313: The Redemption of a Mormon Drug Dealer With Sean Hemeon
Soberful
Veronica Valli
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Soberful podcast, Sean Hemeon shares his extraordinary journey from a troubled upbringing in a strict Mormon household to becoming a successful actor and author. He discusses his struggles with addiction, the challenges of coming out as gay, and the transformative power of sobriety. Sean reflects on his experiences as a drug dealer, the consequences of his actions, and the path to redemption through recovery and acting. He emphasizes the importance of spirituality and connection in his life, and shares his aspirations for the future. To learn more, visit the show notes.
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| 0:00.0 | I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting |
| 0:10.1 | their story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure. |
| 0:22.4 | I could touch but never hold. |
| 0:27.9 | Hello and welcome to the Soberforce podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm Veronica Valley and I'm here with Sean Hemion. |
| 0:34.6 | Hey, Sean. |
| 0:35.3 | Hi. |
| 0:36.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:39.0 | You're welcome. Sean sent me a delightful email and I was like, oh, he just sounds like a ton of fun. Let's get him out. |
| 0:44.4 | So Sean is a gay actor. He's been in 911 criminal wine, CW's husbands and true blood, |
| 0:52.3 | true blood, which is what hooked me because I love me a vampire. |
| 0:56.4 | And he's a writer and working on his debut memoir, The Good Little Drug Lord. |
| 1:00.1 | Now this is like, I don't even know where to stop with this. |
| 1:03.3 | Former Mormon drug dealer who found redemption as a knock for the federal government confronting the Russian mafia, |
| 1:12.6 | my darkest self, my mother, and the mother of a young man who died because I failed to act. |
| 1:18.0 | I've come full circle sharing this journey with others interested in stories of mental health |
| 1:21.8 | addiction, redemption, and identity. You don't look old enough to have done all these things. |
| 1:26.2 | Oh, stop. Thank you. Hey, you know what it is? It's, oh, actually, wait, today's Monday. So two days, on April 9th, I'll have 20 years of sobriety. So this is what sobriety looks like. You get like, that's the secret to aging, sobriety. A hundred hundred percent how old were you when you stopped drinking |
| 1:45.0 | 23 so i'll be 40 i am 43 i'll beat 43 i am 43 i stopped at 23 and i'll have 20 years in two |
| 1:52.8 | days yeah i stopped 27 and i'm 52 you look great it's the gift just stopping in your 20s. |
| 2:01.8 | It's the gift. |
| 2:03.0 | It's amazing. |
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