I Was Addicted To Heroin and Crack | My Body Was Shutting Down
About this episode
Lauryn Boorstein shares her harrowing journey through addiction and recovery, highlighting the impact on her family and her path to sobriety.
Lauryn Boorstein grew up in the Poconos in a home full of chaos — a painful divorce, a father she loved who struggled with his own demons, and an autistic brother she appointed herself the protector of before she was old enough to protect anyone. She fell in love with the lifestyle — the fighting, the adrenaline, the not-caring — long before she understood she was an addict. By her early twenties, crack and heroin had taken over. Her story is one of hard crashes, literal and otherwise. A stolen-car wreck as a teenager. A later accident where she describes her body shutting down at the wheel, crashing into a tree, and walking away convinced God had spared her. Multiple treatment stays, a devastating injury that left her unable to walk for years, and the losses that piled up — including a boyfriend early in her sobriety who overdosed the night she begged him to get help. But this is ultimately a story about what recovery makes possible. Lauryn got sober in 2017, and in one of the most bittersweet gifts of her life, her father — sick himself — got to watch her pick up her one-year medallion before he passed away the very next day. In the years since, she's become a devoted single…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Lanning
Guest: Lauryn Boorstein
Topics covered
- addiction
- recovery
- personal story
- family dynamics
- mental health
Sponsors
Caron Treatment Centers
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