From Small Town to H3roin & M3th — Then 3 Weeks Without Sleep | Ep 159

S2E159 - From Small Town to H3roin & M3th — Then 3 Weeks Without Sleep | Ep 159

Published: May 1, 2026

Duration: 32:20

In this episode of Get A Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Tyler James to tell a story that starts in a quiet small town and spirals into a life consumed by addiction, chaos, and survival.Tyler opens up about his early years, growing up in a place where not much seemed out of the ordinary—until he was introduced to Hydrocodone at 17. What started as experimentation quickly escalated, leading him to Chicago where everything changed. He shares the intense and painful reality of using for the first time intravenously, including missing veins and learning th...