Thank you guys for tuning in to this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, time codes are below! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider joining AUXORO Premium where you not only directly support The AUXORO Podcast (independently produced), but you also gain access to bonus episodes, the ability to suggest topics/questions for me to ask guests like Eric B. Zink, subscriber-only AMAs (Ask Me Anything), and more: auxoro.supercast.com/ 0:00 - Episode Preview 0:51 - Being Honest about Addiction Struggles 2:22 - Being Troubled by Your Own Thoughts 6:02 - Threshold of Intensity of a Negative Thought 8:53 - Knowing who is Alcoholic 13:59 - Impact of The Normalization of Microdosing 19:13 - What Sparked Eric's Addiction? 26:06 - Addiction when the Drugs are Relatively New 29:29 - Identifying a Drug Addict 32:38 - The Mindset of a Depressed Person 37:42 - The 4-Year Cycle of Destruction 42:11 - Opposite Effects of Cocaine and Weed 48:50 - Staying Sober after Dad's Suicide 52:08 - Danger of a Suicide Attempt 55:41 - Impact of Switching out Vodka for Water 57:03 - Darker Situations during Drug Addiction 59:32 - Long-Term & Short-Term Thoughts on Drug Addiction 1:07:53 - View on Cocaine being a Hard Drug 1:10:56 - Thoughts on the Impact of the Fentanyl Crisis 1:13:13 - Motivation behind Putting Fentanyl in Cocaine 1:20:06 - Advice for People Struggling with Addiction 1:27:29 - Who Said It? (Drugs Edition) 1:31:50 - Keeping up with Eric B. Zink 1:33:09 - Outro
What you are describing about alcohol, coke, depression and the “I don’t need to own a gun because of what I know I will do to myself” is an exact replica of my 30 year old son. He is currently in this situation and it is so heart breaking. I am sharing your story with him in hopes he can see there is hope. ❤
Thank you for watching and I'm sorry to hear what your son is going through. I hope that this conversation and especially Eric's insight can be a small help on a path to a better place.
I enjoy your videos, and a lot of your insights, I’m going to give you my take on this pod. If it doesn’t resonate with you, no worries! After all, it’s your channel. Zinc is a remarkable guy with a lot of interesting life lessons and stories, I think the other folks (and myself) were frustrated during the multiple moments when he would begin to discuss interesting moments in his addiction and you would derail the conversation into an analysis of his actions or your take. Not a bad thing, but for me it was frustrating to watch. Kind of like playing a song and pausing it right before the chorus.
Thank you for tuning into the episode, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your insights. Each episode is a whirlwind of chemistry, timing, and topics, and recording remotely makes it especially difficult to communicate. It's possible that I cut off some of his stories that would've played out differently, and it's also possible that my talking brought the episode into new, more interesting territory that we otherwise wouldn't have gotten to. Most episodes are a combination of both. Either way, I'm never going to have an episode where I'm not giving takes (opinion) or trying to get to a deeper level of the guest's actions. That's just not my style. There are other hosts who reserve their opinions/analyses and don't share any of their personal life, it's more of a Q&A interview style. My goal is not to interview, my goal is to curate interesting/engaging/meaningful conversations. Sometimes, I miss the mark. Other times it feels more natural. But I've found that my style (sharing takes, opinions, my own shortcomings) has led me down the path I'm searching for more times than not, otherwise, it wouldn't be my style. I research the guest extensively, draw out a template of topics/questions, and then once the conversation starts it's a dance of two souls in the moment. I actually don't worry much about the result, which is strange to say. I'm worried more about my preparation and sinking into the moment the fullest way I can. If I recorded 1,000 conversations with Eric Zink, you may have liked 300 and hated 700, or the other way around. This is just the one I recorded on that hour of that day a few months ago. All that's just a bloviated, ego-stroking way of addressing the "frustration" you felt listening to the conversation, which is totally valid. Thanks for tuning into this one, and I hope you tune in for more. Cheers - Zach
Thank you guys for tuning in to this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, time codes are below! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider joining AUXORO Premium where you not only directly support The AUXORO Podcast (independently produced), but you also gain access to bonus episodes, the ability to suggest topics/questions for me to ask guests like Eric B. Zink, subscriber-only AMAs (Ask Me Anything), and more: auxoro.supercast.com/
0:00 - Episode Preview
0:51 - Being Honest about Addiction Struggles
2:22 - Being Troubled by Your Own Thoughts
6:02 - Threshold of Intensity of a Negative Thought
8:53 - Knowing who is Alcoholic
13:59 - Impact of The Normalization of Microdosing
19:13 - What Sparked Eric's Addiction?
26:06 - Addiction when the Drugs are Relatively New
29:29 - Identifying a Drug Addict
32:38 - The Mindset of a Depressed Person
37:42 - The 4-Year Cycle of Destruction
42:11 - Opposite Effects of Cocaine and Weed
48:50 - Staying Sober after Dad's Suicide
52:08 - Danger of a Suicide Attempt
55:41 - Impact of Switching out Vodka for Water
57:03 - Darker Situations during Drug Addiction
59:32 - Long-Term & Short-Term Thoughts on Drug Addiction
1:07:53 - View on Cocaine being a Hard Drug
1:10:56 - Thoughts on the Impact of the Fentanyl Crisis
1:13:13 - Motivation behind Putting Fentanyl in Cocaine
1:20:06 - Advice for People Struggling with Addiction
1:27:29 - Who Said It? (Drugs Edition)
1:31:50 - Keeping up with Eric B. Zink
1:33:09 - Outro
What you are describing about alcohol, coke, depression and the “I don’t need to own a gun because of what I know I will do to myself” is an exact replica of my 30 year old son. He is currently in this situation and it is so heart breaking. I am sharing your story with him in hopes he can see there is hope. ❤
Thank you for watching and I'm sorry to hear what your son is going through. I hope that this conversation and especially Eric's insight can be a small help on a path to a better place.
Good podcast could relate to a lot of subjects
Thanks brotha!
Very relatable podcast 👏
Thanks for tuning in!
I enjoy your videos, and a lot of your insights, I’m going to give you my take on this pod. If it doesn’t resonate with you, no worries! After all, it’s your channel.
Zinc is a remarkable guy with a lot of interesting life lessons and stories, I think the other folks (and myself) were frustrated during the multiple moments when he would begin to discuss interesting moments in his addiction and you would derail the conversation into an analysis of his actions or your take. Not a bad thing, but for me it was frustrating to watch. Kind of like playing a song and pausing it right before the chorus.
Thank you for tuning into the episode, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your insights. Each episode is a whirlwind of chemistry, timing, and topics, and recording remotely makes it especially difficult to communicate. It's possible that I cut off some of his stories that would've played out differently, and it's also possible that my talking brought the episode into new, more interesting territory that we otherwise wouldn't have gotten to. Most episodes are a combination of both. Either way, I'm never going to have an episode where I'm not giving takes (opinion) or trying to get to a deeper level of the guest's actions. That's just not my style.
There are other hosts who reserve their opinions/analyses and don't share any of their personal life, it's more of a Q&A interview style. My goal is not to interview, my goal is to curate interesting/engaging/meaningful conversations. Sometimes, I miss the mark. Other times it feels more natural. But I've found that my style (sharing takes, opinions, my own shortcomings) has led me down the path I'm searching for more times than not, otherwise, it wouldn't be my style. I research the guest extensively, draw out a template of topics/questions, and then once the conversation starts it's a dance of two souls in the moment. I actually don't worry much about the result, which is strange to say. I'm worried more about my preparation and sinking into the moment the fullest way I can. If I recorded 1,000 conversations with Eric Zink, you may have liked 300 and hated 700, or the other way around. This is just the one I recorded on that hour of that day a few months ago.
All that's just a bloviated, ego-stroking way of addressing the "frustration" you felt listening to the conversation, which is totally valid. Thanks for tuning into this one, and I hope you tune in for more. Cheers - Zach
@@auxoroyeah man! Thanks for the thoughtful response.
The host is interviewing himself
I actually am. I went forward in time to interview my future sober self. You're a smart one, no one else caught that.
Little advice stop talking let the guest talk
Great pod but don’t interject and ask people for more on topics
@@samigerbermeskele342 You're right, that's how podcasts work. I'll stop asking questions about the things I'm curious about. Thanks for tuning in!
@@auxoroget a real job!
Bro I don’t know what podcast you were watching but it wasn’t this one lol 😂