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The James Altucher Show

Who Are You: Brian Lawlor defied drug addiction, stripped search, and now Back to Music!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of guests that came on to promote their books or promote their self-help habits. Now, the series, Who Are You, is an experimental series where I just interview strangers, people that I never met before, (or maybe my producer, Jay has met and recommended.)  to get them to tell their stories, their downfall, their recovery, their hero's journey!In this episode, I have on Brian Lawlor, a New Jersey-born musician, who was addicted to drugs when he was younger while still able to function. He told the stories where he got addicted, he was arrested, stripped search, tried really hard to get off drugs, but kept giving excuses and going back for it. He also told me about his bizarre adventure in China where he almost got detained!Listen to this episode, and tweet at me @jaltucher and Jay @jay_yow07 if you like this series, and if you or you know someone with interesting stories!If you like this series, please leave a review, likes, and subscribes on any podcast player of your choosing!Follow Brian's journey on Instagram and Bandcamp:IG: @brianlawloredSpotify: Brian LawlorBandcamp: BrianLawlor.bandcamp.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usiTyS5bmtwVisit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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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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