Irish Gangster Richie Stephens’ Guide to Sobriety‎ (and Second Chances)

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Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Drug trafficker. Kidnapper. Alcoholic. Addict. Gang member. International criminal turned sober screen star. Richie’s story is also the subject of his new book, The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety—a chronicle of his descent into the abyss and the redemptive slog that followed. It’s a tale so absurd and darkly comic, that it’s currently being developed for television by the creators of the hit show Silicon Valley. Today’s episode is also viewable on YouTube: bit.ly/richiestephens684 More about Richie + show notes: bit.ly/richroll684 Heads Up: This conversation is packed with expletives, profanity, and tales of violence. So just an alert that this episode is neither family-friendly nor workplace approved. So pop on the earbuds if you got kiddos in the backseat. And If you’re easily offended, perhaps this one isn’t your cup of tea. Chock-a-block with wall-to-wall stories that will blow your hair back, this conversation will make you realize that if Richie could go from where he was to where he is today, truly anything is possible. Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	Well, the first person to read like my original manuscript was the book agents.
0:06.9	They read it twice and they were like, this is crazy, like it can't be true, but there's
0:11.7	so much detail in it, it could be true.
0:16.7	From driving back to my house, out by the beach and the cops start following me and I'm
0:23.2	all sweaty and I have an ounce in the glove compartment and I have a 22 under the seat,
0:28.0	so I'm sitting in a jail sentence if they catch me.
0:32.8	So they followed me and then the lights come on and the siren and I'm like, I'm nearly
0:37.6	having a heart attack and then they turned around and went back.
0:41.8	The way they came, they must have got a call on the radio and I nearly had a heart attack
0:46.9	and my heart was coming through my chest.
0:49.1	So I pulled over, I smoked like five cigarettes and I was like, I'm not going to jail for killing
0:55.6	this fool.
0:56.9	I decided I would go to Australia.
1:03.9	The Rich Roll Podcast.
1:12.4	So today we're going to spend an addiction to recovery yarn, old school style, what it
1:18.9	was like, what happened and what it's like now vibe.
1:22.7	So gourd your loins because this story is pretty fucking wild.
1:28.9	The Teller of Said Story is my friend Richie Stevens.
1:32.6	Richie is an Irish gangster, turned actor, turned sober, storyteller, best known for playing.
1:39.9	You guessed it.
1:41.4	Gangsters and hardened criminals and a long line of movies and television procedures.
1:46.7	Given his past as a drug trafficker, a kidnapper, a drug addict, an alcoholic and basically
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