322: What if you kept hitting rock bottom?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
After a childhood feeling unworthy of love and belonging, a man finds his path to the Coast Guard and a solid marriage, but after a minor back injury, he’s prescribed painkillers that send him on a tragic spiral of addiction.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
Content/Trigger Warnings: drug use, addiction, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, drunk driving, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.1 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. I did feel like there was something wrong with me. I didn't think that you know I was |
| 0:21.8 | bad or evil but I thought that I was |
| 0:25.0 | undesirable and so I routinely beat myself up harsh self criticism and I call on me was my worst enemy. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misledyne. You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 1:02.0 | Episode 322. What if you kept hitting rock bottom? |
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