Kickin' It

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

More than 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Alex from Brockport, New York, is determined not to be one of them. He's currently 5 months clean, after using heroin for 5 years, and Reddit is one of several resources that helped him get there. Ben and Amory go to Brockport to talk to Alex, and to the family and friends that supported him along the way.

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0:40.6	We just picked up a redder named Alex in the town of Brockport, New York.
0:44.6	Yeah, I'd go out there.
0:45.5	Just go around here and then go to the left here and go straight out the other side.
0:49.0	Oh, yeah, the side road.
0:50.3	Cool.
0:51.2	Brockport is a small town near Lake Ontario's southern shore.
0:54.9	Just outside of New York State's third largest city, Rochester.
0:58.8	Alex is 23 years old, skinny white guy.
1:01.6	He smokes Marboro Red 100s, sings in a metal band, grew up skateboarding,
1:06.6	went to the local high school, local four-year college.
1:09.7	He's got brothers, his dad and mom split up when he was a little kid,
1:13.2	but he seems good with it.
1:15.0	He points stuff out as we drive by, giving us the tour.
1:18.4	There's a big sledding hill on the right.
1:20.3	On the left, there's a big cemetery.
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