Sam Lucania - Author of ”Just Don’t Die”, Trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Overdoses, Jail Time, Rehab & Recovery Advocate

Knockin‘ Doorz Down

Sam Lucania talks with Jason and Mikey about his journey to sobriety and what led him down a path of addiction.

Growing up in New Jersey, Sam had a typical upbringing. He was a high-energy kid and had a lot of anxiety. He was also depressed, as a lot of adolescent kids deal with school problems as well as problems at home. To hide all this, he started drinking and using "gateway" drugs like marijuana and alcohol. Eventually, this led to pills & heavy drinking combined.

It started as self-medicating but eventually turned destructive. He was taking very high doses of prescription drugs and drinking heavily. He started to have suicidal thoughts and eventually overdosed. When Sam overdosed, he woke up handcuffed to a gurney and had no idea how he got there. He didn't get the help and counseling he needed after this, thinking he was fine. This led to him breaking and entering and stealing from a friend to support his habit, and being sentenced to jail for 3 years in 2015.

This was the wake-up call he needed and has been active in recovery ever since. Typical sobriety practices didn't work for Sam, so he found his own "holy trinity" of things that keep him sober: his spiritual fitness, physical fitness, and mental fitness. He was first inspired to do public speaking and share his story in hopes of helping someone out that may be going through a similar ordeal.

Now, Sam is an author as well, with his first book just released called "Just Don't Die", which reinforces his belief that you can cure addiction, alcoholism, and other diseases, but you can't cure death. Even if you feel like you're on the brink, you can get help and make a recovery.

This is Sam Anthony in his own words, on Knockin' Doorz Down. For more on Sam and to connect with him visit https://samanthonyspeaks.com/

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