtle? My girlfriend did sign it. Um, but so I went through this whole, you know, six months and then I started walking again and then it was like, okay, you got to start going to rehab.

And I walk into this rehab center and I just remember like all these old people and you know, they give you the little ball thing and you gotta squeeze the ball. Right. And I was just looking around going, what the am I doing in here, man? Cause you're used to lifting big weights. Yeah. I'm like, this ain't for me. And I walked out and now, but I had some serious injuries.

And I walk into this rehab center and I just remember like all these old people and you know, they give you the little ball thing and you gotta squeeze the ball. Right. And I was just looking around going, what the am I doing in here, man? Cause you're used to lifting big weights. Yeah. I'm like, this ain't for me. And I walked out and now, but I had some serious injuries.

And I walk into this rehab center and I just remember like all these old people and you know, they give you the little ball thing and you gotta squeeze the ball. Right. And I was just looking around going, what the am I doing in here, man? Cause you're used to lifting big weights. Yeah. I'm like, this ain't for me. And I walked out and now, but I had some serious injuries.

So I had to numb the pain. To pretend that I wasn't hurt. I never got hurt. No way. I'm still going to be the tough guy I was before the accident. So five Vicodins a day, 10 Vicodins a day. The tolerance starts going 15 a day, 20 a day. Whiskey to go to sleep. You know, it was just this self-destructive phase for a year. Got on the bike. I went to, you know, all over America on my motorcycle.

So I had to numb the pain. To pretend that I wasn't hurt. I never got hurt. No way. I'm still going to be the tough guy I was before the accident. So five Vicodins a day, 10 Vicodins a day. The tolerance starts going 15 a day, 20 a day. Whiskey to go to sleep. You know, it was just this self-destructive phase for a year. Got on the bike. I went to, you know, all over America on my motorcycle.

So I had to numb the pain. To pretend that I wasn't hurt. I never got hurt. No way. I'm still going to be the tough guy I was before the accident. So five Vicodins a day, 10 Vicodins a day. The tolerance starts going 15 a day, 20 a day. Whiskey to go to sleep. You know, it was just this self-destructive phase for a year. Got on the bike. I went to, you know, all over America on my motorcycle.

And just anything to numb the pain. And then finally, I'm like back in Hollywood. My chick dumped me. The club had enough of me. I was completely out of control. That's when you know you're in a bad place. When the Hells Angels had enough of you, you know you're in a bad place. Why did they have enough of you? Had enough of me because I was out of control. I was drugged up. I was...

And just anything to numb the pain. And then finally, I'm like back in Hollywood. My chick dumped me. The club had enough of me. I was completely out of control. That's when you know you're in a bad place. When the Hells Angels had enough of you, you know you're in a bad place. Why did they have enough of you? Had enough of me because I was out of control. I was drugged up. I was...

And just anything to numb the pain. And then finally, I'm like back in Hollywood. My chick dumped me. The club had enough of me. I was completely out of control. That's when you know you're in a bad place. When the Hells Angels had enough of you, you know you're in a bad place. Why did they have enough of you? Had enough of me because I was out of control. I was drugged up. I was...

I just wasn't in the right mind. There you go. I was in the right mind. I wasn't, you know, life was just took a turn. It's because drugs affect your decision making and they make you out of control. I mean, I'm swinging fists at guys in a bar with this turtle shell on and a knee brace on. Like, what are you doing? Slow the fuck down. Right. Now it brings me back to when I was 15, right?

I just wasn't in the right mind. There you go. I was in the right mind. I wasn't, you know, life was just took a turn. It's because drugs affect your decision making and they make you out of control. I mean, I'm swinging fists at guys in a bar with this turtle shell on and a knee brace on. Like, what are you doing? Slow the fuck down. Right. Now it brings me back to when I was 15, right?

I just wasn't in the right mind. There you go. I was in the right mind. I wasn't, you know, life was just took a turn. It's because drugs affect your decision making and they make you out of control. I mean, I'm swinging fists at guys in a bar with this turtle shell on and a knee brace on. Like, what are you doing? Slow the fuck down. Right. Now it brings me back to when I was 15, right?

And now the judge said, okay, son, pump the brakes here. Boom, sends me away. But now all these years later, I didn't have a judge telling me, you know, you're going to rehab. So I'm sitting in my apartment and I'm doped up on the pills, bottle of booze.

And now the judge said, okay, son, pump the brakes here. Boom, sends me away. But now all these years later, I didn't have a judge telling me, you know, you're going to rehab. So I'm sitting in my apartment and I'm doped up on the pills, bottle of booze.

And now the judge said, okay, son, pump the brakes here. Boom, sends me away. But now all these years later, I didn't have a judge telling me, you know, you're going to rehab. So I'm sitting in my apartment and I'm doped up on the pills, bottle of booze.

And all of a sudden I like this, the sun comes through the blinds and my little one bedroom apartment in Hollywood, right off of Melrose and the lights hit the bookcase. And there's only one book in that case, one book. I wasn't, I wasn't a big reader, you know? And it was into thin air by John Krakauer. And my girlfriend got it for me like a couple of years prior to that. And I just, Oh, thanks.

And all of a sudden I like this, the sun comes through the blinds and my little one bedroom apartment in Hollywood, right off of Melrose and the lights hit the bookcase. And there's only one book in that case, one book. I wasn't, I wasn't a big reader, you know? And it was into thin air by John Krakauer. And my girlfriend got it for me like a couple of years prior to that. And I just, Oh, thanks.

And all of a sudden I like this, the sun comes through the blinds and my little one bedroom apartment in Hollywood, right off of Melrose and the lights hit the bookcase. And there's only one book in that case, one book. I wasn't, I wasn't a big reader, you know? And it was into thin air by John Krakauer. And my girlfriend got it for me like a couple of years prior to that. And I just, Oh, thanks.

This is great. I think he would like, cause I always climbed it. Boom. I grabbed it, stumbled over the bookcase, grabbed it, started reading as I'm down in the booze. And I just was obsessed with this book. I couldn't put it down. What was the book about? It's about the 96 commercial disaster on Everest where nine people lost their lives. And I was just completely enthralled with this book.