"I Didn't Leave My House For a Year" | John Scafiddi Jr on Depression, Weed & Getting Your Life Back
About this episode
John Scafiddi Jr shares his experience with depression and isolation after spending a year indoors, discussing the challenges many men face in silence.
He didn't leave his house for a year. Smoked weed, watched shows, and told himself he was fine — while his whole life sat on pause. In this episode, I sit down with John Scafiddi Jr — co-host of The Journey podcast and founder of the clothing brand At War, built on one idea: we're all at war with something. This isn't my typical recovery episode. John's story isn't about a substance taking everything — it's about the quieter battle so many men are fighting right now: depression, isolation, comparison, and a phone that makes everyone else's life look perfect while yours falls apart behind closed doors. We get into: * The two-year party run and the comedown that almost broke him * Spending a full year inside — and what finally got him out * Why "everything looked good on Instagram" while he hoped he wouldn't wake up * Growing up Italian in Brooklyn where crying wasn't allowed — and what bottling it up cost him * Being judged his whole life for how he looks vs. who he actually is * Why he bullshitted his way through therapy — and why he's ready to do it right this time * My own story: the bookies, Vegas, the $800K hole, and what gambling recovery actually looks like * What legalized…
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