Inside My Federal RICO Case: How Meth Changed My Life | Chris Stroud

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Chris Stroud's life changed when he became involved in a federal RICO case for selling methamphetamine, leading to a prison sentence. In this interview, Chris shares his experiences, detailing how he got involved in drug trafficking, the legal battles he faced, his time in federal prison, and the challenges of rebuilding his life after incarceration. #FederalRICOCase #MethDealingStory #InsideRICOCase #FederalPrisonJourney #TrueCrimeStory #DrugCharges #RICOCaseExplained #LifeAfterPrison Connect with Chris Stroud: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FieldOfNoise1?mibextid=LQQJ4d Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldofnoise/profilecard/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Websites: https://healthyliferecovery.com/ https://bajarehab.com/ https://steppingstonesd.org/ Thank you to our sponsors this week: PrizePicks: Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/IANBICK & download the app today & use code IANBICK to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! 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://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Growing Up with Addicted Parents 00:05:00 Joining the Army to Escape Troubled Times 00:09:48 Motorcycle Accident and Identity Confusion 00:14:44 Arrest and Extradition to LA County 00:19:50 Discovering a Daughter at 32 00:24:24 Struggles with Addiction and Consequences 00:29:38 Journey Through Addiction and Attempts at Recovery 00:35:22 Regrets and Attempted Reconnection with Children 00:40:39 Transition to San Diego: Selling Meth and Weed 00:45:54 Weed Growing Venture in Arizona Turns Dramatic 00:50:54 Navigating a RICO Case and Negotiating a Plea Deal 00:56:09 Life in Orange County Jail: A Personal Account 01:01:00 Navigating Racial Dynamics in California Prisons 01:05:59 Overcoming Addiction: A Journey of Recovery 01:11:08 Healing in an LGBTQ Community 01:16:22 Finding Purpose and Motivation Through Recovery 01:21:06 Upcoming Meeting and Travel Plans 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	Chris, welcome to Lockton. Where'd you come from today? San Diego.
0:04.3	San Diego, wow. Yeah. The warm weather. Love it. You probably suck getting off the plane here.
0:10.0	No, dude, like driving here from the city was beautiful, bro. It's so different.
0:15.9	Perfect time of year. It's the fall, end of the fall weather. But it's cold. If you came a few days earlier, it was warmer. Dude, this is, it's just as cold in San Diego right now. This, really? This weather? Yeah. Holy cow. Wow, yeah. I don't know. I like California weather. I hate like really cool temperatures, like waking up. The morning's the worst when you get up around here and it's like in the 40s
0:38.1	or the 30s yeah i don't think they have that's a little too cold yeah they don't have that in
0:42.0	san diego um but yeah thanks again for coming man thank you for the shirt um this is your friend's
0:48.5	company yeah yeah if you want to just explain what it is and where people can find this at
0:53.1	it's just a friend of mine.
0:56.6	He started a, can I say?
0:57.7	Yeah, yeah, you can say. So he started this thing with the friend of his just t-shirts that were fuck fentanyl because of so many people dying of the fentanyl crisis.
1:08.7	And then he started his own podcast.
1:13.8	And he's, he's killing it right now that's awesome so you know i just wanted to give you that and kind of promote his his thing because
1:19.3	he's doing a lot of good out there what's the name of his podcast fuck fentanyl oh that's the name of
1:23.7	it too okay yeah that's awesome were you were you on his show before? I was. Yeah.
1:28.2	It was the first podcast I did. How did you guys meet?
1:32.8	So we both work in treatment. Yeah. So he works at the same company I used to work at.
1:40.5	Awesome. Now, did you grow up in San Diego? No, I grew up in L.A. County. Okay. Yeah.
1:46.2	Mom, dad, siblings? No sibling. It was my stepdad. Um, kind of, I was born in Lone Pine.
1:56.6	It's a little tiny town in central California. You know, and then my mom and dad were both drug addicts when I was growing up.
2:06.8	And then they got sober when I was 11 or 12 years old.
2:14.5	And I mean, I think by then it was already too late for me.
2:17.4	I was already in late for me.
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