Who Are You: Brian Lawlor defied drug addiction, stripped search, and now Back to Music!
The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:16.2 | How do you go from like drug addict junkie to jail to successfully musician? |
| 0:22.6 | I mean this guy's got so many stories that were unbelievable to me. |
| 0:26.2 | I didn't even know who he was. |
| 0:27.6 | It's part of a new series we're gonna call Who Are You? |
| 0:30.8 | Where it's focused on the story and this one was just riveting. |
| 0:35.4 | So here's Brian Lawler and his story. |
| 0:51.4 | So Brian, I don't know who the hell you are, but I know you've been in it |
| 0:57.5 | in and out of jail and you had some interesting stories and all sorts. |
| 1:02.4 | I have a list of interesting stories that you've been through. |
| 1:04.8 | But like, first off welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:07.4 | Thank you. Thank you for having me here. |
| 1:09.4 | And why'd you go to jail? |
| 1:11.6 | Well, you could basically all relate it to drug use. |
| 1:16.6 | So I used to be a very serious heroin and cocaine addict and not, |
| 1:23.7 | when you get arrested it's not just because of the actual drugs. |
| 1:27.0 | It's the things that you do to acquire the drugs. |
| 1:29.1 | So credit card fraud, stealing cars, not showing up to court dates. |
| 1:34.6 | So there was a string in the early to mid 2000s where I was just getting popped |
| 1:40.1 | like every couple of months and just not going to court until eventually in a stolen vehicle. |
| 1:45.5 | I got popped sort of the last time and locked up and wasn't bailed out. |
| 1:50.0 | And so kind of languished in there for like eight months in the county jail. |
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