My Mom Introduced Me to Cocaine… Then I Got Hooked on Perc 30s | Ep 208

My Mom Introduced Me to Cocaine… Then I Got Hooked on Perc 30s | Ep 208

From Get a Grip Podcast by Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes

September 4, 2026 · 2h 55m · Season 2 · Episode 208

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Gage Bobo shares his harrowing journey through addiction, influenced by his family's struggles and his own experiences with drugs.

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast , Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Gage Bobo for an emotional and brutally honest conversation about growing up around addiction, a father spending years in prison, cocaine, Xanax, Percocet 30s, homelessness, crime, relapse, and ultimately finding a reason to change. Gage opens up about his childhood and what it was like having his dad spend six years in prison. He talks about his mom's cocaine use and the moment she introduced him to cocaine while he was still in middle school. What started as something he was exposed to at home would eventually become a major part of his own life. After suffering an injury playing football, Gage's life began taking an increasingly difficult turn. He shares a deeply troubling moment when he attempted to take his own life but doesn't even remember doing it. By high school, his cocaine use was off and running. Gage eventually left Ohio to work on an oil rig, but returning home brought him right back into the environment and behaviors he had been trying to escape. He talks about a night on Xanax, his first experience with Percocet 30s, and how the combination of Perc 30s and cocaine pushed his…

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