Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate

Welcome back to “Hell Has An Entrance: Part 2 with Bryan Alzate“. On last weeks episode, Bryan left off at one of the most pivotal moments of his life - he found himself at Docs place which was basically a crack house in a neighborhood called Shady Banks. He was 14 yrs old the very first time he smoked crack.The next several years of Bryans life can be described as an absolute hell. In order to feed his rampant addiction, he began stealing from friends, strangers, and even robbing his dealers, the drugs had completely consumed his entire being. Bryan had crossed the line from using on the weekends to being totally dependent on opiates and crack cocaine; experiencing using against his will during his teenage years. It wasn’t until an intervention, that Bryan finally fell to his knees. Desperate for help, he finally admitted to himself and everyone else that he’s an addict who needed help. Bryan takes us on a journey with him as he describes his first experience at detox and rehab and shares all of his vulnerabilities in raw detail. Told in his own words, Bryan shares his story in the hopes that someone who is struggling can find hope by listening. He wants to let the addict listening that it’s not going to be easy , but it’s not necessarily going to be hard either, it’s going to be different. It’s going to be a new way of life. This episode is not to be missed!🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/fInE_m-4bEs🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 34 of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. This episode is Part 1 of 4 of the “Hell Has an Entrance” special, where host - Bryan Alzate, begins to share his own personal story.Bryan grew up in good neighborhood with plenty of friends. On paper, his environment seemingly provided everything a kid could ever need to flourish and have a healthy and normal upbringing. For many reasons though, he always felt different. Through the years, Bryan has had the ability to do some deep self-reflecting, he’s gone back and worked through some of his earliest memories, childhood experiences and traumas. It’s through this, that Bryan has come believe that he may have very well been born an addict. By 9, Bryan smoked for the very first time with the new punk rock kid that had just moved in next door. He realized how quickly he could make friends through smoking weed with just about anyone. From that day forward, it became clear to Bryan that drugs would be his way to acceptance. Being the little brother, it wasn’t unusual for his older brother to reject him, (as siblings often do growing up) but when Bryan offered to smoke them out - he was instantly accepted and became part of the group. He was no longer “the annoying little brother”, he was cool now. Bryan decided that having weed on him at all times was the answer to fitting in. It became the social lubricant that would open the door to any social group and make him the cool kid in any crowd.By the time Bryan was 13 or 14 he was already dealing weed, experimenting with cocaine, and had been arrested for the first time. In an attempt to keep Bryan from continuing down the wrong path, his parents shipped him off to Military school freshman year of highschool. They could have never imagined that this would be the beginning of an even more intense downward spiral. Bryan quickly became the known cocaine dealer at his new school. Every day, he dove deeper into his cocaine and drug addiction, taking it on as his main motivation in life and making drugs his defining characteristic. In a turning point of events, Bryan’s buddy took him to a “crack house” for the first time so that he could sell more cocaine. Bryan’s eyes were opened to a whole new world. Within a few months, he would take his first hit of crack - Bryan describes it his own words as being “love at first toke”. By the time he was 17, Bryan found himself spending most of his time at crack houses addicted to heavy drugs… The host of our show found out from a very early age that Hell Has an Entrance, walking miles in these footsteps, he was able to experience the absolute hell that is “addiction”. It is through these experiences that he not only brings us the Hell Has an Exit Podcast, but is also able to deliver us the message of HOPE. Through his devotion to recovery, Bryan has had a direct impact on the lives of hundreds of addicts - helping them get clean through sharing his story, through United Recovery Project - the addiction treatment center he co-founded, through sponsorship, or through his dedication to the Hell Has an Exit Podcast.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ctBvhS6mknU🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode Thirty-Three of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with good friend Baltimore John.On this episode Bryan and John dive right into what it was like for John being born and raised in Baltimore, and what his early childhood teenage years were like. For John, his abusive father kicked off the beginning of a tumultuous upbringing until his parents finally got divorced. It wasn’t smooth sailing after that though, as John and his mother bounced around rough neighborhoods in Baltimore, scraping up what they could to get by. It was, as John describes it “as white trash as it get”. Surrounded by a culture of gangs and drugs, it wouldn’t be long before John would find himself immersed in the environment he found himself in. The exposure to the crime, the drugs, the abuse, and all of the other terrible events that John witnessed so early on in his life, affected him so deeply that he would eventually begin suffering from PTSD.As the things progress quickly in Johns life through a whirlwind of events, he eventually finds himself addicted to crack cocaine. Much like Bryan, John was able to get clean early. Listen to this inspiring episode as the two discuss what its like getting clean so young, and what its like to be so deeply addicted to drugs at such a young age. As an educator and now social worker, John is an inspiration to his community and has an amazing story. Listen to this episode to find out how John went from being homeless and nearly dying from an addiction to crack, to a life of education and service. Everyone knows John today for his great sense of humor and the positive energy that he radiates. Check out this very interesting episode with a deep dive into the spirituality of sobriety.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ltISw09efLE🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode Thirty-Two of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with his good friend Matty D. The two have known each other since their early teenage years - through their drug using years, and now during the best years - The recovery years.Early on in his teenage years, Matty D. wasn’t too much different than your average high-schooler. He was passionate about surfing and liked to smoke weed. However, some not-so-average things were going on around him. Things that would eventually lead him down a dark path. Matty didn’t exactly have the most sound role models setting good examples for him to follow. Between his stepfather being arrested for drug dealing and his aunt - who struggled with her own addiction - inviting him over her house to do drugs any time he got in trouble; it wouldn’t be long before he would find himself in the thick of his own addiction.Things really took a turn for the worse when Matty’s uncle introduced him to the Florida pill mill world. He would spend all of his time filling fake prescriptions and selling pills all over the country. He quickly found himself selling just about anything - pills, weed, psychedelics, cocaine, you name it. It was right around this time, that Matty got into pills himself. Before he could even see what was happeneing, Matty’s life became completely consumed by his addiction. The grip was so strong that he would use for the next 10 years to come - using through the birth of his daughter and even through her being taken away from him. Listen to episode Thirty-Two to hear how, after a decade of using and going to rehab over FIFTY times, Matty was finally able to get clean and hold on to the 12 step program. Don't miss this incredible story, as their life paths cross again from young friends, to a time of salvation - when Bryan was able to step back into Matt's life as a role-model in recovery, and help him get clean at United Recovery Project. Don’t miss this great episode!🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/C_nKht0o8Ks🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janice, a full blooded seminole Indian, kicks her story off by sharing what It was like growing up in multiple “Tourist Traps” all across Florida. In the 60’s, Indian families would have staged villages built that would resemble real Indian villages. They made money by living in them day in and day out all while tourists would come and interact with them as if they were still living off the land as their ancestors did. While they constantly moved from one tourist trap to another, there were many occasions where they would find themselves homeless. Janice’s father was an alcoholic, and where they ended up, always depended on how bad his drinking got. It’s easy to imagine how this lifestyle didn’t exactly provide a whole lot of stability for Janice, her sister, and two brothers. Janice recalls feeling like her childhood innocence was completely stripped from her, as early as the age of 6. Between her alcoholic father, being homeless and moving around all the time, and her parents always fighting - fear quickly became her most familiar emotion. By the age of 12, Janice had been sexually molested for years, by more than one person. It was right around the time when the sexual abuse began, that Janice remembers going numb. Before ever getting the chance to understand that she was a victim, the sexual and emotional trauma had already began to deeply consume her. It wouldn’t be long before Janice began acting out in school, using drugs, and eventually getting to a place so dark that taking her own life seemed like the only option. After stealing her stepfather’s gun, Janice had made up her mind. Nobody, not even Janice, could have been prepared for what happened next.  As fate would have it, it wasn’t her life that she would be taking that night. One year later, Janice was tried as an adult for the murder of a convenient store clerk.Listen to episode Thirty-One to hear how, after 26 years of being in and out of prison, Janice’s story becomes an unbelievable journey to redemption. Janice shares how she was finally able to get clean, and how the 12 step program has helped her become the incredible person that she is today. Don’t miss this inspiring episode of HELL HAS AN EXIT.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/LVv2LB32ZDA🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode Thirty of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down Keith F. Bryan recalls the day over 13 years ago, when Keith first walked into the rooms. He had nothing but a trash bag thrown over his shoulder, and the desperate desire to get clean. This week’s episode is an incredible story of resilience, hard lessons, and success. As Keith dives right into his early years, we quickly learn about the rough start that set the rocky foundation for what his life would be in the years to come. Keith was born to an 18-year-old drug addicted mother who became pregnant with him while prostituting. As circumstances would have it, he would never come to meet or know who his father was. Three short months after being born, his mother gave him up to his grandmother. Despite being given up, Keith would remain in contact with his mother throughout his life. He recalls things like visiting his mother in prison at 12 years old and bringing her the drugs that her friends had strapped in his “tighty whities” on parent/child visiting days. There was also the time she told him that Santa would be arrested for breaking and entering if he ever stepped foot in their house. From a very early age, Keith started hustling. He did everything he could to find ways to make money. With his mother constantly in and out of prison, he wanted to be able to provide whatever he could for him and his grandmother. The two moved often in attempts to start a new life, but that never really panned out the way they envisioned. Despite all the difficulties, Keith did everything he could to try and stay on a straight and narrow path, but as fate would have it, the life his mother introduced him to, would suck him in. Eventually Keith turned to drug dealing. His plan was to sell drugs so that his own mother wouldn’t have to hit up the streets looking for drugs any longer. He would sell the drugs and then provide her with whatever he had left over. While the plan worked, it wasn’t long before Keith would shoot up for the first time. It would be more than 20 years, multiple jail, and prison sentences, living under a bridge, and finding out he had a daughter; before he would hit rock bottom. There’s a few defining moments Keith highlight’s that finally led him to seek out the program and get clean. Listen to the full episode to find out how the 12 step program helped a man go from living under a bridge to becoming a multi-millionaire, known as the Vape Juice God, who has created one of the biggest vape businesses in the world. This incredible story of recovery, inner growth and success is not to be missed🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rhho6qpwlWM🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode twenty-nine of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with a rare Miami native, RT.Born and bred in Miami, RT recalls his early childhood as being "normal" until one specific, defining moment - the passing of his mother at only 11 years old. No one would ever ask RT things like, “do you have any homework due?” Or “do we need to schedule you a Dr’s appointment”, ever again. Growing up with 2 brothers and a single dad, it instantly became - every man for himself. The two go on to discuss a variety of topics, including: Quaaludes, Acid, and the early 70’s. It was, in true fashion - the sex, drugs and rock & roll era. RT describes his college experience at UF. It was right around that time where he met the guys who introduced him to drug trafficking. He recalls this time in his life as being the pivotal moment where his sense of reality became warped. From there, it was a smooth transition between “Drinkin’ and Druggin”, that eventually led him to prison, heroin addiction, and years of suffering before turning his life around. Check out this amazing story of redemption as Bryan and RT discuss what it was like getting clean with his wife in the 80’s, and how he has been able to maintain 37 years clean to date. Today, RT is known as, what many would call an “old timer”, in the rooms. With his partner Kenny P, he has founded the world known online platform http://intherooms.com. Together, they have created a place where people have access to 24/7 support that embraces multiple pathways to recovery, including all 12 Step, Non-12 Step, Wellness and Mental Health modalities. As of today, http://intherooms.com has grown to almost 1 million members across 136 countries and hosts more than 650 live online meetings monthly. Don’t miss this incredible story, that proves yet again that - Hell does have an exit.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qy3IVyCFjy4🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode twenty-eight of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with friend Spectacular Blue Smith. Spectacular was Born to a celebrity performance family in the hip-hop industry, with an incredible name to match. His Father was a producer and record label executive. Growing up, everything revolved around rap and preforming.The two go on to discuss a variety of topics, including: What life was like in the fast lane. Forming Pretty Ricky with his brothers, having his father as the manager and owner of their label, finding fame, and making a fortune and losing it all before the age of 25. They go on to talk about Spectacular’s relentless journey on his climb back up to success. He began rebuilding his future through his tenacity and hard work. Intrigued by the business possibilities of social media, he experimented with Pretty Ricky's Facebook page, testing out theories behind social networks for a full year until he found a system for gaining and monetizing followers. He then turned those ideas into Adwizar, a company that manages and monetizes social media accounts. The company manages social media pages of artists such as Bow Wow, Kevin Gates, Soulja Boy, Master P, Birdman, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Today he is the Chairman and CEO of Adwizar and founder of the record label Mula Music group. Listen to today’s episode for a behind the scenes look at how he earned his success and the hard lessons learned along the way. 🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/H-yCC3z7U6s🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode twenty-seven of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with friend Louie Love. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: Growing up in Camden - one of the toughest neighborhoods in New Jersey, Shooting heroin for the first time at 14 years old, being given a 15 year prison sentence, and struggling to have a relationship with his 9 children. As a child, Louie recalls spending most of his time at his grandfather's boxing gym. He loved everything about boxing and really looked up to his grandfather. When he was about 9 or 10, Louie got an opportunity to get in the ring. He remembers getting beat up pretty badly and crying after losing. It was immediately after that day, that his grandfather no longer really wanted him around at the boxing gym. Despite losing, Louie still hung around the Gym where he was soon introduced to his first drug. Two short years later, he was injecting heroin. The next 27 years of his journey on the streets were plagued by his addiction. Even after being released 6 years early from a 15 year sentence, Louie kept down the same path he had been on. It wasn’t until he was finally introduced to the 12 step program, that Louie was able to persevere and was able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Bryan recalls hearing Louie speak at meetings, and credits him as one of his major influencers early on in his recovery. Listen to this profound story of redemption on this week's episode of Hell Has an Exit. 🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/gFwyzD8OJSQ🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode twenty-six of Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with Renee. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: Being first introduced to drugs by her father, the trauma induced by the unimaginable things he did to her and her siblings, and a grueling 27 year run on the streets which consisted of a harrowing crack addiction, prostitution, and federal indictments.As a child Renee recalls being raped by her father and shares how he would force her and her siblings to perform sexual acts on each other. They discuss the profound psychological effects this had on her, and the role it all played in keeping her in the trenches of an almost 3-decade long addiction. It was a long time before some deep family secrets would be revealed, and it wasn’t until then that Renee was able to understand why she was driven on a self-destructive rampage of drugs and alcohol.  Listen to her story of incredible resilience and total success, as she shares her difficult journey leading up and out to victory and proves once again that - Hell does have an exit.🎬Watch Video Episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/uQhC7uEOfoM🔗Check us out at: https://hellhasanexitpod.com/Follow on Instagram & Twitter☑Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellhasanexit/?hl=en☑Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellHasAnExit☑Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellhasanexit/☑TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellhasanexit❤‍🩹Get the support you need from our trusted addiction treatment provider: https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/?data_traffic=POD-EP-DES-URP (https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/)👉🏻Call Now: (877)-706-0625🆘Support is Available 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices