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🗓️ 24 September 2025
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Author Lara Love Hardin tells the harrowing story of her battle with a painkiller & heroin addiction, the utter devastation she felt when police showed up at her door separating her from her children, and ultimately her path towards taking accountability and healing. Her writing has been recognized as an Oprah Book Club pick and she is a national bestselling author & book agent.
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| 0:00.0 | When he grabbed my arm and he said, you will never see your children again. |
| 0:04.8 | You should not be anyone's mother. |
| 0:07.6 | And I was like, I believed him. |
| 0:16.0 | It's midnight. |
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| 0:47.4 | If you or somebody you know has battled addiction, you're going to want to check this episode out. |
| 0:53.4 | Welcome to Rock Bottom. I'm |
| 0:54.9 | Ned Fulmer. Today, my guest is Lara Love Hardin. She's an author and a mother who |
| 1:00.9 | overcame a battle with heroin addiction on her way to becoming an Oprah Book Club bestseller. |
| 1:07.0 | In this episode, we dive into the pain and the secrets and all of the things that she was carrying while she was in her active addiction. |
| 1:16.5 | And what that moment was like when the police showed up at her door and she was arrested for stealing from her friends and neighbors to finance her addiction. |
| 1:30.3 | The things that the police said, the things that the judge said, those are things that she had to face head on and that were very painful. |
| 1:38.3 | Her journey out of it, I think, is a really inspiring story, |
| 1:42.3 | and I hope that you get a lot out of it. You know, |
| 1:45.7 | addiction is cunning, baffling, powerful. It makes people feel so, so alone like there's no hope. |
| 1:53.4 | And I hope that with episodes like this, that you who are listening that feel like a sense of community feel less alone. |
| 2:03.6 | This show is part of my desire to build a more curious and empathetic world. |
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