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Chapter 1: What experiences shaped Bryan's misspent youth?
Miss Magic Maggie here from the House of Bliss in San Diego. So this is a public service announcement. I used to use tanning beds because I felt inadequate because I'm a Native American with white skin due to my Druid ancestors. But when I was in the tanning bed, I spread my legs so that I wouldn't have lines. And now I've got two moles on my hoo-hoo on each side.
And so I would not suggest using tanning beds. Be blissful. Miss Magic.
Boo!
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Chapter 2: What challenges did Bryan face after leaving home at 17?
I was just kind of a mess. And when you leave the house at 17 fucking years old, you don't know anything.
No, you think you do, though.
Oh, I did.
Oh, yes, I did. I got this.
Yeah, I got this. I got this mattress I'm going to take to my stripper's house, my stripper girlfriend's townhouse. And we're going to live there. Little did I know they were running a little side business out of the house.
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Chapter 3: How did Bryan's living situation with sex workers impact him?
It was called escorting.
People were sneaking in and out of the back door. They were. They were opening the sliding glass door at like 3 in the morning. The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now.
Oh yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green, this is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris.
Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Happy to have you back in studio here with us, day number two. How are you feeling?
Feels great. Settling back in? Yes, feels like a... Warm, snuggly blanket.
It does kind of, yeah.
That I just got back into. It's our cavernous cave here.
It is very... The tree of trust.
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Chapter 4: What lessons did Bryan learn from living in halfway houses?
The tree of trust, as you might. You're in the little nest with the birds in the tree of trust. Yeah. And again, thanks to Tina for hopping in.
Absolutely.
She did a great job.
Fantastic.
Just a great job. It was wonderful to sit and have a conversation with her. I actually was responding to some text messages because people were like, Love the episodes with Tina. Who is Tina? I don't think I ever explained to those who are new to the show who Tina was. So there must have been four of those messages.
Who is Tina? And how did she get there?
Tina is... She's a little birdie. She's another little birdie that flew into the mask. She flies around the show. That's right.
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Chapter 5: What role did music play in Bryan's life during his youth?
I have been friends with Tina for over 30 years. I have known Tina. She's a family friend. She's a good, dear friend of mine. A little story about Tina that I probably should have told when she was here, but we'll tell it when she's not. When...
I was living, did I ever tell you this story about how one night I thought I was getting cocaine and we got crystal meth and then we thought we were crystal meth dealers. So we were, okay. Tina may or may not have been around me at that time.
And I was living in an apartment with a dude who had a job in construction and he was sober, like hardcore sober, had been an alcoholic and a drug addict for many, many years. And his rules of these houses, this house was insane.
How did you get hooked up with him?
I was traveling around couches because I was a real fucking shithead. I mean, I wanted to be the next Eddie Vedder, but that's not gainful employment, wanting to be the next Eddie Vedder. That doesn't pay very well. Do you know what I'm saying? Especially not when you have a voice like I do.
So I was just like couch hopping and some, eventually I said to one of my friends, a guy who was also in AA, listen to this story. This is crazy. Okay, here we go. Brian, story time with Brian. I was at a house where everyone was, it was the weed house. Everyone was smoking weed. It was like a real white man, the white men who didn't think they were white.
The Bob Marley?
Yes.
White Bob Marley?
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Chapter 6: Who is Nacho Red and what insights does he share?
I probably didn't have a place to stay that night. The guys told me, ah, come crash on our couch. It was a house full of people, as it always was, of weird people in and out of the house. You know, hold your wallet really tight, like that kind of scene.
The land of the misfit toys?
The land of the misfit white people. I mean, that's what it was, right? So I never forget. We're watching TV. They're passing around this joint. I'm hitting it. And I start to get, I go super para, like super para.
I remember those days.
I'm just in my head. It's all spinning around. I can't breathe. My heart's racing too fast. I'm dead. I'm dying. I can't think.
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Chapter 7: How does Bryan compare his journey to that of his guests?
Am I thinking? Am I breathing? Should I think about breathing? Yes. I can't move. And I freaked out. And I called the one person, the one person that I thought could help me. And that is a guy from high school who went to AA, who started, who like got sober in high school. He didn't even have enough time to become a drug addict or an alcoholic, but he went straight. He knits it in the butt.
Do not pass go. And still to this day, I believe the guy is sober.
Good for him.
But, and he was a friend in grade school. He was a friend in high school. So I know his, I have his phone number in my little black book because back then you didn't have a phone. You had a black book. I open it up. I call him and I mumble jumble my way through a conversation. And an hour later, he is picking me up with his AA sponsor.
Chapter 8: What reflections does Bryan have about his past and its impact on his present?
And we are headed to a Waffle House where the AA sponsor is buying me something to eat and asking me a series of questions. Here's some of the questions. Do you believe that alcohol and drugs is negatively affecting your life or your relationships? And I'm eating like I've never eaten before. And I'm like, uh-huh. Definitely. Definitely. Can I have more? Can I have more waffles? Yeah. Yes.
More syrup.
Do you owe any drug dealers any money? Probably. Yep. Definitely. As a matter of fact, I think I still owe the people at that house money. Okay, we're going to figure that out. We're going to figure that out for you. Are you willing to submit to a higher power? Uh-huh. Definitely. Definitely. Can I have some more syrup with these waffles and some coffee and a high C orange juice, please?
Anything you say.
Anything you say. And these guys are so serious. They're just like staring me down and I'm like, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 24 hours later, I am in a halfway house. Okay. A halfway house. Okay. For people who have problems with drugs and alcohol. Yeah. This was probably, certainly the lowest point in my young life at that point. I didn't know how I got there. I didn't know why I got there.
So you had like a room?
I had a room with two other guys.
Okay.
In a shitty apartment complex on Buford Highway.
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