He Saved Every Pill Bottle for 15 Years — What He Built With Them Is Unforgettable

About this episode

Frank shares his transformative journey of saving pill bottles for 15 years and creating a life-size sculpture from them.

For 15 years, Frank saved every single pill bottle. He didn't know why. Through his divorce, through the worst years of his addiction to Oxycontin and Methadone, through watching his entire family wilting away — he kept throwing the bottles into a trash bag. Two trash bags. Then one day his doctor was gone, and Frank had to decide what he was going to do. What he built from those bottles became Pillman — a life-size sculpture made entirely from his own prescription bottles, every one bearin...

People in this episode

Host: Richard Marczewski Jr.

Guest: Frank

Topics covered

• addiction
• recovery
• art
• personal journey
• divorce
• mental health

Keywords

• pill bottles
• addiction
• sculpture
• Pillman
• Oxycontin
• Methadone
• recovery
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Oxycontin, Methadone

Books & works: Pillman

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