Ex-Cocaine Addict Gives Inside Look at 10 Years in a Medium Security Prison | Cassandra Degraw

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Ian Bick

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Cassandra DeGraw’s life took a dark turn when addiction led her down an unexpected path. After struggling with cocaine abuse, she was sentenced to 10 years in a medium-security prison, where she had to fight for survival, redemption, and a second chance at life. Following her release, Cassandra built a huge social media following, captivating millions with raw and unfiltered prison stories. But at the height of her online success, she made the bold decision to walk away from it all to refind herself and start a new journey. In this episode, she opens up about the harsh realities of prison life, the struggles of addiction and recovery, the pressures of social media fame, and what it truly takes to start over #PrisonStory #TrueCrime #AddictionRecovery #LifeBehindBars #MediumSecurityPrison #SecondChances #SurvivingPrison #realstories Big thanks to NORDVPN for sponsoring this episode! To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/ianbick which will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Connect with Cassandra Degraw: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/its.cassmichelle/. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cassandkids/ Website: https://getunfiltered.org/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itscassmichelle?_t=ZP-8tJ9jPtytnq&_r=1 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@itsCassMichelle Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Cassie's Journey Back to Social Media 00:04:15 The Journey to Self-Care and Wholeness 00:08:45 Unexpected Path to Addiction 00:13:08 Overcoming Addiction: A Personal Journey 00:17:56 From Addiction to Crime: A Personal Story 00:21:56 Initial Arrest and Felony Charges 00:26:31 From County Jail to Prison: A Better Experience? 00:31:02 Parenting Challenges During Incarceration 00:35:38 Unexpected Life in Prison 00:40:31 Life After Prison: Transitioning to a Creator 00:44:27 Coping with Emotional Disconnection in Relationships 00:49:15 Reflecting on Early Influencer Days 00:53:53 The Pressure of Viral Content Creation 00:58:18 DIY Prison Makeup Hacks with Skittles 01:02:12 Life in Prison: Working in Property and Laundry 01:06:48 Overcoming Self-Doubt in Content Creation 01:11:09 Preparing for an Exciting Session Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cassie, welcome to Lockton. I think this was like almost three years in the making.
0:05.0	Yeah, yeah, because I kind of disappeared for a while, but I'm excited to be here.
0:10.0	Yeah, thank you so much for coming. We met back in 2000, 23 in January when we were in Texas at like that present influencer retreat.
0:17.0	Yes, oh, yes.
0:19.0	And then I was trying to get you on my show then because you were,
0:21.3	that was when I just started out. I hadn't even re-filmed an episode yet. And you were on like my list of prison content creators that had a big following to come. Yeah. Which, you know, I always thought we'd get this interview done a lot sooner, but it worked out the way it worked out. Sometimes we need the time, right?
0:39.4	Yeah, but I'm so glad you're here. It's so good to see you again. And I want you to tell the
0:43.5	audience about what you're into now, what you have going on, and why you took kind of like
0:49.6	that break from social media to focus on what you're about to explain the audience.
0:54.3	Okay. So I lost my grandfather in 22. And that kind of flipped my world upside down,
1:02.4	right? Because he was like my dad. And then I started to question life. Like, why am I here?
1:08.2	What am I supposed to be doing? Why am I so sad all the time? And I kind of
1:13.0	had to navigate that by myself. So I just disconnected from everything. In fact, when we were in Texas,
1:20.8	I realized at that point that I cannot do this. I need to just disconnect. I was so antisocial.
1:29.4	I had to just stay in the room, mostly.
1:35.6	It was very hard. That was very hard for me. And I'm not normally like a, a quiet person in the corner.
1:41.7	But that was like my reality shift where this isn't working for me. I need to do something different.
1:46.7	So when I stepped off from filming, I threw myself back into school. And I was studying quantum, the quantum field, quantum physics,
1:53.2	and trying to figure out the science-y to death and life and like, where do we go when we die?
1:59.0	Now that my grandpa's gone, I needed to know this because I was like,
2:01.5	you can't just not be here, right? Doesn't make sense. And through that, I found quantum healing.
2:08.8	And it's through meditation, I guide my clients to their higher self. It's like the big me and the
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