4: Heroin or Heroine
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What is 'Blink' about and who is the host?
Blink is intended for mature audiences as it discusses topics that can be upsetting, such as drug use, sexual assault, and emotional and physical violence. And in this particular episode, pregnancy and child loss is also mentioned. Content warnings for each episode are included in the show notes. Resources for drug addiction and domestic abuse can be found in the show notes and on our website, blinkthepodcast.com. The testimonies and opinions expressed by guests of the show are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of myself or affiliates of this podcast. Love. It's the promise of warmth, comfort, and safety, isn't it? It's a force that we're all drawn to as if we're hardwired to crave it. And everyone deserves to be loved. But love does have a dark side. Choosing who we let close, who we let into the quietest, most fragile corners of our lives, it's a risk.
But the idea of finding someone who seems perfect, who knows just what to say, who makes you feel seen and safe, understood, loved, well, that makes it all worth it, right? But sometimes, instead of safety, we find betrayal. Sometimes, the hand you hold can be the hand that pulls you under. Love is a gamble, and it could cost you everything. This is Blink. I'm your host, Corinne Vien.
Thank you.
Who is Jake and how did he meet Ellen?
I was working as a sous chef in Hudson Mass at a place called the Horseshoe Pub. This place had like 150 beers on tap, I think a total of 900 beers, and they were trying to be like a gastropub, like doing this fancy-ish food paired with these beers. I was a nicotine addict, and I was smoking a cigarette in the back. This girl pulls in on like a Harley motorcycle. I could tell she was cute. There was like three spots, the dumpster and this door and I'm smoking like at the door next to the dumpster. And she parked in one of the spots and I'm like... She coming here, you know, the back door, like she's not a customer. And I had never seen her. I'd worked there for a while. She gets off her bike and walks in the employee entrance right by me. And I was like, hey, or something.
And she was like, hi. And walks right in. I just said to myself, I'm like, who the fuck is that? This chick's riding a Harley that's, like, badass, you know? I had a friend working in the kitchen, too. And I remember asking, and I was like, yo, who's that girl? That's Ellen. She goes by Elle. She works, like, once a month, attends bar on a Friday night, and makes, like, more money than we make in a week.
A few weeks went by and Jake continued working in the kitchen, seeing Ellen every few weeks.
I just remember feeling like she was spending more time in the kitchen than she needed to. And towards the end of the night, she was on there and I was like, hey, I'm like, we should hang out sometime. And she was like, yeah. And I'm like, can I get your number? And she was like, yeah.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is 'Blink' about and who is the host?
1:08–3:28
2
Who is Jake and how did he meet Ellen?
3:28–7:10
3
What challenges did Jake face with his addiction?
7:10–9:09
4
How did Jake's relationship with Ellen develop?
9:09–11:49
5
What lies did Jake tell Ellen and why?
11:49–15:05
6
How did Jake try to improve his life?
15:05–39:34