Jimmy McGill suffered from addiction for almost three decades. Starting at age 11, Jimmy followed down the path set for him by his father and grandfather, turning to substances to cope with his circumstances. After a string of arrests and releases, Jimmy was paroled to a recovery residence and began a new phase of his life as a sobriety activist. Jimmy is a champion of the peer recovery movement and is leading the way in his home state of Arkansas, which he says has “grabbed the torch.” Listen to him talk about the importance of these kinds of programs and how he hopes to reach those who were “considered unreachable and unteachable” through his platform.

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00:00 Intro
01:07 Lost Trails Communications
01:40 Upbringing. Never saw a happy home until he broke into one
08:24 Not a Product of his Environment
10:11 Father in and out of jail
12:33 Any Regrets? Breaking Barriers.
16:05 Start of Crime and Joining a Gang
27:30 Living up to his dad’s Reputation
29:10 Misconceptions about Prison
34:21 Lost Trails Communications
35:43 Prison Nickname
36:34 Prison Sentencing
37:28 Craziest Arrest Story
40:45 Craziest Prison Story
42:45 Lonoke County Jail
55:36 First time coming back to speak at Lonoke
57:25 Changing the System
1:05:30 Message

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