From Percs to Needles & Prison | How I Recovered | Ep 170

S2E170 - From Percs to Needles & Prison | How I Recovered | Ep 170

Published: May 29, 2026

Duration: 1:14:19

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast, Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes sit down with Kenny Maupin to talk about how addiction can happen to anyone — even someone who had a good childhood and loving family. Kenny opens up about growing up in a stable home before his parents divorced at a young age, something that quietly affected him more than he realized at the time.

What started with marijuana and alcohol eventually progressed into harder drugs and ultimately IV heroin use. Kenny shares how addiction slowly took over his life, changing the way he thought, li...