The feeling of euphoria from using painkillers is significantly more intense than the buzz experienced from drinking alcohol.

“my example would be when you have that beer after work and you get that buzz I would say it's at least 10 times as good as that right where you feel great you have you know these endorphins that are coming out of nowhere and who doesn't want that feeling to continue”

Sobriety provides significant benefits to individuals who have been ravaged by drug addiction.

“And in the same way that they took so much away from her, sobriety has given her a whole lot back.”

The speaker believes that addiction does not discriminate by class, race, or background.

“addiction does not just discriminate um you know class race anything you know for I shouldn't have been an addict um someone on the outside looking into my life you know a white upper upper middle class kid should be okay I shouldn't be an addict but I but I am”

Opioid addiction is not an epidemic but an apocalypse because of the sheer volume of overdoses occurring.

“I kind of wanted to before I kind of really get into my story you know we call this an opiate epidemic but make no mistake mark this this is not an epidemic this is an apocalypse”