Is a Sober Life Better Than the Rock Star Dream? | Tanner S.
Tanner Strickland's life was on a celebrated path: a star football recruit for the University of Georgia by age 16, a talented musician, and a young man from a tight-knit South Georgia community. But beneath the surface of this all-American success story, a struggle with addiction was brewing, starting with a prescription for Percocet at 14. Tanner opens up about how the pressure to maintain an image, a devastating injury, and the allure of the rock-and-roll lifestyle led him down a dark path of opiates, cocaine, and eventually a full-blown fentanyl addiction.
This episode is a raw journey…
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