Inside the Harsh Reality of a Pill Addict’s Life | John Tatro

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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John Tatro shares his struggles with pill addiction, the hold it had on his life, and the breaking point that made him seek change. #PillAddiction #SubstanceAbuse #TrueStory #MentalHealth #RecoveryJourney #OpioidEpidemic #HardTruth #lifestruggles Thank you to LUCY for sponsoring today’s episode: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to HTTP://LUCY.CO/IANBICK and use promo code (IANBICK) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Connect with John Tatro: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TacoTatro?mibextid=LQQJ4d 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 The Journey from Iowa to Connecticut Pizza Limitations 00:04:34 Struggles with Identity and Crime 00:09:02 Navigating a Turbulent Childhood 00:13:41 Aspirations of a Musician: From Dreams to Reality 00:18:22 Arrest and First Experience in Juvenile Detention Center 00:23:03 Life in County Jail: A Harsh Reality 00:27:53 Exploring Drug Addiction and Its Consequences 00:32:30 Overcoming Adverse Beginnings 00:37:22 Repeated Arrests for Driving on Suspended License 00:41:40 Life in a County Jail 00:47:18 The Wild Night of Car Shopping 00:50:54 Overcoming Addiction and Finding Stability 00:55:38 Transition from Survival Mode to Sobriety 01:00:19 Arrest and Family Loyalty 01:05:41 Overcoming Systemic Injustice 01:09:33 Finding Simplicity in Life 01:14:16 A Heartfelt Farewell and Safe Travels 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	John, aka Taco, welcome to Lockton, man.
1:03.6	Hell yeah, man.
1:05.5	Where do you come from to get here today?
1:09.0	Today I came from, well, we came from Iowa.
1:09.7	Wow.
1:27.5	You might be our first Iowa guest. You've been listening to the podcast, maybe you could tell me. No, I don't think there was anybody from Iowa. Okay. And you had quite a journey to get here. You guys tried Stanziados and Vanbury, Best Pizza in Connecticut. It was really good. Yeah. Honestly, I like Stanziados better than Pepe's. I see in that put that one first, so that's why I was like, oh, we got to go try that place. Like, because you even put the exclamation points on that. I was using voice to text, but. Hey, that's all good. It felt your emotion. I always tell people to go to Stanziados. I don't know. I guess if you're a more traditional New York style pizza, you'll like like a Pepe's, but Stanziato's, I like the personal wood-fired pizza. The crust, the way that it was was so good. It just had the, like, the perfect amount of crunch versus like, like, a lot of pizza places, they'll come out like kind of rubbery after it sits for like five or ten minutes but that wasn't like that. Yeah, and they have a lot of pizza places they'll come out like kind of rubbery after it sits for like five or
2:01.0	ten minutes but that wasn't like that yeah and they have um um a lot of other entrees and stuff over there too
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