Episode 79 - "I was using 1kg of cocaine for 2 months" Austin Rampt on severe addiction, the Mexican cartel and recovery though vulnerability.

This is one of the most confronting conversations we've ever put on Soul Stories. In this episode, Michelle Anne sits down with American author Austin Rampt, whose memoir One Last Hit lays out a life that went from a Tampa childhood, to nine years of hard won sobriety, to a relapse that ended with him living inside the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. Austin talks openly about the neurological tics and family trauma that shaped him as a kid, the addiction that followed him from age 12, the overdoses, the eight rehabs, and the renal failure that nearly took his life. He also talks about what came after Mexico. Coming home with nothing left, and the slow, uncomfortable work of learning that he was worthy of love without having to achieve anything to earn it. What makes this one land isn't the chaos, even though there's plenty of it. It's what Austin learned about vulnerability on the other side. He talks candidly about rebuilding his marriage, parenting two teenagers who mirror parts of himself back at him, and staying honest about his sobriety date even when the honest answer is complicated. This is Self Belief, Support and Spirituality in action, a reminder that the mask we think keeps us safe is usually the very thing keeping us from the connection we're starving for. Connect with us: Those Sisters, website https://www.those2sisters.com Join the thosesisters retreat: https://www.those2sisters.com/retreats Join the Membership: https://www.those2sisters.au/membership Connect with  Austin Rampt, One Last Hit Website: https://onelasthitbook.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneLastHitBook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onelasthitbook/