Episode Details

Louis Essig shares his journey of hitting rock bottom, spending time in jail and how life came full circle for him as he ended up as an officer at the same jail he was incarcerated in.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:42 - Growing Up in a Small Town

00:11:54 - Unprecedented Experiences at Grand View Schools, the Beginning of using

00:18:13 - College

00:24:17 - Overcoming Background and Stereotypes

00:30:03 - Feeling like I didn't belong at college

00:35:57 - Life as a Dealer

00:42:08 - My Experience in Jail

00:48:16 - The Ham Sandwich incident

00:54:12 - Homelessness

01:00:18 - The Breaking Point

01:06:24 - The Cycle of Jail Sentences

01:12:12 - The Hustler Mentality

01:18:13 - Working at the Minimum Security Prison

01:24:31 - Respect from the Inmates

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