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What does it take to rebuild your life after hitting rock bottom behind a state prison wall?
On the latest episode of Recoverycast, Victor Oliveira (“The Good Boss”) sits down with us to share how a brutal wake-up call in a prison cell transformed his life forever.
From overcoming heavy substance use to rebuilding from scratch, Victor turned a fresh start into a massive movement for street outreach and recovery advocacy. Today, he’s helping others navigate early sobriety through Fresh Start, a platform providing vital financial tools, sober living resources, and relapse prevention.
Tune in for a powerful, candid conversation about redemption, breaking stigma, and finding true purpose in service to others. Find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, available on all streaming platforms!
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Transcript
You wanna be a drug dealer, you're not gonna last forever. Mhmm. You're gonna get caught. You're gonna get killed. You're gonna get robbed. I mean, I've gotten robbed a couple tier, and it's it's no fun. Right. But it doesn't last forever. You no, you can make that money, and it's it's gonna be gone eventually somehow, someway. How did you, in prison, maintain your sobriety? I just thought about getting out, doing the right thing. Mhmm. Tier was one time where one of my cellies had Suboxone. Yeah. And at the time, you know, if I didn't have anything in my system and I did a Suboxone, I can get high. Okay. Yeah. So I did that Yeah. Not even thinking. It was just dumb. Right. And I think this is probably the biggest eye opener, the reason why I completely just never did it again Mhmm. Is, he got drug best, and then I got drug tested. Someone must have told on us. Right. Because, obviously, we looked like we were messed up. Yeah. Better he got drug tested first, and then I got drug tested right after him. Okay. And he did more than me. He was doing it for, like, three, four, five days straight. Mhmm. I just did it that one tier, and so it must have came out of my system sooner. Mhmm. So he went in. They put him in the cage for a urine. Mhmm. And then I went in, I don't know, an hour after him. And when I went in there, I seen him in there and he had the saddest face on. Mhmm. So I knew that he he popped. His urine popped. Mhmm. And so when I did mine, it came back negative. And I was I was like, holy shit. How did I do that? But then it dawned on me, obviously, because I just did it once. It it got out sooner. And ever since that, like, if I got caught, I would have never got parole. Mhmm. So I would have been in there for at least three years. Wow. Yeah. So I didn't get caught Yeah. Luckily. And, ever since then, I just said, I'm never gonna touch anything. Yeah. It's not worth it. I wanna get out. I wanna see my family. I I don't wanna be in this shit hole.
