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The Eric Metaxas Radio Show | Guest Mike Lindell | May 16, 2021
- - ERIC METAXAS: THIS
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- - ERIC METAXAS: THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED IN
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- PROGRAM IS SPONSORED IN PART BY CARSHIELD,
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- PART BY CARSHIELD, GIVING THOUSANDS OF VEHICLE
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- GIVING THOUSANDS OF VEHICLE OWNERS PEACE OF MIND.
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- OWNERS PEACE OF MIND. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] [SMOOCH]
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- [SMOOCH] [WHOOSH]
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- [WHOOSH] [DOOR SLAMMING]
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- [DOOR SLAMMING] [BING]
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- [BING] [REVVING, SCREECHING]
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- [REVVING, SCREECHING] [PLOP]
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- [PLOP] [WHOOSH]
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- [WHOOSH] [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] - MALE: HEY.
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- - MALE: HEY. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] [BOINK]
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- [BOINK] [ENGINE REVVING]
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- [ENGINE REVVING] [BRAKES SQUEALING]
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- [BRAKES SQUEALING] [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] [CRASH]
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- - ERIC: HEY THERE, FOLKS,
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- - ERIC: HEY THERE, FOLKS, WELCOME TO
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- WELCOME TO "THE ERIC METAXAS SHOW."
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- "THE ERIC METAXAS SHOW." YOU'LL NOTICE THAT I
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- YOU'LL NOTICE THAT I HAVE MY OWN PRIVATE
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- HAVE MY OWN PRIVATE MOUNT RUSHMORE HERE,
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- MOUNT RUSHMORE HERE, SET UP IN THE BUNKER.
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- SET UP IN THE BUNKER. MY MOUNT RUSHMORE,
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- INCLUDES BEN FRANKLIN, WHO
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- INCLUDES BEN FRANKLIN, WHO WAS RUDELY KEPT OFF OF THE
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- WAS RUDELY KEPT OFF OF THE ORIGINAL MOUNT RUSHMORE.
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- ORIGINAL MOUNT RUSHMORE. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
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- AND THEN, OF COURSE, MIKE LINDELL, THE AMERICAN
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- MIKE LINDELL, THE AMERICAN HERO,
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- HERO, AND THEN GEORGE WASHINGTON,
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- AND THEN GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHO IS ALSO ON THE
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- WHO IS ALSO ON THE REAL MOUNT RUSHMORE,
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- REAL MOUNT RUSHMORE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, ME,
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- AND THEN, OF COURSE, ME, THE BIGGEST HEAD OF ALL IF
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- THE BIGGEST HEAD OF ALL IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
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- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. NOW, THE REASON THAT
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- NOW, THE REASON THAT MIKE LINDELL IS HERE IS
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- MIKE LINDELL IS HERE IS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW,
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- BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE AND
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- HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE AND BECAUSE HE SENT ME A
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- BECAUSE HE SENT ME A BOBBLE HEAD OF HIMSELF,
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- BOBBLE HEAD OF HIMSELF, AND SO IT WOULD BE RUDE
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- AND SO IT WOULD BE RUDE FOR ME NOT TO HAVE THE
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- FOR ME NOT TO HAVE THE BOBBLE HEAD AS PART OF
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- BOBBLE HEAD AS PART OF THIS, BUT I THOUGHT,
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- THIS, BUT I THOUGHT, "WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF,
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- "WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF, INSTEAD OF ME TALKING TO
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- INSTEAD OF ME TALKING TO THE BOBBLE HEAD, WHICH I
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- THE BOBBLE HEAD, WHICH I OFTEN DO ON THIS PROGRAM,
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- OFTEN DO ON THIS PROGRAM, WHAT IF I COULD GET THE
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- WHAT IF I COULD GET THE GUY BEHIND THE BOBBLE HEAD?"
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- GUY BEHIND THE BOBBLE HEAD?" IT'S VERY RARE--WHEN SOME
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- IT'S VERY RARE--WHEN SOME PEOPLE BECOME SO FAMOUS
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- PEOPLE BECOME SO FAMOUS THAT THERE'S BOBBLE HEAD
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- THAT THERE'S BOBBLE HEAD OF THEM, TYPICALLY THAT
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- OF THEM, TYPICALLY THAT PERSON BECOMES UNTOUCHABLE.
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- PERSON BECOMES UNTOUCHABLE. NOT MIKE LINDELL.
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- NOT MIKE LINDELL. HE'S A FRIEND.
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- HE'S A FRIEND. HE DECIDED HE WOULD STILL
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- HE DECIDED HE WOULD STILL COME ON THE PROGRAM EVEN
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- COME ON THE PROGRAM EVEN THOUGH THE BOBBLE HEAD IS
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- THOUGH THE BOBBLE HEAD IS SORT OF GOOD ENOUGH.
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- SORT OF GOOD ENOUGH. HE SAYS, "NO, NO, NO,
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- HE SAYS, "NO, NO, NO, I'LL DO IT FOR YOU, ERIC."
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- I'LL DO IT FOR YOU, ERIC." AND SO HERE HE IS, MY FRIEND,
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- AND SO HERE HE IS, MY FRIEND, THE MAN BEHIND MYPILLOW,
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- THE MAN BEHIND MYPILLOW, MIKE LINDELL.
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- MIKE LINDELL. MIKE, WELCOME TO THE
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- MIKE, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
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- PROGRAM. - MIKE LINDELL: WELL,
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- - MIKE LINDELL: WELL, IT'S GOOD TO BE
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- IT'S GOOD TO BE --HOLD ON.
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- --HOLD ON. LET ME GET MY HEAD ON
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- LET ME GET MY HEAD ON STRAIGHT.
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- STRAIGHT. - ERIC: OH, STOP THAT.
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- - ERIC: OH, STOP THAT. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] STOP THAT.
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- STOP THAT. NOW, SERIOUSLY, YOU CRACK
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- NOW, SERIOUSLY, YOU CRACK ME UP NO MATTER WHAT I
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- ME UP NO MATTER WHAT I TALK TO YOU ABOUT,
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- TALK TO YOU ABOUT, BUT, FOR PEOPLE WHO
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- BUT, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOU-- AND I
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- DON'T KNOW YOU-- AND I BELIEVE THEY EXIST.
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- BELIEVE THEY EXIST. WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T
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- WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THOSE PEOPLE
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- BELIEVE THAT THOSE PEOPLE EXIST ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU
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- EXIST ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU ARE UBIQUITOUS, BUT YOU
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- ARE UBIQUITOUS, BUT YOU ARE MOST FAMOUS FOR
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- ARE MOST FAMOUS FOR INVENTING THE PILLOW
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- INVENTING THE PILLOW THAT'S CALLED MYPILLOW,
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- THAT'S CALLED MYPILLOW, WHICH BECAME A WHOLE
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- WHICH BECAME A WHOLE COMPANY WHICH SELLS ALL
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- COMPANY WHICH SELLS ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
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- KINDS OF STUFF. YOU ARE THE MAIN
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- YOU ARE THE MAIN ADVERTISER ON MY SHOW,
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- ADVERTISER ON MY SHOW, SO I WANNA TELL PEOPLE THEY
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- SO I WANNA TELL PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO USE THE CODE "ERIC,"
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- HAVE TO USE THE CODE "ERIC," OR I'M COMIN' AFTER THEM.
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- OR I'M COMIN' AFTER THEM. BUT YOUR STORY, MIKE,
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- BUT YOUR STORY, MIKE, WHICH I'VE TALKED TO YOU
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- WHICH I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE,
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- ABOUT BEFORE, IS SO AMAZING,
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- IS SO AMAZING, I KEPT THINKING,
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- I KEPT THINKING, "WHY DON'T YOU WRITE A
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- "WHY DON'T YOU WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT?"
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- BOOK ABOUT IT?" AND YOU DID.
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- AND YOU DID. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] YOU FINALLY DID WRITE A
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- YOU FINALLY DID WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT, WHICH IS
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- BOOK ABOUT IT, WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT
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- ALSO AVAILABLE AT MYPILLOW.COM, CORRECT?
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- MYPILLOW.COM, CORRECT? - MIKE: YES, ABSOLUTELY,
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- - MIKE: YES, ABSOLUTELY, USING YOUR PROMO CODE.
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- USING YOUR PROMO CODE. - ERIC: USING THE
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- - ERIC: USING THE PROMO CODE "ERIC" IF YOU
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- PROMO CODE "ERIC" IF YOU WANT THE DISCOUNT, OKAY?
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- WANT THE DISCOUNT, OKAY? - MIKE: RIGHT.
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- - MIKE: RIGHT. - ERIC: BUT SERIOUSLY,
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- - ERIC: BUT SERIOUSLY, YOUR STORY IS SO WILD.
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- YOUR STORY IS SO WILD. WHAT PERSUADED YOU FINALLY
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- WHAT PERSUADED YOU FINALLY TO GET IT DOWN IN THE
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- TO GET IT DOWN IN THE PAGES OF A BOOK?
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- PAGES OF A BOOK? BECAUSE YOU'RE SO ALL OVER
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- BECAUSE YOU'RE SO ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT I CANNOT
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- THE PLACE THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE YOU WRITING A BOOK.
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- IMAGINE YOU WRITING A BOOK. DID YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
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- DID YOU HAVE SOMEBODY FOLLOWING YOU WITH A
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- - MIKE: IT ACTUALLY TOOK
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- - MIKE: IT ACTUALLY TOOK SEVEN YEARS, AND I HAD
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- SEVEN YEARS, AND I HAD FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HELP
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- FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HELP ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND
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- ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND FINALLY I CAME DOWN TO ME
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- FINALLY I CAME DOWN TO ME ALMOST GOING WORD FOR WORD
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- ALMOST GOING WORD FOR WORD 'CAUSE I WAS SO
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- I WANTED THIS STORY TO
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- I WANTED THIS STORY TO BRING PEOPLE HOPE.
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- BRING PEOPLE HOPE. AND, I KEPT EVIDENCE--
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- AND, I KEPT EVIDENCE-- IT'S IN THE BOOK--
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- IT'S IN THE BOOK-- OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
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- OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME SO PEOPLE WOULD GO,
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- TO ME SO PEOPLE WOULD GO, "THIS ISN'T EVEN TRUE.
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- "THIS ISN'T EVEN TRUE. THERE'S NO WAY."
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- THERE'S NO WAY." IT'S LIKE YOU READ THIS
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- IT'S LIKE YOU READ THIS BOOK, AND IT'S THIS--
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- BOOK, AND IT'S THIS-- YOU'RE LIVING INSIDE
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- YOU'RE LIVING INSIDE OF A MOVIE AND GOING,
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- OF A MOVIE AND GOING, "THIS CAN'T BE TRUE,"
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- "THIS CAN'T BE TRUE," AND THEN YOU GO,
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- AND THEN YOU GO, "WOW, THIS IS TRUE.
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- "WOW, THIS IS TRUE. HERE'S THE EVIDENCE,
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- HERE'S THE EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE."
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- EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE." AND BY THE TIME YOU READ THE
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- AND BY THE TIME YOU READ THE BOOK, IF YOU DON'T
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- BOOK, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD,
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- BELIEVE IN GOD, YOU DIDN'T READ THE BOOK.
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- YOU DIDN'T READ THE BOOK. BUT I REALLY WANTED TO
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- BUT I REALLY WANTED TO BRING PEOPLE HOPE THAT
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- BRING PEOPLE HOPE THAT WITH GOD ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
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- WITH GOD ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. - ERIC: YOUR STORY, PART
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- - ERIC: YOUR STORY, PART OF IT IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING,
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- OF IT IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING, AND SOME OF IT IS
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- AND SOME OF IT IS SO INSPIRING.
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- SO INSPIRING. IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.
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- IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. YOU WERE ADDICTED TO CRACK.
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- YOU WERE ADDICTED TO CRACK. WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS
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- WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS LIGHTLY.
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- LIGHTLY. YOU WERE UTTERLY ADDICTED
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- YOU WERE UTTERLY ADDICTED TO CRACK, AND IN A WAY,
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- TO CRACK, AND IN A WAY, THE CENTER OF YOUR STORY
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- THE CENTER OF YOUR STORY IS THESE THREE CRACK
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- IS THESE THREE CRACK PUSHERS, THE DEALERS
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- PUSHERS, THE DEALERS BELIEVING IN YOU MORE THAN
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- BELIEVING IN YOU MORE THAN YOU BELIEVED IN YOURSELF.
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- YOU BELIEVED IN YOURSELF. I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE
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- I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SOUNDS--
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- THINGS THAT SOUNDS-- WHEN I TELL MY FRIENDS,
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- WHEN I TELL MY FRIENDS, IT FEELS LIKE I'M MAKING
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- IT FEELS LIKE I'M MAKING IT UP.
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- IT UP. BUT SO THAT'S PART OF THE
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- BUT SO THAT'S PART OF THE CULMINATION OF INVENTING
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- CULMINATION OF INVENTING THE PILLOW AND ALL THIS
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- THE PILLOW AND ALL THIS STUFF HAPPENING AND YOU
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- STUFF HAPPENING AND YOU FINALLY BECOMING A
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- FINALLY BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, BUT IN THIS
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- CHRISTIAN, BUT IN THIS BOOK, YOU DO GO INTO THE
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- BOOK, YOU DO GO INTO THE BACKSTORY OF HOW YOU GOT
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- BACKSTORY OF HOW YOU GOT TO THAT PLACE TO BE
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- TO THAT PLACE TO BE ADDICTED TO CRACK EVEN
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- ADDICTED TO CRACK EVEN WITH A FAMILY.
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- WITH A FAMILY. - MIKE: RIGHT, RIGHT,
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- - MIKE: RIGHT, RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.
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- ABSOLUTELY. YOU GO BACK IN THE EARLY '80s
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- YOU GO BACK IN THE EARLY '80s WHERE I WAS ADDICTED TO
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- WHERE I WAS ADDICTED TO GAMBLING,
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- GAMBLING, COMPULSIVE GAMBLING,
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- COMPULSIVE GAMBLING, COCAINE, AND ALCOHOL,
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- COCAINE, AND ALCOHOL, AND THEN THAT
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- AND THEN THAT CHANGED TO CRACK IN
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- CHANGED TO CRACK IN AROUND 2000,
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- AROUND 2000, AND I HAD THESE TWO PAIR--
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- AND I HAD THESE TWO PAIR-- ALMOST LIKE A DOUBLE LIFE,
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- ALMOST LIKE A DOUBLE LIFE, YOU KNOW.
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- YOU KNOW. THE ONE THING THROUGHOUT
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- THE ONE THING THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE TIME I KEPT--
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- THAT WHOLE TIME I KEPT-- I WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
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- I WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK
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- THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF A NORMAL ADDICT AS I
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- OF A NORMAL ADDICT AS I NEVER BROKE MY TRUST,
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- NEVER BROKE MY TRUST, MY WORD.
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- MY WORD. I KEPT MY WORD, WHICH IS
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- I KEPT MY WORD, WHICH IS RARE BEING IN THIS
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- RARE BEING IN THIS ADDICTIVE WORLD, BUT I
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- ADDICTIVE WORLD, BUT I COULD--
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- COULD-- YOU KNOW, THE ADDICTION I
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- YOU KNOW, THE ADDICTION I WAS IN, I WOULD KIND OF
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- WAS IN, I WOULD KIND OF KEEP 'EM SEPARATE, AND
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- KEEP 'EM SEPARATE, AND THAT'S THE ONE THING,
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- THAT'S THE ONE THING, WHEN I RAN--
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- WHEN I RAN-- WHEN I WAS OUT OF EVERYTHING
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- WHEN I WAS OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT DAY IN JANUARY 16, 2009,
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- THAT DAY IN JANUARY 16, 2009, WHEN I QUIT EVERYTHING
- 00:05:17.562 --> 00:05:18.663
- WHEN I QUIT EVERYTHING OVERNIGHT,
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- OVERNIGHT, THE ONE THING I STILL HAD
- 00:05:20.065 --> 00:05:21.266
- THE ONE THING I STILL HAD LEFT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
- 00:05:21.266 --> 00:05:23.235
- LEFT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MY TRUST, THAT PEOPLE
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- MY TRUST, THAT PEOPLE TRUSTED ME.
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- TRUSTED ME. AT LEAST THE SHOWS AND THE
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- AT LEAST THE SHOWS AND THE STUFF I HAD DONE WITH
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- STUFF I HAD DONE WITH MYPILLOW, I KEPT THAT
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- MYPILLOW, I KEPT THAT SEPARATE, AND, JUST, WHEN
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- SEPARATE, AND, JUST, WHEN I WORKED, I WORKED.
- 00:05:31.710 --> 00:05:33.478
- I WORKED, I WORKED. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ALL
- 00:05:33.478 --> 00:05:34.780
- YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ALL HOLED UP WITH MY
- 00:05:34.780 --> 00:05:36.915
- HOLED UP WITH MY ADDICTIONS, THAT WAS
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- ADDICTIONS, THAT WAS ADDICTION AND--
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- ADDICTION AND-- - ERIC: YOU WERE A
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- - ERIC: YOU WERE A HIGH-FUNCTIONING ADDICT.
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- HIGH-FUNCTIONING ADDICT. I MEAN, WHAT I FIND--
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- I MEAN, WHAT I FIND-- AGAIN, I FIND IT ALMOST
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- AGAIN, I FIND IT ALMOST FUNNY.
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- FUNNY. NOW THAT I KNOW THAT
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- NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HAPPY ENDING,
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- THERE'S A HAPPY ENDING, I CAN FIND IT FUNNY, BUT YOU
- 00:05:44.790 --> 00:05:46.558
- I CAN FIND IT FUNNY, BUT YOU SHARED WITH ME THAT YOU
- 00:05:46.558 --> 00:05:49.694
- SHARED WITH ME THAT YOU INVENTED THIS PILLOW THAT
- 00:05:49.694 --> 00:05:52.564
- INVENTED THIS PILLOW THAT HAS MADE YOU, YOU KNOW,
- 00:05:52.564 --> 00:05:53.131
- HAS MADE YOU, YOU KNOW, A HOUSEHOLD NAME AND
- 00:05:53.131 --> 00:05:55.967
- A HOUSEHOLD NAME AND WEALTHY.
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- WEALTHY. YOU INVENTED THIS WHILE
- 00:05:58.103 --> 00:05:58.637
- YOU INVENTED THIS WHILE YOU WERE ADDICTED TO THAT
- 00:05:58.637 --> 00:06:00.639
- YOU WERE ADDICTED TO THAT DRUG.
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- DRUG. I MEAN, TO MANY PEOPLE,
- 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:02.707
- I MEAN, TO MANY PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT CONCEIVABLE.
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- THAT'S NOT CONCEIVABLE. - MIKE: YEAH, ESPECIALLY
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- - MIKE: YEAH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE BEEN A
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- IF YOU'VE BEEN A CRACK ADDICT.
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- CRACK ADDICT. YOU KNOW, WITH CRACK, IN
- 00:06:07.512 --> 00:06:08.313
- YOU KNOW, WITH CRACK, IN GENERAL, THEY DIDN'T MAKE
- 00:06:08.313 --> 00:06:08.847
- GENERAL, THEY DIDN'T MAKE A JOKE, LIKE, "HEY,
- 00:06:08.847 --> 00:06:09.314
- A JOKE, LIKE, "HEY, WHAT ARE YOU ON?
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- WHAT ARE YOU ON? HEROIN OR WHAT?"
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- HEROIN OR WHAT?" IT WAS "WHAT ARE YOU--
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- IT WAS "WHAT ARE YOU-- LIKE* CRACK?"
- 00:06:14.352 --> 00:06:14.953
- LIKE* CRACK?" I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST A
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- I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST A JOKE 'CAUSE IT WAS SO--
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- JOKE 'CAUSE IT WAS SO-- SUCH THIS-- THEY CALL IT
- 00:06:16.555 --> 00:06:17.756
- SUCH THIS-- THEY CALL IT "THE DEVIL'S CANDY," AND
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- "THE DEVIL'S CANDY," AND WHEN I DID INVENT MYPILLOW
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- WHEN I DID INVENT MYPILLOW IN 2004, YOU KNOW, I WENT
- 00:06:20.625 --> 00:06:21.860
- IN 2004, YOU KNOW, I WENT ALL IN ON THAT, AND ONE OF
- 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:22.961
- ALL IN ON THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED,
- 00:06:22.961 --> 00:06:24.396
- THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, ERIC, WAS IN--
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- ERIC, WAS IN-- WHEN I DID MY--
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- WHEN I DID MY-- I WAS TURNED DOWN EVERYWHERE.
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- I WAS TURNED DOWN EVERYWHERE. EVERY BOX STORE, EVERYBODY
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- EVERY BOX STORE, EVERYBODY TURNED ME DOWN, BUT WHEN I
- 00:06:29.468 --> 00:06:30.969
- TURNED ME DOWN, BUT WHEN I DID THE FIRST HOME SHOW,
- 00:06:30.969 --> 00:06:31.937
- DID THE FIRST HOME SHOW, SOMETHING INTERESTING
- 00:06:31.937 --> 00:06:33.538
- SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED IS THE PEOPLE
- 00:06:33.538 --> 00:06:34.840
- HAPPENED IS THE PEOPLE THAT I--
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- THAT I-- I PUT A TABLE BETWEEN
- 00:06:36.508 --> 00:06:37.042
- I PUT A TABLE BETWEEN ME AND THE PUBLIC SO
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- ME AND THE PUBLIC SO I COULD TALK TO THEM,
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- I COULD TALK TO THEM, SO I FELT KIND OF MY SAFE
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- SO I FELT KIND OF MY SAFE ZONE, AND THEY HAD AN
- 00:06:41.746 --> 00:06:42.614
- ZONE, AND THEY HAD AN AGENDA WHEN THEY CAME UP,
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- AGENDA WHEN THEY CAME UP, AND I TELL 'EM ABOUT THIS
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- AND I TELL 'EM ABOUT THIS PILLOW, AND, WELL, THE
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- PILLOW, AND, WELL, THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT, ALL
- 00:06:47.886 --> 00:06:48.787
- NEXT DAY AFTER THAT, ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME BACK,
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- THESE PEOPLE CAME BACK, AND, I MEAN, I COULDN'T
- 00:06:49.955 --> 00:06:50.655
- AND, I MEAN, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
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- BELIEVE IT. ALMOST EVERYONE I SOLD A
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- ALMOST EVERYONE I SOLD A PILLOW TO, AND THEY WERE
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- PILLOW TO, AND THEY WERE COMIN' DOWN THE AISLE.
- 00:06:54.426 --> 00:06:55.460
- COMIN' DOWN THE AISLE. I'M GOIN', "OH, YOU KNOW,
- 00:06:55.460 --> 00:06:56.495
- I'M GOIN', "OH, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T THEY LIKE IT?"
- 00:06:56.495 --> 00:06:57.128
- DIDN'T THEY LIKE IT?" AND THEY PAID TO GET BACK
- 00:06:57.128 --> 00:06:57.896
- AND THEY PAID TO GET BACK ON THE SHOW.
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- ON THE SHOW. THEY CAME UP, AND THEY
- 00:06:58.830 --> 00:06:59.865
- THEY CAME UP, AND THEY TOLD ME WHAT A DIFFERENCE
- 00:06:59.865 --> 00:07:01.199
- TOLD ME WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE IT MADE THEM
- 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.367
- IN THEIR LIFE IT MADE THEM AND HOW IT CHANGED THEM,
- 00:07:02.367 --> 00:07:03.768
- AND HOW IT CHANGED THEM, AND I FELT GOOD INSIDE
- 00:07:03.768 --> 00:07:05.337
- AND I FELT GOOD INSIDE ABOUT ME THAT I HAD DONE
- 00:07:05.337 --> 00:07:07.939
- ABOUT ME THAT I HAD DONE SOMETHING WORTHY, AND IT
- 00:07:07.939 --> 00:07:09.374
- SOMETHING WORTHY, AND IT WASN'T ABOUT THE MONEY.
- 00:07:09.374 --> 00:07:10.509
- WASN'T ABOUT THE MONEY. SO I HAD ALMOST BECAME
- 00:07:10.509 --> 00:07:11.943
- SO I HAD ALMOST BECAME ADDICTED TO HELPING PEOPLE.
- 00:07:11.943 --> 00:07:15.013
- ADDICTED TO HELPING PEOPLE. I JUST LOVED IT, YOU KNOW?
- 00:07:15.013 --> 00:07:15.714
- I JUST LOVED IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT-- I THINK THAT
- 00:07:15.714 --> 00:07:17.816
- AND SO THAT-- I THINK THAT WAS PART OF MY DRIVER AND
- 00:07:17.816 --> 00:07:19.251
- WAS PART OF MY DRIVER AND BESIDES GOD PROTECTING ME
- 00:07:19.251 --> 00:07:19.784
- BESIDES GOD PROTECTING ME FROM MYSELF.
- 00:07:19.784 --> 00:07:20.452
- FROM MYSELF. - ERIC: YOU WERE
- 00:07:20.452 --> 00:07:22.654
- - ERIC: YOU WERE REFERENCING EARLIER THAT,
- 00:07:22.654 --> 00:07:24.456
- REFERENCING EARLIER THAT, IN PART OF THIS MADNESS,
- 00:07:24.456 --> 00:07:26.358
- IN PART OF THIS MADNESS, BECAUSE OF COCAINE, YOU
- 00:07:26.358 --> 00:07:30.896
- BECAUSE OF COCAINE, YOU STAYED UP DAY AFTER DAY
- 00:07:30.896 --> 00:07:31.429
- STAYED UP DAY AFTER DAY AFTER-- YOU DID NOT SLEEP
- 00:07:31.429 --> 00:07:31.963
- AFTER-- YOU DID NOT SLEEP FOR HOW MANY DAYS?
- 00:07:31.963 --> 00:07:32.831
- FOR HOW MANY DAYS? - MIKE: IT WAS 14 DAYS.
- 00:07:32.831 --> 00:07:34.099
- - MIKE: IT WAS 14 DAYS. IT SOUNDS CRAZY, WHICH IT
- 00:07:34.099 --> 00:07:36.668
- IT SOUNDS CRAZY, WHICH IT IS, BUT ONE DAY LEAD TO
- 00:07:36.668 --> 00:07:38.169
- IS, BUT ONE DAY LEAD TO THE NEXT, AND THEN YOU CAN
- 00:07:38.169 --> 00:07:39.170
- THE NEXT, AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP THESE ARTIFICIAL
- 00:07:39.170 --> 00:07:41.873
- KEEP THESE ARTIFICIAL CRACK IN YOUR SYSTEM
- 00:07:41.873 --> 00:07:42.841
- CRACK IN YOUR SYSTEM IN YOUR--
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- IN YOUR-- YOU KNOW, TO KEEP YOU UP.
- 00:07:44.476 --> 00:07:45.644
- YOU KNOW, TO KEEP YOU UP. NOW, WHY I DIDN'T DIE,
- 00:07:45.644 --> 00:07:46.545
- NOW, WHY I DIDN'T DIE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL
- 00:07:46.545 --> 00:07:47.946
- I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I WALKED OUT.
- 00:07:47.946 --> 00:07:48.747
- TELL YOU, I WALKED OUT. IT WAS IN MINNEAPOLIS,
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- IT WAS IN MINNEAPOLIS, DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
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- DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. I COME WALKIN' OUT OF THE
- 00:07:51.016 --> 00:07:52.183
- I COME WALKIN' OUT OF THE BEDROOM, AND HERE'S ALL
- 00:07:52.183 --> 00:07:52.817
- BEDROOM, AND HERE'S ALL THREE OF THE BIGGEST DRUG
- 00:07:52.817 --> 00:07:54.219
- THREE OF THE BIGGEST DRUG DEALERS STANDING THERE,
- 00:07:54.219 --> 00:07:54.753
- DEALERS STANDING THERE, AND I'M GOIN' "WHAT ARE
- 00:07:54.753 --> 00:07:55.220
- AND I'M GOIN' "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOIN'?
- 00:07:55.220 --> 00:07:56.054
- YOU GUYS DOIN'? YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?"
- 00:07:56.054 --> 00:07:56.555
- YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?" THEY HAD NEVER MET EACH
- 00:07:56.555 --> 00:07:57.122
- THEY HAD NEVER MET EACH OTHER.
- 00:07:57.122 --> 00:07:57.856
- OTHER. THEY KNEW OF EACH OTHER'S
- 00:07:57.856 --> 00:07:58.990
- THEY KNEW OF EACH OTHER'S GROUPS, RIGHT?
- 00:07:58.990 --> 00:07:59.891
- GROUPS, RIGHT? AND THEY SAID--
- 00:07:59.891 --> 00:08:01.026
- AND THEY SAID-- - ERIC: THE BIGGEST DRUG
- 00:08:01.026 --> 00:08:02.427
- - ERIC: THE BIGGEST DRUG DEALERS IN MINNEAPOLIS--
- 00:08:02.427 --> 00:08:03.962
- - ERIC: -- GATHERED TO
- 00:08:06.031 --> 00:08:06.598
- - ERIC: -- GATHERED TO CONFRONT YOU?
- 00:08:06.598 --> 00:08:07.232
- CONFRONT YOU? - MIKE: RIGHT, AND THEY
- 00:08:07.232 --> 00:08:07.966
- - MIKE: RIGHT, AND THEY SAID, "MIKE, YOU'VE BEEN
- 00:08:07.966 --> 00:08:08.833
- SAID, "MIKE, YOU'VE BEEN UP 14 DAYS.
- 00:08:08.833 --> 00:08:09.734
- UP 14 DAYS. WE'RE CUTTIN' YOU OFF."
- 00:08:09.734 --> 00:08:10.769
- WE'RE CUTTIN' YOU OFF." AND I GO, "WHAT IS THIS?
- 00:08:10.769 --> 00:08:12.003
- AND I GO, "WHAT IS THIS? AN INTERVENTION?"
- 00:08:12.003 --> 00:08:12.837
- AN INTERVENTION?" AND THEY GO, "CALL IT
- 00:08:12.837 --> 00:08:17.242
- AND TWO OF 'EM LEFT.
- 00:08:18.276 --> 00:08:18.843
- AND TWO OF 'EM LEFT. NOW, I FIND OUT ONE OF 'EM
- 00:08:18.843 --> 00:08:19.444
- NOW, I FIND OUT ONE OF 'EM LATER WENT-- OR ONE OF 'EM
- 00:08:19.444 --> 00:08:20.445
- LATER WENT-- OR ONE OF 'EM WENT DOWN ON THE STREETS
- 00:08:20.445 --> 00:08:21.112
- WENT DOWN ON THE STREETS TO GET THE WORD OUT: "YOU
- 00:08:21.112 --> 00:08:22.514
- TO GET THE WORD OUT: "YOU SELL TO THIS WHITE GUY
- 00:08:22.514 --> 00:08:23.415
- SELL TO THIS WHITE GUY WITH A MUSTACHE, THIS
- 00:08:23.415 --> 00:08:24.583
- WITH A MUSTACHE, THIS CRAZY WHITE GUY WITH A
- 00:08:24.583 --> 00:08:25.717
- CRAZY WHITE GUY WITH A MUSTACHE, WE'LL KILL YA."
- 00:08:25.717 --> 00:08:26.818
- MUSTACHE, WE'LL KILL YA." YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE
- 00:08:26.818 --> 00:08:27.285
- YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE WORD OUT, "YOU'RE NOT
- 00:08:27.285 --> 00:08:29.321
- WORD OUT, "YOU'RE NOT SELLIN' TO HIM."
- 00:08:29.321 --> 00:08:30.021
- SELLIN' TO HIM." - ERIC: MIKE, MIKE, THIS IS--
- 00:08:30.021 --> 00:08:30.956
- - ERIC: MIKE, MIKE, THIS IS-- AGAIN, I WILL NEVER CEASE
- 00:08:30.956 --> 00:08:32.157
- AGAIN, I WILL NEVER CEASE TO GET OVER THIS.
- 00:08:32.157 --> 00:08:35.160
- TO GET OVER THIS. THESE DRUG DEALERS IN THE
- 00:08:35.160 --> 00:08:36.695
- THESE DRUG DEALERS IN THE CITY, THESE ARE STREET
- 00:08:36.695 --> 00:08:37.996
- CITY, THESE ARE STREET PEOPLE MAKING MONEY FROM
- 00:08:37.996 --> 00:08:39.965
- PEOPLE MAKING MONEY FROM SELLING DRUGS, DECIDED,
- 00:08:39.965 --> 00:08:42.400
- SELLING DRUGS, DECIDED, THE THREE OF THEM, TO STOP
- 00:08:42.400 --> 00:08:43.635
- THE THREE OF THEM, TO STOP YOU FROM BUYING DRUGS?
- 00:08:43.635 --> 00:08:45.770
- YOU FROM BUYING DRUGS? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
- 00:08:45.770 --> 00:08:47.672
- WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? - MIKE: WELL, HERE'S WHAT
- 00:08:47.672 --> 00:08:48.206
- - MIKE: WELL, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED THEN.
- 00:08:48.206 --> 00:08:49.674
- HAPPENED THEN. SO I WAITED THE ONE OUT.
- 00:08:49.674 --> 00:08:50.675
- SO I WAITED THE ONE OUT. HE SAT IN THE CHAIR TO
- 00:08:50.675 --> 00:08:51.343
- HE SAT IN THE CHAIR TO WAIT ME OUT.
- 00:08:51.343 --> 00:08:52.444
- WAIT ME OUT. HE SAID, "HOW MUCH CRACK
- 00:08:52.444 --> 00:08:52.978
- HE SAID, "HOW MUCH CRACK YOU HAVE LEFT?"
- 00:08:52.978 --> 00:08:53.745
- YOU HAVE LEFT?" AND I SHOWED HIM.
- 00:08:53.745 --> 00:08:54.579
- AND I SHOWED HIM. FINALLY, HE GOT--
- 00:08:54.579 --> 00:08:56.114
- FINALLY, HE GOT-- YOU KNOW, HE FELL ASLEEP,
- 00:08:56.114 --> 00:08:57.315
- YOU KNOW, HE FELL ASLEEP, AND THEN BEFORE HE WAS FALLIN'
- 00:08:57.315 --> 00:08:57.949
- AND THEN BEFORE HE WAS FALLIN' ASLEEP, I'M SCRAPIN'
- 00:08:57.949 --> 00:08:59.451
- ASLEEP, I'M SCRAPIN' MY PIPE.
- 00:08:59.451 --> 00:08:59.951
- MY PIPE. I'M ON THE FLOOR,
- 00:08:59.951 --> 00:09:01.052
- I'M ON THE FLOOR, "CARPET FARMING," THEY CALL IT,
- 00:09:01.052 --> 00:09:02.187
- "CARPET FARMING," THEY CALL IT, LOOKIN' FOR PIECES.
- 00:09:02.187 --> 00:09:03.521
- LOOKIN' FOR PIECES. I'M COMIN' OFF A 14-DAY.
- 00:09:03.521 --> 00:09:06.124
- I'M COMIN' OFF A 14-DAY. I NEED THIS CRACK.
- 00:09:06.124 --> 00:09:07.759
- I NEED THIS CRACK. FINALLY, I'M LOOKIN' OVER,
- 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.827
- FINALLY, I'M LOOKIN' OVER, AND HE WENT TO SLEEP.
- 00:09:08.827 --> 00:09:10.996
- AND HE WENT TO SLEEP. I HEAD DOWN AT 2:30 IN THE
- 00:09:10.996 --> 00:09:12.530
- I HEAD DOWN AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING IN THE STREETS OF
- 00:09:12.530 --> 00:09:13.031
- MORNING IN THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS.
- 00:09:13.031 --> 00:09:14.032
- MINNEAPOLIS. NOW, THEY HAD GOTTEN THE
- 00:09:14.032 --> 00:09:15.734
- NOW, THEY HAD GOTTEN THE WORD OUT, AND I COULDN'T
- 00:09:15.734 --> 00:09:16.568
- WORD OUT, AND I COULDN'T BUY CRACK.
- 00:09:16.568 --> 00:09:17.068
- BUY CRACK. THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
- 00:09:17.068 --> 00:09:18.136
- THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS ADDICTED, DEALING,
- 00:09:18.136 --> 00:09:18.837
- STREETS ADDICTED, DEALING, EVERYTHING, AND THEY'RE--
- 00:09:18.837 --> 00:09:19.537
- EVERYTHING, AND THEY'RE-- I'M GOIN',
- 00:09:19.537 --> 00:09:21.106
- I'M GOIN', "HEY, I WANT, $20 FOR $5
- 00:09:21.106 --> 00:09:23.041
- "HEY, I WANT, $20 FOR $5 WORTH."
- 00:09:23.041 --> 00:09:24.009
- WORTH." I TRIED EVERYTHING.
- 00:09:24.009 --> 00:09:24.976
- I TRIED EVERYTHING. I'M VERY RESOURCEFUL, BUT
- 00:09:24.976 --> 00:09:26.011
- I'M VERY RESOURCEFUL, BUT I COULDN'T GET IT.
- 00:09:26.011 --> 00:09:27.078
- I COULDN'T GET IT. I CAME BACK UPSTAIRS AN
- 00:09:27.078 --> 00:09:28.847
- I CAME BACK UPSTAIRS AN HOUR LATER, DEFEATED.
- 00:09:28.847 --> 00:09:30.649
- HOUR LATER, DEFEATED. AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAID TO
- 00:09:30.649 --> 00:09:31.850
- AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAID TO ME: HE GOES, "YOU KNOW,
- 00:09:31.850 --> 00:09:33.351
- ME: HE GOES, "YOU KNOW, GIVE ME THAT PHONE OF YOURS.
- 00:09:33.351 --> 00:09:33.985
- GIVE ME THAT PHONE OF YOURS. I'M TAKIN' A PICTURE OF
- 00:09:33.985 --> 00:09:35.053
- I'M TAKIN' A PICTURE OF YOU," HE SAYS.
- 00:09:35.053 --> 00:09:37.055
- YOU," HE SAYS. HE SAID, "YOU'VE BEEN
- 00:09:37.055 --> 00:09:37.522
- HE SAID, "YOU'VE BEEN TELLIN' US FOR YEARS
- 00:09:37.522 --> 00:09:38.456
- TELLIN' US FOR YEARS YOU'RE GONNA WRITE SOME
- 00:09:38.456 --> 00:09:39.124
- YOU'RE GONNA WRITE SOME BOOK," AND HE SAID,
- 00:09:39.124 --> 00:09:39.924
- BOOK," AND HE SAID, "AND YOU'VE BEEN TELLIN' US
- 00:09:39.924 --> 00:09:41.059
- "AND YOU'VE BEEN TELLIN' US THAT MYPILLOW IS JUST A
- 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:42.293
- THAT MYPILLOW IS JUST A PLATFORM FOR GOD, AND
- 00:09:42.293 --> 00:09:43.528
- PLATFORM FOR GOD, AND YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND
- 00:09:43.528 --> 00:09:45.630
- YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND HELP US SOMEDAY GET OUT OF
- 00:09:45.630 --> 00:09:46.598
- HELP US SOMEDAY GET OUT OF THIS ADDICTION LIFESTYLE
- 00:09:46.598 --> 00:09:48.767
- THIS ADDICTION LIFESTYLE WE'RE LEADIN', AND WE'RE
- 00:09:48.767 --> 00:09:49.634
- WE'RE LEADIN', AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU DIE ON US."
- 00:09:49.634 --> 00:09:50.301
- NOT GONNA LET YOU DIE ON US." ERIC, I WAS THEIR HOPE.
- 00:09:50.301 --> 00:09:52.504
- ERIC, I WAS THEIR HOPE. I TOLD THEM THAT ALL THE
- 00:09:52.504 --> 00:09:54.072
- I TOLD THEM THAT ALL THE TIME, MY FRIENDS AND
- 00:09:54.072 --> 00:09:55.306
- TIME, MY FRIENDS AND STUFF, "I HAVE THIS BIG
- 00:09:55.306 --> 00:09:55.874
- STUFF, "I HAVE THIS BIG PLATFORM, AND SOMEDAY I'M
- 00:09:55.874 --> 00:09:56.441
- PLATFORM, AND SOMEDAY I'M GONNA COME BACK AND HELP
- 00:09:56.441 --> 00:09:58.176
- GONNA COME BACK AND HELP YOU ALL."
- 00:09:58.176 --> 00:09:59.411
- YOU ALL." TWO OF THEM WORK FOR ME NOW.
- 00:09:59.411 --> 00:10:00.145
- TWO OF THEM WORK FOR ME NOW. THEY'RE BORN-AGAIN
- 00:10:00.145 --> 00:10:00.645
- THEY'RE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS, WORK FOR
- 00:10:00.645 --> 00:10:01.946
- CHRISTIANS, WORK FOR MYPILLOW.
- 00:10:01.946 --> 00:10:02.480
- MYPILLOW. - ERIC: MIKE, LET ME TELL
- 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.682
- - ERIC: MIKE, LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE REASON YOUR
- 00:10:03.682 --> 00:10:04.949
- YOU THAT THE REASON YOUR STORY IS SO BEAUTIFUL IS
- 00:10:04.949 --> 00:10:06.551
- STORY IS SO BEAUTIFUL IS BECAUSE IT'S SO HONEST AND
- 00:10:06.551 --> 00:10:08.153
- BECAUSE IT'S SO HONEST AND BECAUSE IT BREAKS EVERY
- 00:10:08.153 --> 00:10:10.021
- BECAUSE IT BREAKS EVERY CATEGORY.
- 00:10:10.021 --> 00:10:11.623
- CATEGORY. IN OTHER WORDS, HERE YOU
- 00:10:11.623 --> 00:10:13.224
- IN OTHER WORDS, HERE YOU ARE, TRYING TO DO
- 00:10:13.224 --> 00:10:14.159
- ARE, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD WHILE
- 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.428
- SOMETHING FOR GOD WHILE YOU'RE AN ADDICT, RIGHT?
- 00:10:16.428 --> 00:10:17.328
- YOU'RE AN ADDICT, RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
- 00:10:17.328 --> 00:10:18.630
- A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "WELL, YOU COULDN'T
- 00:10:18.630 --> 00:10:20.498
- "WELL, YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE TRYING TO DO
- 00:10:20.498 --> 00:10:22.000
- POSSIBLY BE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD.
- 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.435
- SOMETHING FOR GOD. YOU'RE ADDICTED.
- 00:10:23.435 --> 00:10:24.335
- YOU'RE ADDICTED. YOU NEED TO GET OFF THAT.
- 00:10:24.335 --> 00:10:24.803
- YOU NEED TO GET OFF THAT. YOU NEED TO GET--"
- 00:10:24.803 --> 00:10:27.372
- YOU NEED TO GET--" BUT JUST TO SHOW HOW MESSY
- 00:10:27.372 --> 00:10:29.340
- BUT JUST TO SHOW HOW MESSY LIFE IS AND HOW IT HAPPENS
- 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:30.909
- LIFE IS AND HOW IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, IN THE MIDST OF
- 00:10:30.909 --> 00:10:32.844
- SOMETIMES, IN THE MIDST OF THIS UGLINESS, ON THE
- 00:10:32.844 --> 00:10:34.012
- THIS UGLINESS, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR
- 00:10:34.012 --> 00:10:35.880
- OTHER SIDE OF YOUR CONVERSION-- ON THE OTHER
- 00:10:35.880 --> 00:10:37.816
- CONVERSION-- ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR SUCCESS,
- 00:10:37.816 --> 00:10:40.085
- SIDE OF YOUR SUCCESS, THERE WAS STILL A PART OF
- 00:10:40.085 --> 00:10:40.652
- THERE WAS STILL A PART OF YOU THAT WAS TRYING TO DO
- 00:10:40.652 --> 00:10:41.953
- YOU THAT WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.
- 00:10:41.953 --> 00:10:43.688
- SOMETHING. YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT GOD
- 00:10:43.688 --> 00:10:45.924
- YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT GOD EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T
- 00:10:45.924 --> 00:10:46.424
- EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A VERY GOOD
- 00:10:46.424 --> 00:10:47.092
- SEEM TO BE A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATIVE.
- 00:10:47.092 --> 00:10:47.892
- REPRESENTATIVE. - MIKE: RIGHT.
- 00:10:47.892 --> 00:10:48.426
- - MIKE: RIGHT. I WOULD-- YOU KNOW,
- 00:10:48.426 --> 00:10:49.194
- I WOULD-- YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:10:49.194 --> 00:10:50.195
- ABSOLUTELY. I OWNED A BAR FOR 13 YEARS.
- 00:10:50.195 --> 00:10:51.296
- I OWNED A BAR FOR 13 YEARS. NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR AN
- 00:10:51.296 --> 00:10:54.065
- NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR AN ADDICT, AND AFTER THE BARS
- 00:10:54.065 --> 00:10:54.666
- ADDICT, AND AFTER THE BARS WERE CLOSED, YOU COULD ASK
- 00:10:54.666 --> 00:10:55.500
- WERE CLOSED, YOU COULD ASK ALL MY FRIENDS FROM BACK
- 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:56.334
- ALL MY FRIENDS FROM BACK THEN-- BY THE WAY,
- 00:10:56.334 --> 00:10:58.269
- THEN-- BY THE WAY, THEY'RE SAVED NOW-
- 00:10:58.269 --> 00:10:59.871
- THEY'RE SAVED NOW- I WOULD TELL THEM AT NIGHT,
- 00:10:59.871 --> 00:11:00.438
- I WOULD TELL THEM AT NIGHT, I WOULD GO OUT TO THE BARS,
- 00:11:00.438 --> 00:11:01.339
- I WOULD GO OUT TO THE BARS, "HEY, YOU GUYS,
- 00:11:01.339 --> 00:11:02.240
- "HEY, YOU GUYS, I READ ABOUT THE
- 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.742
- I READ ABOUT THE END-TIME REVELATION.
- 00:11:03.742 --> 00:11:04.743
- END-TIME REVELATION. I READ ABOUT GOD."
- 00:11:04.743 --> 00:11:06.010
- I READ ABOUT GOD." AND WHEN I WAS IN JAIL,
- 00:11:06.010 --> 00:11:06.878
- AND WHEN I WAS IN JAIL, THAT'S WHEN I WOULD READ THE
- 00:11:06.878 --> 00:11:07.846
- THAT'S WHEN I WOULD READ THE BIBLE.
- 00:11:07.846 --> 00:11:08.379
- BIBLE. IT'S FROM WHEN I HAD
- 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:08.913
- IT'S FROM WHEN I HAD GOOD SEEDS PLANTED WHEN
- 00:11:08.913 --> 00:11:09.781
- GOOD SEEDS PLANTED WHEN I WAS A KID,
- 00:11:09.781 --> 00:11:10.582
- I WAS A KID, BUT I'D ALWAYS-- WHENEVER
- 00:11:10.582 --> 00:11:11.683
- BUT I'D ALWAYS-- WHENEVER I WAS IN JAIL TO GET MY
- 00:11:11.683 --> 00:11:14.719
- I WAS IN JAIL TO GET MY LICENSE BACK OR WHATEVER,
- 00:11:14.719 --> 00:11:15.320
- LICENSE BACK OR WHATEVER, I WOULD TELL MY FRIENDS
- 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:16.454
- "WE GOTTA GET OFF THESE
- 00:11:17.489 --> 00:11:18.656
- "WE GOTTA GET OFF THESE DRUGS," AND, TELLIN' 'EM ABOUT--
- 00:11:18.656 --> 00:11:19.758
- DRUGS," AND, TELLIN' 'EM ABOUT-- LIKE, TELL 'EM ABOUT
- 00:11:19.758 --> 00:11:20.358
- LIKE, TELL 'EM ABOUT WHATEVER I READ IN
- 00:11:20.358 --> 00:11:20.992
- WHATEVER I READ IN THE BIBLE,
- 00:11:20.992 --> 00:11:23.328
- TWENTY-EIGHT PEOPLE WE CAN
- 00:11:24.395 --> 00:11:25.730
- TWENTY-EIGHT PEOPLE WE CAN KNOW THAT QUIT DURING THAT
- 00:11:25.730 --> 00:11:26.264
- KNOW THAT QUIT DURING THAT TIME.
- 00:11:26.264 --> 00:11:27.532
- TIME. THEY'D QUIT AND EITHER
- 00:11:27.532 --> 00:11:28.066
- THEY'D QUIT AND EITHER FIND JESUS, BUT FOR SURE
- 00:11:28.066 --> 00:11:29.300
- FIND JESUS, BUT FOR SURE QUIT DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, AND
- 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:30.368
- QUIT DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, AND MY FRIENDS WERE GOIN',
- 00:11:30.368 --> 00:11:30.902
- MY FRIENDS WERE GOIN', "MIKE, WILL YOU QUIT
- 00:11:30.902 --> 00:11:31.469
- "MIKE, WILL YOU QUIT TALKIN'?
- 00:11:31.469 --> 00:11:32.237
- TALKIN'? WE'RE LOSIN' FRIENDS HERE,
- 00:11:32.237 --> 00:11:32.771
- WE'RE LOSIN' FRIENDS HERE, YOU KNOW?"
- 00:11:32.771 --> 00:11:34.539
- YOU KNOW?" [LAUGHTER]
- 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:35.607
- [LAUGHTER] BUT THAT WAS ME.
- 00:11:35.607 --> 00:11:36.541
- BUT THAT WAS ME. ERIC, THAT WAS ME.
- 00:11:36.541 --> 00:11:38.910
- ERIC, THAT WAS ME. I BELIEVE-- I LOOK BACK NOW--
- 00:11:38.910 --> 00:11:41.546
- I BELIEVE-- I LOOK BACK NOW-- WHEN I TALK AND EVEN
- 00:11:41.546 --> 00:11:43.181
- WHEN I TALK AND EVEN WHEN I HAVE MY MEETINGS,
- 00:11:43.181 --> 00:11:44.315
- WHEN I HAVE MY MEETINGS, MY BOARD MEETINGS AT
- 00:11:44.315 --> 00:11:45.950
- MY BOARD MEETINGS AT MYPILLOW, AND STUFF, I'LL
- 00:11:45.950 --> 00:11:46.518
- MYPILLOW, AND STUFF, I'LL BE TALKIN', AND I'M TRYIN'
- 00:11:46.518 --> 00:11:47.418
- BE TALKIN', AND I'M TRYIN' TO CONVINCE MYSELF.
- 00:11:47.418 --> 00:11:48.253
- TO CONVINCE MYSELF. IT'S ALMOST LIKE I TALK
- 00:11:48.253 --> 00:11:49.754
- IT'S ALMOST LIKE I TALK THROUGH THINGS.
- 00:11:49.754 --> 00:11:50.722
- THROUGH THINGS. SO I WAS TRYING TO GET TO
- 00:11:50.722 --> 00:11:52.791
- SO I WAS TRYING TO GET TO JESUS MYSELF BY TELLIN'
- 00:11:52.791 --> 00:11:53.625
- JESUS MYSELF BY TELLIN' THEM ABOUT IT, AND I'M NOT
- 00:11:53.625 --> 00:11:54.726
- THEM ABOUT IT, AND I'M NOT EVEN SAVED MYSELF.
- 00:11:54.726 --> 00:11:55.927
- EVEN SAVED MYSELF. AND THIS CAME UP--
- 00:11:55.927 --> 00:11:57.729
- AND THIS CAME UP-- A REAL SHORT THING HERE.
- 00:11:57.729 --> 00:11:58.763
- A REAL SHORT THING HERE. WHEN MYPILLOW, WHEN I WAS
- 00:11:58.763 --> 00:11:59.998
- WHEN MYPILLOW, WHEN I WAS THE ONLY CALL CENTER--
- 00:11:59.998 --> 00:12:01.666
- THE ONLY CALL CENTER-- IT WAS JUST MY CELL PHONE,
- 00:12:01.666 --> 00:12:03.034
- IT WAS JUST MY CELL PHONE, AND PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME
- 00:12:03.034 --> 00:12:04.135
- AND PEOPLE WOULD CALL ME FOR ORDERS AFTER THE
- 00:12:04.135 --> 00:12:05.236
- FOR ORDERS AFTER THE SHOWS, I'D HAVE PEOPLE
- 00:12:05.236 --> 00:12:05.870
- SHOWS, I'D HAVE PEOPLE CALL ME UP, ESPECIALLY
- 00:12:05.870 --> 00:12:06.471
- CALL ME UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY STARTED SEEIN'
- 00:12:06.471 --> 00:12:07.405
- WHEN THEY STARTED SEEIN' ME ON TV, WEARIN' MY
- 00:12:07.405 --> 00:12:08.373
- ME ON TV, WEARIN' MY CROSS, THEY'RE GOIN',
- 00:12:08.373 --> 00:12:08.907
- CROSS, THEY'RE GOIN', "YOU'RE WEARIN' YOUR CROSS
- 00:12:08.907 --> 00:12:10.108
- "YOU'RE WEARIN' YOUR CROSS ON TV?"
- 00:12:10.108 --> 00:12:10.909
- ON TV?" AND THEY'RE-- AND THEY'D
- 00:12:10.909 --> 00:12:11.776
- AND THEY'RE-- AND THEY'D BE YELLIN' AT ME, AND I
- 00:12:11.776 --> 00:12:13.144
- BE YELLIN' AT ME, AND I WOULD SIT THERE, AND I
- 00:12:13.144 --> 00:12:14.412
- WOULD SIT THERE, AND I WOULD START TALKING.
- 00:12:14.412 --> 00:12:15.113
- WOULD START TALKING. IT COULD BE AN ATHEIST.
- 00:12:15.113 --> 00:12:16.447
- IT COULD BE AN ATHEIST. BY THE TIME I WAS DONE WITH
- 00:12:16.447 --> 00:12:19.017
- BY THE TIME I WAS DONE WITH THEM, THEY'D FIND JESUS,
- 00:12:19.017 --> 00:12:19.884
- THEM, THEY'D FIND JESUS, AND I GO, "THERE, TAKE
- 00:12:19.884 --> 00:12:20.585
- AND I GO, "THERE, TAKE THAT."
- 00:12:20.585 --> 00:12:21.219
- THAT." AND I'M NOT EVEN SAVED YET.
- 00:12:21.219 --> 00:12:22.020
- AND I'M NOT EVEN SAVED YET. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:12:22.020 --> 00:12:22.554
- [LAUGHTER] - ERIC: WHAT IT DOES IS
- 00:12:22.554 --> 00:12:23.421
- - ERIC: WHAT IT DOES IS IT CALLS INTO QUESTION--
- 00:12:23.421 --> 00:12:25.890
- IT CALLS INTO QUESTION-- WE SOMETIMES HAVE THESE
- 00:12:25.890 --> 00:12:27.859
- WE SOMETIMES HAVE THESE RELIGIOUS IDEAS THAT, ONE
- 00:12:27.859 --> 00:12:29.160
- RELIGIOUS IDEAS THAT, ONE DAY, YOU'RE NOT SAVED, THE
- 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:30.028
- DAY, YOU'RE NOT SAVED, THE NEXT DAY, YOU'RE SAVED,
- 00:12:30.028 --> 00:12:31.663
- NEXT DAY, YOU'RE SAVED, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES--
- 00:12:31.663 --> 00:12:32.864
- BUT I THINK SOMETIMES-- AND YOUR LIFE SEEMS TO BE
- 00:12:32.864 --> 00:12:33.531
- AND YOUR LIFE SEEMS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS--
- 00:12:33.531 --> 00:12:35.233
- AN EXAMPLE OF THIS-- IT'S NOT SO CLEAR.
- 00:12:35.233 --> 00:12:36.534
- IT'S NOT SO CLEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD WAS
- 00:12:36.534 --> 00:12:38.403
- IN OTHER WORDS, GOD WAS STILL SPEAKING TO YOU AND
- 00:12:38.403 --> 00:12:40.205
- STILL SPEAKING TO YOU AND WORKING THROUGH YOU.
- 00:12:40.205 --> 00:12:41.706
- WORKING THROUGH YOU. CLEARLY, YOU WEREN'T WHERE
- 00:12:41.706 --> 00:12:43.208
- CLEARLY, YOU WEREN'T WHERE HE WANTED YOU TO BE, BUT
- 00:12:43.208 --> 00:12:43.741
- HE WANTED YOU TO BE, BUT HE WAS STILL ABLE TO USE
- 00:12:43.741 --> 00:12:44.776
- HE WAS STILL ABLE TO USE YOU.
- 00:12:44.776 --> 00:12:45.276
- YOU. I'M JUST FASCINATED BY
- 00:12:45.276 --> 00:12:45.910
- I'M JUST FASCINATED BY THAT.
- 00:12:45.910 --> 00:12:46.678
- THAT. WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE
- 00:12:46.678 --> 00:12:47.946
- WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE WITH MIKE LINDELL.
- 00:12:47.946 --> 00:12:49.147
- WITH MIKE LINDELL. IF YOU ORDER ANYTHING FROM
- 00:12:49.147 --> 00:12:49.881
- IF YOU ORDER ANYTHING FROM MYPILLOW, AND YOU DON'T
- 00:12:49.881 --> 00:12:50.715
- MYPILLOW, AND YOU DON'T USE THE CODE, "ERIC,"
- 00:12:50.715 --> 00:12:53.751
- - ERIC: HEY THERE, FOLKS,
- 00:12:56.567 --> 00:12:57.134
- - ERIC: HEY THERE, FOLKS, I'M TALKING TO
- 00:12:57.134 --> 00:12:58.002
- I'M TALKING TO MICHAEL LINDELL,
- 00:12:58.002 --> 00:12:58.903
- MICHAEL LINDELL, AND WHEN I SAY,
- 00:12:58.903 --> 00:12:59.437
- AND WHEN I SAY, "MIKE LINDELL," YOU'RE
- 00:12:59.437 --> 00:13:00.171
- "MIKE LINDELL," YOU'RE THINKING, "OH,
- 00:13:00.171 --> 00:13:00.938
- THINKING, "OH, THE BOBBLE HEAD, ERIC?
- 00:13:00.938 --> 00:13:01.672
- THE BOBBLE HEAD, ERIC? YOU'RE TALKING TO THE
- 00:13:01.672 --> 00:13:02.573
- YOU'RE TALKING TO THE BOBBLE-HEAD MICHAEL LINDELL?"
- 00:13:02.573 --> 00:13:04.075
- BOBBLE-HEAD MICHAEL LINDELL?" NO, NO, NO.
- 00:13:04.075 --> 00:13:07.278
- I HAVE THE MAN BEHIND THE
- 00:13:08.412 --> 00:13:09.347
- I HAVE THE MAN BEHIND THE BOBBLE HEAD, THE ACTUAL
- 00:13:09.347 --> 00:13:09.880
- BOBBLE HEAD, THE ACTUAL MAN, MIKE LINDELL.
- 00:13:09.880 --> 00:13:11.415
- MAN, MIKE LINDELL. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR COMING
- 00:13:11.415 --> 00:13:11.949
- MIKE, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T
- 00:13:11.949 --> 00:13:13.284
- AND BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ME.
- 00:13:13.284 --> 00:13:14.518
- BELIEVE ME. THEY THINK THAT I JUST-- I
- 00:13:14.518 --> 00:13:16.087
- THEY THINK THAT I JUST-- I TALKED TO THE BOBBLE HEAD,
- 00:13:16.087 --> 00:13:17.188
- TALKED TO THE BOBBLE HEAD, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW
- 00:13:17.188 --> 00:13:18.322
- AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR
- 00:13:18.322 --> 00:13:18.856
- YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME LOOK GOOD WITH
- 00:13:18.856 --> 00:13:20.191
- MAKING ME LOOK GOOD WITH MY LISTENERS AND MY
- 00:13:20.191 --> 00:13:20.858
- MY LISTENERS AND MY VIEWERS.
- 00:13:20.858 --> 00:13:21.759
- VIEWERS. NOW, LOOK, MIKE, YOUR
- 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.860
- NOW, LOOK, MIKE, YOUR STORY IS SO CRAZY.
- 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:24.495
- STORY IS SO CRAZY. I WANNA GO TO THIS POINT
- 00:13:24.495 --> 00:13:27.565
- I WANNA GO TO THIS POINT WHERE THESE DRUG DEALERS
- 00:13:27.565 --> 00:13:29.734
- WHERE THESE DRUG DEALERS BELIEVE IN YOU SO MUCH--
- 00:13:29.734 --> 00:13:31.102
- BELIEVE IN YOU SO MUCH-- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
- 00:13:31.102 --> 00:13:31.936
- IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU THINK OF THEM
- 00:13:31.936 --> 00:13:32.937
- BECAUSE YOU THINK OF THEM AS "THESE ARE BAD PEOPLE,"
- 00:13:32.937 --> 00:13:34.171
- AS "THESE ARE BAD PEOPLE," BUT THEY BELIEVE IN YOU.
- 00:13:34.171 --> 00:13:35.106
- BUT THEY BELIEVE IN YOU. THEY HAVE HOPE IN YOU.
- 00:13:35.106 --> 00:13:36.340
- THEY HAVE HOPE IN YOU. THEY CUT YOU OFF FROM THE
- 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:38.242
- THEY CUT YOU OFF FROM THE DRUGS THEY'RE SELLING YOU
- 00:13:38.242 --> 00:13:39.543
- DRUGS THEY'RE SELLING YOU BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO
- 00:13:39.543 --> 00:13:40.211
- BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO SUCCEED.
- 00:13:40.211 --> 00:13:41.178
- SUCCEED. I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE
- 00:13:41.178 --> 00:13:42.279
- I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE MADE-UP.
- 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:42.813
- MADE-UP. THIS IS A MOVIE, AND IT
- 00:13:42.813 --> 00:13:44.682
- THIS IS A MOVIE, AND IT SHOULD BE A MOVIE.
- 00:13:44.682 --> 00:13:45.216
- SHOULD BE A MOVIE. SO WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS
- 00:13:45.216 --> 00:13:45.616
- SO WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS POINT?
- 00:13:45.616 --> 00:13:47.351
- POINT? WHEN DO YOU FINALLY GET
- 00:13:47.351 --> 00:13:50.488
- - MIKE: WELL, THIS WAS
- 00:13:52.456 --> 00:13:53.157
- - MIKE: WELL, THIS WAS MARCH OF 2008, AND A
- 00:13:53.157 --> 00:13:53.724
- MARCH OF 2008, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED
- 00:13:53.724 --> 00:13:54.358
- COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED IN 2008 THAT I BELIEVE HAD
- 00:13:54.358 --> 00:13:55.893
- IN 2008 THAT I BELIEVE HAD TO HAPPEN, THOSE PIECES
- 00:13:55.893 --> 00:13:57.094
- TO HAPPEN, THOSE PIECES THAT FINALLY FROM THE DAY
- 00:13:57.094 --> 00:13:58.896
- THAT FINALLY FROM THE DAY I QUIT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED
- 00:13:58.896 --> 00:14:01.832
- HE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY.
- 00:14:03.167 --> 00:14:04.502
- HE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. HE GOT BACK FROM A HUNTIN'
- 00:14:04.502 --> 00:14:05.236
- HE GOT BACK FROM A HUNTIN' TRIP, AND HE STOPPED, AND
- 00:14:05.236 --> 00:14:05.770
- TRIP, AND HE STOPPED, AND HE WOULDN'T GO IN, AND I
- 00:14:05.770 --> 00:14:06.404
- HE WOULDN'T GO IN, AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S--"
- 00:14:06.404 --> 00:14:07.838
- SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S--" AND HE WAS 18, AND I SAID,
- 00:14:07.838 --> 00:14:08.372
- AND HE WAS 18, AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?"
- 00:14:08.372 --> 00:14:09.140
- "WELL, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?" AND HE SAYS, "I WANNA GO
- 00:14:09.140 --> 00:14:10.041
- AND HE SAYS, "I WANNA GO LIVE WITH MY BROTHER,"
- 00:14:10.041 --> 00:14:11.042
- LIVE WITH MY BROTHER," AND THAT HURT ME SO MUCH
- 00:14:11.042 --> 00:14:12.043
- AND THAT HURT ME SO MUCH INSIDE 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I
- 00:14:12.043 --> 00:14:14.011
- INSIDE 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS HIDING MY ADDICTION.
- 00:14:14.011 --> 00:14:14.745
- WAS HIDING MY ADDICTION. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE--
- 00:14:14.745 --> 00:14:16.180
- YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE-- THE CLASSIC, YOU KNOW,
- 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.381
- THE CLASSIC, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ELSE IS LOOKIN'
- 00:14:17.381 --> 00:14:18.582
- EVERYONE ELSE IS LOOKIN' AT THE DYSFUNCTION, BUT I
- 00:14:18.582 --> 00:14:20.084
- AT THE DYSFUNCTION, BUT I CAN'T SEE IT FOR MYSELF.
- 00:14:20.084 --> 00:14:21.385
- CAN'T SEE IT FOR MYSELF. BUT THAT HURT, AND THEN IT
- 00:14:21.385 --> 00:14:23.954
- BUT THAT HURT, AND THEN IT GOT TO DECEMBER OF '08,
- 00:14:23.954 --> 00:14:25.389
- GOT TO DECEMBER OF '08, AND SOMETHING VERY
- 00:14:25.389 --> 00:14:26.624
- AND SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING HAPPENED.
- 00:14:26.624 --> 00:14:27.224
- INTERESTING HAPPENED. I DIDN'T HAVE-- IT WAS
- 00:14:27.224 --> 00:14:28.826
- I DIDN'T HAVE-- IT WAS GETTING NEAR THE END, SO
- 00:14:28.826 --> 00:14:31.195
- GETTING NEAR THE END, SO TO SPEAK, AND I WAS LOSING
- 00:14:31.195 --> 00:14:32.496
- TO SPEAK, AND I WAS LOSING A SECOND HOUSE, AND, YOU
- 00:14:32.496 --> 00:14:33.230
- A SECOND HOUSE, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS GOIN'
- 00:14:33.230 --> 00:14:35.332
- KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS GOIN' DOWN.
- 00:14:35.332 --> 00:14:35.866
- DOWN. MYPILLOW WAS, JUST, ALMOST
- 00:14:35.866 --> 00:14:38.269
- MYPILLOW WAS, JUST, ALMOST FLATLINED, JUST A LITTLE
- 00:14:38.269 --> 00:14:39.570
- FLATLINED, JUST A LITTLE BLIP ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN
- 00:14:39.570 --> 00:14:41.739
- BLIP ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I WOULD DECIDE TO DO A
- 00:14:41.739 --> 00:14:42.273
- I WOULD DECIDE TO DO A SHOW, BUT MY FRIEND SHOWED
- 00:14:42.273 --> 00:14:42.973
- SHOW, BUT MY FRIEND SHOWED UP OUT OF THE BLUE.
- 00:14:42.973 --> 00:14:44.075
- UP OUT OF THE BLUE. HIS NAME WAS DICK VAN SLOAN,
- 00:14:44.075 --> 00:14:44.942
- HIS NAME WAS DICK VAN SLOAN, AND DICK SHOWS UP,
- 00:14:44.942 --> 00:14:48.779
- AND DICK SHOWS UP, AND HE SAYS-- AND HE WAS
- 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.547
- AND HE SAYS-- AND HE WAS MY EQUAL, ERIC.
- 00:14:49.547 --> 00:14:50.347
- MY EQUAL, ERIC. WE BOTH STARTED IN COCAINE
- 00:14:50.347 --> 00:14:51.682
- WE BOTH STARTED IN COCAINE IN THE EARLY '80s,
- 00:14:51.682 --> 00:14:52.717
- IN THE EARLY '80s, SWITCHED TO CRACK IN THE
- 00:14:52.717 --> 00:14:53.217
- SWITCHED TO CRACK IN THE EARLY 2000s.
- 00:14:53.217 --> 00:14:54.785
- EARLY 2000s. HE WAS A VERY FUNCTIONING
- 00:14:54.785 --> 00:14:56.220
- HE WAS A VERY FUNCTIONING ADDICT LIKE I WAS, AND HE
- 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:58.489
- ADDICT LIKE I WAS, AND HE WAS EQUAL IN EVERY WAY,
- 00:14:58.489 --> 00:14:59.056
- WAS EQUAL IN EVERY WAY, AND HE HAD BEEN
- 00:14:59.056 --> 00:15:01.258
- AND HE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
- 00:15:01.258 --> 00:15:02.059
- SUCCESSFUL. HE HAD SUCCESSES AND
- 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:02.727
- HE HAD SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, BUT HE HAD BEEN
- 00:15:02.727 --> 00:15:04.695
- FAILURES, BUT HE HAD BEEN CLEAN FOR FOUR YEARS.
- 00:15:04.695 --> 00:15:06.397
- CLEAN FOR FOUR YEARS. I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.
- 00:15:06.397 --> 00:15:07.965
- I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT. HE FOUND THE LORD.
- 00:15:07.965 --> 00:15:08.599
- HE FOUND THE LORD. AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM,
- 00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:09.633
- AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM, AND HE JUST POPS IN LIKE--
- 00:15:09.633 --> 00:15:10.234
- AND HE JUST POPS IN LIKE-- I GO,
- 00:15:10.234 --> 00:15:11.168
- I GO, "DICK, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'
- 00:15:11.168 --> 00:15:12.536
- "DICK, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?"
- 00:15:12.536 --> 00:15:13.070
- HERE?" HE GOES, "WHAT ARE YOU
- 00:15:13.070 --> 00:15:13.471
- HE GOES, "WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?"
- 00:15:13.471 --> 00:15:14.038
- DOIN'?" HE SAYS, "THE LORD LED ME
- 00:15:14.038 --> 00:15:14.538
- HE SAYS, "THE LORD LED ME HERE."
- 00:15:14.538 --> 00:15:15.005
- HERE." AND I SAID, "WELL,
- 00:15:15.005 --> 00:15:16.240
- AND I SAID, "WELL, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE,
- 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.241
- AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS."
- 00:15:17.241 --> 00:15:17.908
- I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS." I SAID-- THE FIRST QUESTION
- 00:15:17.908 --> 00:15:18.909
- I SAID-- THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED HIM WAS
- 00:15:18.909 --> 00:15:20.377
- I ASKED HIM WAS "IS IT BORING?"
- 00:15:20.377 --> 00:15:21.378
- "IS IT BORING?" AND HE SAID, "NO, MAN,
- 00:15:21.378 --> 00:15:22.480
- AND HE SAID, "NO, MAN, IT AIN'T BORING."
- 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.081
- IT AIN'T BORING." AND I DRILLED HIM FOR--
- 00:15:24.081 --> 00:15:24.648
- AND I DRILLED HIM FOR-- - ERIC: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- 00:15:24.648 --> 00:15:26.383
- - ERIC: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU MEAN IS BEING A
- 00:15:26.383 --> 00:15:27.218
- YOU MEAN IS BEING A CHRISTIAN BORING?
- 00:15:27.218 --> 00:15:27.785
- CHRISTIAN BORING? - MIKE: WELL, NO, I
- 00:15:27.785 --> 00:15:29.553
- - MIKE: WELL, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME
- 00:15:29.553 --> 00:15:30.688
- DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME WAS IT BEIN' A CHRISTIAN
- 00:15:30.688 --> 00:15:31.622
- WAS IT BEIN' A CHRISTIAN OR WAS IT BEIN'-- NOT
- 00:15:31.622 --> 00:15:32.223
- OR WAS IT BEIN'-- NOT BEIN' ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL,
- 00:15:32.223 --> 00:15:34.492
- BEIN' ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW?
- 00:15:34.492 --> 00:15:35.359
- YOU KNOW? SO IT COULD'VE BEEN BOTH
- 00:15:35.359 --> 00:15:36.293
- SO IT COULD'VE BEEN BOTH OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
- 00:15:36.293 --> 00:15:37.361
- OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. WITH DICK AND I, THE
- 00:15:37.361 --> 00:15:38.329
- WITH DICK AND I, THE DETAILS DIDN'T MATTER.
- 00:15:38.329 --> 00:15:39.563
- DETAILS DIDN'T MATTER. WE BOTH KNEW IT, YOU KNOW,
- 00:15:39.563 --> 00:15:40.431
- WE BOTH KNEW IT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF MEANT BOTH,
- 00:15:40.431 --> 00:15:40.998
- IT KIND OF MEANT BOTH, OKAY?
- 00:15:40.998 --> 00:15:42.433
- OKAY? - ERIC: YEAH.
- 00:15:42.433 --> 00:15:43.434
- - ERIC: YEAH. - MIKE: BUT I KEPT AT HIM
- 00:15:43.434 --> 00:15:44.401
- - MIKE: BUT I KEPT AT HIM WITH QUESTIONS FOR ABOUT
- 00:15:44.401 --> 00:15:45.336
- WITH QUESTIONS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, AND HE GOT UP AND
- 00:15:45.336 --> 00:15:46.604
- AN HOUR, AND HE GOT UP AND DISAPPEARED AS MUCH AS
- 00:15:46.604 --> 00:15:48.305
- DISAPPEARED AS MUCH AS WHEN HE GOT THERE, AND,
- 00:15:48.305 --> 00:15:51.609
- WHEN HE GOT THERE, AND, NOW, THAT WAS ON MIDDLE OF
- 00:15:51.609 --> 00:15:53.778
- NOW, THAT WAS ON MIDDLE OF DECEMBER OF '08.
- 00:15:53.778 --> 00:15:55.880
- DECEMBER OF '08. NOW, ONE MONTH LATER,
- 00:15:55.880 --> 00:15:58.415
- NOW, ONE MONTH LATER, ON JANUARY 16, 2009, I KNEW--
- 00:15:58.415 --> 00:15:59.416
- ON JANUARY 16, 2009, I KNEW-- AND PEOPLE SAY, "WAS THAT
- 00:15:59.416 --> 00:16:00.284
- AND PEOPLE SAY, "WAS THAT YOUR BOTTOM, MIKE?"
- 00:16:00.284 --> 00:16:01.452
- YOUR BOTTOM, MIKE?" AND I SAID-- I MADE SURE
- 00:16:01.452 --> 00:16:02.753
- AND I SAID-- I MADE SURE THAT I KNEW OR THAT THAT
- 00:16:02.753 --> 00:16:04.421
- THAT I KNEW OR THAT THAT DAY THAT I HAD NOTHIN'
- 00:16:04.421 --> 00:16:05.990
- DAY THAT I HAD NOTHIN' LEFT MONEY-WISE, SO WITH
- 00:16:05.990 --> 00:16:08.425
- LEFT MONEY-WISE, SO WITH GOD, I'D THROW THIS GREAT
- 00:16:08.425 --> 00:16:08.959
- GOD, I'D THROW THIS GREAT COMEBACK, AND I KNEW THEY
- 00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:10.728
- COMEBACK, AND I KNEW THEY HAD THIS BIG-- GOD HAD
- 00:16:10.728 --> 00:16:12.196
- HAD THIS BIG-- GOD HAD THIS BIG CALLING FOR ME.
- 00:16:12.196 --> 00:16:13.631
- THIS BIG CALLING FOR ME. WELL, WITH THIS CALLING,
- 00:16:13.631 --> 00:16:17.768
- WELL, WITH THIS CALLING, THAT DAY, I SAID,
- 00:16:17.768 --> 00:16:19.336
- THAT DAY, I SAID, "GOD, I WANNA WAKE UP IN THE
- 00:16:19.336 --> 00:16:20.571
- "GOD, I WANNA WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND NEVER HAVE THE
- 00:16:20.571 --> 00:16:22.339
- MORNING AND NEVER HAVE THE DESIRE AGAIN FOR ANY OF MY
- 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:25.376
- DESIRE AGAIN FOR ANY OF MY ADDICTIONS, THE ALCOHOL,
- 00:16:25.376 --> 00:16:25.876
- ADDICTIONS, THE ALCOHOL, THE DRUGS, AND THEN I'LL
- 00:16:25.876 --> 00:16:26.911
- THE DRUGS, AND THEN I'LL DO THIS PLATFORM,
- 00:16:26.911 --> 00:16:28.412
- DO THIS PLATFORM, OR THIS CALLING.
- 00:16:28.412 --> 00:16:29.513
- OR THIS CALLING. BUT WHAT IT WAS IS PEOPLE
- 00:16:29.513 --> 00:16:30.014
- BUT WHAT IT WAS IS PEOPLE SAY, "WAS THAT YOUR
- 00:16:30.014 --> 00:16:31.081
- SAY, "WAS THAT YOUR BOTTOM?"
- 00:16:31.081 --> 00:16:31.582
- BOTTOM?" WHAT IT WAS, I USED TO
- 00:16:31.582 --> 00:16:32.716
- WHAT IT WAS, I USED TO WORK AT A DRIVE-IN MOVIE
- 00:16:32.716 --> 00:16:33.284
- WORK AT A DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER, AND IN THE BOOK,
- 00:16:33.284 --> 00:16:34.318
- THEATER, AND IN THE BOOK, I EXPLAIN IT.
- 00:16:34.318 --> 00:16:36.687
- I EXPLAIN IT. I KNEW, AT THAT POINT,
- 00:16:36.687 --> 00:16:37.621
- I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, THAT THERE WAS-- THE
- 00:16:37.621 --> 00:16:39.123
- THAT THERE WAS-- THE SECOND FEATURE OF MY LIFE
- 00:16:39.123 --> 00:16:40.491
- SECOND FEATURE OF MY LIFE WAS GONNA START THAT NEXT
- 00:16:40.491 --> 00:16:41.325
- WAS GONNA START THAT NEXT DAY, AND THE SECOND
- 00:16:41.325 --> 00:16:42.593
- DAY, AND THE SECOND FEATURE OF THIS DRIVE-IN
- 00:16:42.593 --> 00:16:43.227
- FEATURE OF THIS DRIVE-IN MOVIE.
- 00:16:43.227 --> 00:16:45.496
- MOVIE. THE REEL A, WOULD BE MY
- 00:16:45.496 --> 00:16:46.664
- THE REEL A, WOULD BE MY CALLING.
- 00:16:46.664 --> 00:16:47.798
- CALLING. REEL B, THE SECOND, OR THE
- 00:16:47.798 --> 00:16:49.166
- REEL B, THE SECOND, OR THE OTHER MOVIE, WOULD BE
- 00:16:49.166 --> 00:16:50.467
- OTHER MOVIE, WOULD BE WHEREVER LIFE WOULD TAKE
- 00:16:50.467 --> 00:16:51.702
- WHEREVER LIFE WOULD TAKE ME DOWN THAT DARK PATH,
- 00:16:51.702 --> 00:16:54.271
- ME DOWN THAT DARK PATH, AND IF I WAITED ONE MORE
- 00:16:54.271 --> 00:16:56.240
- AND IF I WAITED ONE MORE DAY, REEL A WAS NOT A
- 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.974
- DAY, REEL A WAS NOT A CHOICE ANYMORE.
- 00:16:56.974 --> 00:16:57.508
- CHOICE ANYMORE. THAT CHOICE WOULD BE GONE
- 00:16:57.508 --> 00:16:58.642
- THAT CHOICE WOULD BE GONE FOREVER.
- 00:16:58.642 --> 00:16:59.143
- FOREVER. - ERIC: YOU JUST KNEW
- 00:16:59.143 --> 00:16:59.944
- - ERIC: YOU JUST KNEW THIS SOMEHOW?
- 00:16:59.944 --> 00:17:01.445
- THIS SOMEHOW? - MIKE: YEAH, I KNEW IT
- 00:17:01.445 --> 00:17:03.414
- - MIKE: YEAH, I KNEW IT WITH EVERY PART OF ME, AND
- 00:17:03.414 --> 00:17:04.615
- WITH EVERY PART OF ME, AND I QUIT THAT NIGHT.
- 00:17:04.615 --> 00:17:06.016
- I QUIT THAT NIGHT. I WOKE UP THE NEXT
- 00:17:06.016 --> 00:17:07.251
- I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, AND I GO, "WOW,
- 00:17:07.251 --> 00:17:08.285
- MORNING, AND I GO, "WOW, SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT."
- 00:17:08.285 --> 00:17:09.086
- SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT." IT WAS LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY,
- 00:17:09.086 --> 00:17:10.421
- IT WAS LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY, AND, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC
- 00:17:10.421 --> 00:17:11.822
- AND, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC WERE PLAYIN', THE LIGHTS,
- 00:17:11.822 --> 00:17:12.890
- WERE PLAYIN', THE LIGHTS, AND EVERYTHING HAD BEEN
- 00:17:12.890 --> 00:17:13.357
- AND EVERYTHING HAD BEEN GOIN'.
- 00:17:13.357 --> 00:17:13.791
- GOIN'. I EVEN LOOKED IN THE
- 00:17:13.791 --> 00:17:14.291
- I EVEN LOOKED IN THE MIRROR.
- 00:17:14.291 --> 00:17:14.925
- MIRROR. I GO, "WOW, I DON'T LOOK
- 00:17:14.925 --> 00:17:15.693
- I GO, "WOW, I DON'T LOOK TOO BAD FOR ALL THESE
- 00:17:15.693 --> 00:17:16.260
- TOO BAD FOR ALL THESE YEARS OF ADDICTION,"
- 00:17:16.260 --> 00:17:17.661
- YEARS OF ADDICTION," YOU KNOW?
- 00:17:17.661 --> 00:17:18.195
- YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST LIKE GOD
- 00:17:18.195 --> 00:17:19.296
- IT'S JUST LIKE GOD TRANSFORMED ME, AT LEAST,
- 00:17:19.296 --> 00:17:20.497
- TRANSFORMED ME, AT LEAST, AND THE DESIRE WAS GONE.
- 00:17:20.497 --> 00:17:22.566
- AND THE DESIRE WAS GONE. NOW, I WANNA SAY 'CAUSE I
- 00:17:22.566 --> 00:17:24.101
- NOW, I WANNA SAY 'CAUSE I WANT-- THAT WAS A MIRACLE
- 00:17:24.101 --> 00:17:24.668
- WANT-- THAT WAS A MIRACLE IN ITSELF.
- 00:17:24.668 --> 00:17:26.003
- IN ITSELF. I NEVER, EVER HAD THE
- 00:17:26.003 --> 00:17:26.670
- I NEVER, EVER HAD THE DESIRE AGAIN, BUT TWO
- 00:17:26.670 --> 00:17:30.875
- DESIRE AGAIN, BUT TWO MONTHS LATER, I FELT LED
- 00:17:30.875 --> 00:17:34.011
- MONTHS LATER, I FELT LED TO GO TO MY-- A CHURCH,
- 00:17:34.011 --> 00:17:35.312
- TO GO TO MY-- A CHURCH, OUR CHURCH, WHERE THEY
- 00:17:35.312 --> 00:17:36.680
- OUR CHURCH, WHERE THEY HAVE A TREATMENT CENTER.
- 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.315
- HAVE A TREATMENT CENTER. THEY'RE CALLED LIVING FREE.
- 00:17:38.315 --> 00:17:38.849
- THEY'RE CALLED LIVING FREE. I GET IN THERE, AND I'M
- 00:17:38.849 --> 00:17:40.050
- I GET IN THERE, AND I'M **BRAGGIN' UP ON WHAT I
- 00:17:40.050 --> 00:17:40.517
- **BRAGGIN' UP ON WHAT I USED TO DO IN THE
- 00:17:40.517 --> 00:17:41.485
- USED TO DO IN THE TREATMENT CENTER.
- 00:17:41.485 --> 00:17:42.019
- TREATMENT CENTER. I SAID, "YEAH, I DID ALL
- 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:43.687
- I SAID, "YEAH, I DID ALL THESE DRUGS."
- 00:17:43.687 --> 00:17:44.455
- THESE DRUGS." HE GOES,
- 00:17:44.455 --> 00:17:45.522
- HE GOES, "HO, HO, HO, WE DON'T CARE
- 00:17:45.522 --> 00:17:45.890
- "HO, HO, HO, WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DID.
- 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:46.557
- WHAT YOU DID. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR
- 00:17:46.557 --> 00:17:48.626
- WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BOTTOM PART.
- 00:17:48.626 --> 00:17:50.628
- BOTTOM PART. TELL US ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
- 00:17:50.628 --> 00:17:51.195
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR FATHER. I GO, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY
- 00:17:51.195 --> 00:17:52.296
- I GO, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY FATHER?
- 00:17:52.296 --> 00:17:53.631
- FATHER? IT WAS A GOOD UPBRINGING."
- 00:17:53.631 --> 00:17:56.901
- IT WAS A GOOD UPBRINGING." AND HE GOES-- I SAID,
- 00:17:56.901 --> 00:17:57.468
- AND HE GOES-- I SAID, "WELL, MY PARENTS DIVORCED
- 00:17:57.468 --> 00:17:57.968
- "WELL, MY PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN I WAS SEVEN."
- 00:17:57.968 --> 00:17:58.769
- WHEN I WAS SEVEN." AND HE STARTS DIGGIN'
- 00:17:58.769 --> 00:17:59.570
- AND HE STARTS DIGGIN' INTO THESE WOUNDS
- 00:17:59.570 --> 00:18:01.839
- INTO THESE WOUNDS FROM CHILDHOOD,
- 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.973
- FROM CHILDHOOD, AND THEN I'M GOIN', "WOW,"
- 00:18:02.973 --> 00:18:04.341
- AND THEN I'M GOIN', "WOW," PEOPLE THAT-- THINGS THAT
- 00:18:04.341 --> 00:18:04.942
- PEOPLE THAT-- THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN CHILDHOOD--
- 00:18:04.942 --> 00:18:06.310
- HAPPENED IN CHILDHOOD-- THAT'S WHY I FIRMLY
- 00:18:06.310 --> 00:18:07.144
- THAT'S WHY I FIRMLY BELIEVE ADDICTION IS NOT A
- 00:18:07.144 --> 00:18:08.245
- BELIEVE ADDICTION IS NOT A DISEASE.
- 00:18:08.245 --> 00:18:09.480
- DISEASE. IT'S WOUNDS THAT COME IN
- 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.447
- IT'S WOUNDS THAT COME IN THAT-- YOU KNOW, WHETHER
- 00:18:10.447 --> 00:18:12.883
- THAT-- YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FATHER WOUNDS OR
- 00:18:12.883 --> 00:18:13.417
- IT'S FATHER WOUNDS OR TRAUMA THAT HAPPENS WHEN
- 00:18:13.417 --> 00:18:14.652
- TRAUMA THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE A KID, IT CAN TAKE
- 00:18:14.652 --> 00:18:16.820
- YOU'RE A KID, IT CAN TAKE ONE THING THAT MANIFESTS
- 00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:17.721
- ONE THING THAT MANIFESTS INTO "I'M NOT WORTHY,"
- 00:18:17.721 --> 00:18:20.057
- INTO "I'M NOT WORTHY," "I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH,"
- 00:18:20.057 --> 00:18:22.559
- "I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH," THE DEVIL'S LIES THAT GET IN
- 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.560
- THE DEVIL'S LIES THAT GET IN THERE, AND THEN YOU GET
- 00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.328
- THERE, AND THEN YOU GET DRUGS AND OTHER ADDICTIONS
- 00:18:24.328 --> 00:18:25.696
- DRUGS AND OTHER ADDICTIONS THAT MASK PAIN OR THAT
- 00:18:25.696 --> 00:18:29.366
- THAT MASK PAIN OR THAT GIVE YOU FALSE COURAGE.
- 00:18:29.366 --> 00:18:31.001
- GIVE YOU FALSE COURAGE. AND, ANYWAY, THOSE PLANTED
- 00:18:31.001 --> 00:18:32.937
- NOW I'M GONNA
- 00:18:34.672 --> 00:18:35.139
- NOW I'M GONNA FAST-FORWARD.
- 00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.839
- FAST-FORWARD. MYPILLOW GOT SO BIG, BUT
- 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:37.441
- MYPILLOW GOT SO BIG, BUT BY THE SUMMER OF 2014,
- 00:18:37.441 --> 00:18:39.510
- BY THE SUMMER OF 2014, I WAS WITHIN TWO DAYS OF
- 00:18:39.510 --> 00:18:40.544
- I WAS WITHIN TWO DAYS OF GOING UNDER.
- 00:18:40.544 --> 00:18:43.547
- I HAD MADE MISTAKES--
- 00:18:45.282 --> 00:18:46.684
- I HAD MADE MISTAKES-- LET OTHER PEOPLE DO MY THINGS,
- 00:18:46.684 --> 00:18:47.885
- LET OTHER PEOPLE DO MY THINGS, MY MEDIA STUFF AND ALL THIS.
- 00:18:47.885 --> 00:18:48.385
- MY MEDIA STUFF AND ALL THIS. I PULLED EVERYTHING
- 00:18:48.385 --> 00:18:50.054
- I PULLED EVERYTHING IN-HOUSE, BUT AT THE SAME
- 00:18:50.054 --> 00:18:51.322
- IN-HOUSE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MET A GAL.
- 00:18:51.322 --> 00:18:52.623
- TIME, I MET A GAL. HER NAME IS KENDRA, AND
- 00:18:52.623 --> 00:18:54.792
- HER NAME IS KENDRA, AND SHE HAD SOMETHIN' I DIDN'T
- 00:18:54.792 --> 00:18:56.160
- SHE HAD SOMETHIN' I DIDN'T HAVE, AND I KNEW IT.
- 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.494
- HAVE, AND I KNEW IT. SHE HAD HER PERSONAL
- 00:18:57.494 --> 00:18:59.296
- SHE HAD HER PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
- 00:18:59.296 --> 00:19:00.798
- RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. AND I GO, "I BELIEVE IN
- 00:19:00.798 --> 00:19:01.298
- AND I GO, "I BELIEVE IN GOD.
- 00:19:01.298 --> 00:19:01.966
- GOD. WHAT DO YOU MEAN AM I--"
- 00:19:01.966 --> 00:19:05.002
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN AM I--" YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING,
- 00:19:05.002 --> 00:19:05.869
- YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, AND SHE'S PRAYIN' FOR
- 00:19:05.869 --> 00:19:06.870
- AND SHE'S PRAYIN' FOR FAVOR, AND PRAYIN' FOR ALL
- 00:19:06.870 --> 00:19:07.705
- FAVOR, AND PRAYIN' FOR ALL THESE THINGS FOR MYPILLOW,
- 00:19:07.705 --> 00:19:08.272
- THESE THINGS FOR MYPILLOW, AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
- 00:19:08.272 --> 00:19:09.440
- AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE GOT THROUGH THAT, AND
- 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.941
- WE GOT THROUGH THAT, AND THEN THINGS START-- MY
- 00:19:10.941 --> 00:19:11.642
- THEN THINGS START-- MY BOOK IS CALLED "WHAT ARE
- 00:19:11.642 --> 00:19:12.543
- BOOK IS CALLED "WHAT ARE THE ODDS?"
- 00:19:12.543 --> 00:19:13.210
- THE ODDS?" AND THERE'S A REASON FOR
- 00:19:13.210 --> 00:19:14.611
- AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
- 00:19:14.611 --> 00:19:16.613
- THAT. WHEN YOU TAKE IN YOUR OWN
- 00:19:16.613 --> 00:19:17.948
- WHEN YOU TAKE IN YOUR OWN LIFE, ANYBODY OUT THERE,
- 00:19:17.948 --> 00:19:18.549
- LIFE, ANYBODY OUT THERE, AND YOU SAY,
- 00:19:18.549 --> 00:19:19.183
- AND YOU SAY, "THIS IS A ONE IN A MILLION,"
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- "THIS IS A ONE IN A MILLION," "THIS IS A ONE
- 00:19:19.750 --> 00:19:20.284
- "THIS IS A ONE IN A BILLION,"
- 00:19:20.284 --> 00:19:20.851
- IN A BILLION," "THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN,"
- 00:19:20.851 --> 00:19:21.652
- "THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN," WHEN YOU ADD 'EM TOGETHER,
- 00:19:21.652 --> 00:19:23.020
- WHEN YOU ADD 'EM TOGETHER, WHEN YOU CONSIDER 'EM A
- 00:19:23.020 --> 00:19:24.388
- WHEN YOU CONSIDER 'EM A MIRACLE, WELL, GOD WAS
- 00:19:24.388 --> 00:19:25.756
- MIRACLE, WELL, GOD WAS CHASIN' ME ALL THAT TIME,
- 00:19:25.756 --> 00:19:26.991
- CHASIN' ME ALL THAT TIME, AND I GOT COMPLACENT, AND
- 00:19:26.991 --> 00:19:27.825
- AND I GOT COMPLACENT, AND I'M GOIN', "OH, I'LL GET
- 00:19:27.825 --> 00:19:28.525
- I'M GOIN', "OH, I'LL GET THROUGH THIS," "OH,
- 00:19:28.525 --> 00:19:29.860
- THROUGH THIS," "OH, PLEASE, GOD, LET ME GET--"
- 00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:31.095
- PLEASE, GOD, LET ME GET--" A REACTIVE PRAYER, "GOD,
- 00:19:31.095 --> 00:19:31.662
- A REACTIVE PRAYER, "GOD, LET ME GET THROUGH THIS,"
- 00:19:31.662 --> 00:19:32.663
- LET ME GET THROUGH THIS," AND ALL THE TIME, I WOULD,
- 00:19:32.663 --> 00:19:33.564
- AND ALL THE TIME, I WOULD, BUT I STILL DIDN'T
- 00:19:33.564 --> 00:19:34.932
- BUT I STILL DIDN'T SURRENDER.
- 00:19:34.932 --> 00:19:36.000
- SURRENDER. WELL, THEN THINGS STARTED
- 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.668
- WELL, THEN THINGS STARTED HAPPENING IN 2015, '16,
- 00:19:37.668 --> 00:19:39.103
- HAPPENING IN 2015, '16, AND '17, THINGS LIKE
- 00:19:39.103 --> 00:19:41.138
- AND '17, THINGS LIKE DONALD TRUMP INVITIN' ME--
- 00:19:41.138 --> 00:19:42.106
- DONALD TRUMP INVITIN' ME-- I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
- 00:19:42.106 --> 00:19:42.840
- I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS--
- 00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:44.008
- ABOUT POLITICS-- TO NEW YORK CITY,
- 00:19:44.008 --> 00:19:46.276
- TO NEW YORK CITY, AND ON AUGUST 15, 2016,
- 00:19:46.276 --> 00:19:48.846
- AND ON AUGUST 15, 2016, TO MEET HIM IN A PRIVATE
- 00:19:48.846 --> 00:19:49.413
- TO MEET HIM IN A PRIVATE MEETING.
- 00:19:49.413 --> 00:19:50.614
- MEETING. THEY SAY, "WHATEVER YOU
- 00:19:50.614 --> 00:19:51.248
- THEY SAY, "WHATEVER YOU DO, MIKE, DON'T TELL HIM
- 00:19:51.248 --> 00:19:52.883
- DO, MIKE, DON'T TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR CRACK,
- 00:19:52.883 --> 00:19:53.450
- ABOUT YOUR CRACK, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN
- 00:19:53.450 --> 00:19:54.618
- AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THERE ALONE."
- 00:19:54.618 --> 00:19:55.185
- THERE ALONE." WELL, I WAS ALONE,
- 00:19:55.185 --> 00:19:56.520
- WELL, I WAS ALONE, AND ONE OF THE
- 00:19:56.520 --> 00:19:57.321
- AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID,
- 00:19:57.321 --> 00:19:57.821
- FIRST THINGS I SAID, "YEAH, I USED TO BE A
- 00:19:57.821 --> 00:19:58.956
- "YEAH, I USED TO BE A CRACK ADDICT," AND WE
- 00:19:58.956 --> 00:19:59.790
- CRACK ADDICT," AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE INNER
- 00:19:59.790 --> 00:20:00.924
- TALKED ABOUT THE INNER CITIES, ALL THESE THINGS.
- 00:20:00.924 --> 00:20:01.725
- CITIES, ALL THESE THINGS. WELL, ANYWAY, I WENT ALL
- 00:20:01.725 --> 00:20:03.193
- WELL, ANYWAY, I WENT ALL IN, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS,
- 00:20:03.193 --> 00:20:05.262
- IN, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT'S WHAT
- 00:20:05.262 --> 00:20:08.298
- BECAUSE I KNEW THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO DO.
- 00:20:08.298 --> 00:20:08.866
- GOD WANTED ME TO DO. WELL, MY FRIENDS ARE
- 00:20:08.866 --> 00:20:09.533
- WELL, MY FRIENDS ARE SEEIN' ME ON TV, SITTING
- 00:20:09.533 --> 00:20:10.567
- SEEIN' ME ON TV, SITTING NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF
- 00:20:10.567 --> 00:20:11.135
- NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
- 00:20:11.135 --> 00:20:12.136
- THE UNITED STATES. THEY'RE GOIN',
- 00:20:12.136 --> 00:20:12.703
- THEY'RE GOIN', "WHAT IS THIS CRACK ADDICT
- 00:20:12.703 --> 00:20:13.570
- "WHAT IS THIS CRACK ADDICT SITTING THERE,
- 00:20:13.570 --> 00:20:14.838
- SITTING THERE, THIS EX-CRACK ADDICT?
- 00:20:14.838 --> 00:20:16.073
- THIS EX-CRACK ADDICT? JESUS HAS TO BE REAL
- 00:20:16.073 --> 00:20:17.574
- JESUS HAS TO BE REAL 'CAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE."
- 00:20:17.574 --> 00:20:19.376
- 'CAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE." AND THESE WERE THE THINGS,
- 00:20:19.376 --> 00:20:20.544
- AND THESE WERE THE THINGS, FOR ME, THAT THESE HAD
- 00:20:20.544 --> 00:20:21.979
- FOR ME, THAT THESE HAD HAPPENED, INCLUDING, YOU
- 00:20:21.979 --> 00:20:23.313
- HAPPENED, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO A NATIONAL
- 00:20:23.313 --> 00:20:24.548
- KNOW, I WENT TO A NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST, AND I
- 00:20:24.548 --> 00:20:27.084
- PRAYER BREAKFAST, AND I GOT PULLED BY THE 12
- 00:20:27.084 --> 00:20:27.751
- GOT PULLED BY THE 12 PEOPLE TO PRAY WITH
- 00:20:27.751 --> 00:20:28.318
- PEOPLE TO PRAY WITH BEN CARSON.
- 00:20:28.318 --> 00:20:28.919
- BEN CARSON. THEY SAID, "A COUPLE OF
- 00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:29.753
- THEY SAID, "A COUPLE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE GONNA
- 00:20:29.753 --> 00:20:30.587
- YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE GONNA BECOME BEST FRIENDS AND
- 00:20:30.587 --> 00:20:31.455
- BECOME BEST FRIENDS AND HELP CHANGE THE WORLD."
- 00:20:31.455 --> 00:20:31.922
- HELP CHANGE THE WORLD." HE'S ONE OF MY BEST
- 00:20:31.922 --> 00:20:32.790
- HE'S ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS NOW.
- 00:20:32.790 --> 00:20:34.158
- FRIENDS NOW. I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THIS,
- 00:20:34.158 --> 00:20:35.125
- I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THIS, AND I'M GOIN', "OKAY, GOD,
- 00:20:35.125 --> 00:20:35.993
- AND I'M GOIN', "OKAY, GOD, SHOW ME MORE.
- 00:20:35.993 --> 00:20:36.593
- SHOW ME MORE. SHOW ME MORE."
- 00:20:36.593 --> 00:20:37.261
- SHOW ME MORE." GETS UP TO--
- 00:20:37.261 --> 00:20:38.595
- GETS UP TO-- GET THIS, EVERYBODY.
- 00:20:38.595 --> 00:20:39.563
- GET THIS, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY, READY?
- 00:20:39.563 --> 00:20:40.898
- EVERYBODY, READY? YOU ALL SEE ME WEARIN'
- 00:20:40.898 --> 00:20:42.032
- YOU ALL SEE ME WEARIN' MY CROSS ON TV.
- 00:20:42.032 --> 00:20:45.769
- MY CROSS ON TV. FEBRUARY 18, 2017,
- 00:20:45.769 --> 00:20:46.437
- FEBRUARY 18, 2017, I WENT INTO--
- 00:20:46.437 --> 00:20:47.271
- I WENT INTO-- IT'S CALLED OPERATION
- 00:20:47.271 --> 00:20:47.871
- IT'S CALLED OPERATION RESTORED WARRIOR.
- 00:20:47.871 --> 00:20:50.441
- RESTORED WARRIOR. IT'S ACTUALLY FOR VETERANS,
- 00:20:50.441 --> 00:20:52.443
- IT'S ACTUALLY FOR VETERANS, AND BY GRACE OF GOD,
- 00:20:52.443 --> 00:20:53.911
- AND BY GRACE OF GOD, I GOT IN THERE BY
- 00:20:53.911 --> 00:20:56.880
- I GOT IN THERE BY DIVINE APPOINTMENT, AND I
- 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:59.216
- DIVINE APPOINTMENT, AND I WENT IN THERE WITH HOPE THAT
- 00:20:59.216 --> 00:21:00.117
- WENT IN THERE WITH HOPE THAT I COULD GET THAT PERSONAL
- 00:21:00.117 --> 00:21:00.717
- I COULD GET THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, AND ON THE
- 00:21:00.717 --> 00:21:01.585
- RELATIONSHIP, AND ON THE SECOND DAY OF
- 00:21:01.585 --> 00:21:03.587
- SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY 18, 2017,
- 00:21:03.587 --> 00:21:04.688
- FEBRUARY 18, 2017, I DID A FULL SURRENDER,
- 00:21:04.688 --> 00:21:05.222
- I DID A FULL SURRENDER, GOT ON MY KNEES,
- 00:21:05.222 --> 00:21:05.956
- GOT ON MY KNEES, "GOD, I'M GIVIN' IT
- 00:21:05.956 --> 00:21:08.192
- "GOD, I'M GIVIN' IT ALL TO YOU."
- 00:21:08.192 --> 00:21:09.159
- ALL TO YOU." AND FROM THAT POINT ON,
- 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.526
- AND FROM THAT POINT ON, IT WAS JUST A--
- 00:21:09.526 --> 00:21:10.027
- IT WAS JUST A-- IT WAS A MIRACLE.
- 00:21:10.027 --> 00:21:10.761
- IT WAS A MIRACLE. I WALKED OUT OF THERE, AND
- 00:21:10.761 --> 00:21:12.196
- I WALKED OUT OF THERE, AND I'M GOIN', "NOW I CAN GO
- 00:21:12.196 --> 00:21:13.297
- I'M GOIN', "NOW I CAN GO OUT LIKE I DID-- I WENT TO
- 00:21:13.297 --> 00:21:15.399
- OUT LIKE I DID-- I WENT TO U.S. BANK STADIUM,
- 00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.500
- U.S. BANK STADIUM, 50.000 MILLENNIALS,
- 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.569
- 50.000 MILLENNIALS, AND LED 'EM IN PRAYER--
- 00:21:18.569 --> 00:21:19.536
- AND LED 'EM IN PRAYER-- AND THERE WAS THIS BIG
- 00:21:19.536 --> 00:21:20.471
- AND THERE WAS THIS BIG CHRISTIAN EVENT--
- 00:21:20.471 --> 00:21:22.239
- CHRISTIAN EVENT-- AND SPOKE FOR FIVE MINUTES
- 00:21:22.239 --> 00:21:23.607
- AND SPOKE FOR FIVE MINUTES OF MY STORY.
- 00:21:23.607 --> 00:21:24.908
- OF MY STORY. THREE WEEKS LATER, ME AND
- 00:21:24.908 --> 00:21:26.410
- THREE WEEKS LATER, ME AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER ARE AT A
- 00:21:26.410 --> 00:21:28.011
- MY GRANDDAUGHTER ARE AT A AMUSEMENT PARK, AND ALL
- 00:21:28.011 --> 00:21:29.413
- AMUSEMENT PARK, AND ALL THESE MILLENNIALS THAT
- 00:21:29.413 --> 00:21:31.014
- THESE MILLENNIALS THAT WERE THERE, AND THESE
- 00:21:31.014 --> 00:21:31.615
- WERE THERE, AND THESE KIDS, ARE COMIN' UP, GOIN',
- 00:21:31.615 --> 00:21:32.583
- KIDS, ARE COMIN' UP, GOIN', "I WAS SAVED.
- 00:21:32.583 --> 00:21:33.584
- "I WAS SAVED. I'VE KNOWN JESUS BECAUSE
- 00:21:33.584 --> 00:21:34.084
- I'VE KNOWN JESUS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID."
- 00:21:34.084 --> 00:21:34.918
- OF WHAT YOU SAID." THAT WAS GOD CONFIRMING TO ME
- 00:21:34.918 --> 00:21:37.221
- THAT WAS GOD CONFIRMING TO ME THAT I AM FINALLY GETTING
- 00:21:37.221 --> 00:21:38.155
- THAT I AM FINALLY GETTING TO FULFILL MY CALLING
- 00:21:38.155 --> 00:21:39.123
- TO FULFILL MY CALLING WHICH IS NOT MYPILLOW AND
- 00:21:39.123 --> 00:21:39.823
- WHICH IS NOT MYPILLOW AND STUFF.
- 00:21:39.823 --> 00:21:42.960
- STUFF. IT'S TO BE AN EVANGELIST,
- 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.994
- IT'S TO BE AN EVANGELIST, TO REACH OUT, AND REACH
- 00:21:43.994 --> 00:21:46.029
- TO REACH OUT, AND REACH OUT AND BE PART OF THE
- 00:21:46.029 --> 00:21:47.164
- OUT AND BE PART OF THE BIGGEST REVIVAL IN
- 00:21:47.164 --> 00:21:49.233
- BIGGEST REVIVAL IN HISTORY, WHICH I BELIEVE
- 00:21:49.233 --> 00:21:50.467
- HISTORY, WHICH I BELIEVE ADDICTION IS AN
- 00:21:50.467 --> 00:21:51.068
- ADDICTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
- 00:21:51.068 --> 00:21:52.069
- OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME FOR THE BIGGEST REVIVAL.
- 00:21:52.069 --> 00:21:52.703
- FOR THE BIGGEST REVIVAL. WHO'S LOOKIN' FOR HOPE
- 00:21:52.703 --> 00:21:54.138
- WHO'S LOOKIN' FOR HOPE MORE THAN ADDICTS?
- 00:21:54.138 --> 00:21:55.439
- MORE THAN ADDICTS? - ERIC: OH, I LOVE THIS.
- 00:21:55.439 --> 00:21:56.773
- - ERIC: OH, I LOVE THIS. THERE'S SO MUCH HERE.
- 00:21:56.773 --> 00:21:58.542
- THERE'S SO MUCH HERE. MIKE, WE'VE JUST GOT A
- 00:21:58.542 --> 00:21:59.309
- MIKE, WE'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT IN
- 00:21:59.309 --> 00:22:00.677
- COUPLE MINUTES LEFT IN THIS SEGMENT.
- 00:22:00.677 --> 00:22:02.112
- THIS SEGMENT. TELL US ABOUT THIS
- 00:22:02.112 --> 00:22:03.847
- TELL US ABOUT THIS RECOVERY, THE ONLINE THING
- 00:22:03.847 --> 00:22:04.948
- RECOVERY, THE ONLINE THING YOU'VE BEEN WORKIN' ON.
- 00:22:04.948 --> 00:22:05.716
- YOU'VE BEEN WORKIN' ON. THIS IS AMAZING.
- 00:22:05.716 --> 00:22:07.484
- THIS IS AMAZING. - MIKE: RIGHT, THIS IS--
- 00:22:07.484 --> 00:22:08.285
- - MIKE: RIGHT, THIS IS-- WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE IT
- 00:22:08.285 --> 00:22:09.853
- WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE IT SEPTEMBER 26, AT THE THING
- 00:22:09.853 --> 00:22:11.155
- SEPTEMBER 26, AT THE THING CALLED THE RETURN,
- 00:22:11.155 --> 00:22:12.990
- CALLED THE RETURN, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND--
- 00:22:12.990 --> 00:22:14.825
- IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND-- BUT WHAT IT IS, THIS ONLINE
- 00:22:14.825 --> 00:22:15.893
- IT'S NOT JUST ONLINE, BUT
- 00:22:18.595 --> 00:22:19.163
- IT'S NOT JUST ONLINE, BUT WHAT IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE
- 00:22:19.163 --> 00:22:19.696
- WHAT IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE THE BEST HELP IN HISTORY
- 00:22:19.696 --> 00:22:20.230
- THE BEST HELP IN HISTORY FOR ADDICTION THERE EVER
- 00:22:20.230 --> 00:22:21.231
- FOR ADDICTION THERE EVER WAS, AND WE'RE GONNA
- 00:22:21.231 --> 00:22:24.301
- IT INVOLVES HUNDREDS OF
- 00:22:25.969 --> 00:22:26.503
- IT INVOLVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES THAT
- 00:22:26.503 --> 00:22:27.070
- THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES THAT I VETTED.
- 00:22:27.070 --> 00:22:27.571
- I VETTED. IT INVOLVES OVER 5.000
- 00:22:27.571 --> 00:22:29.573
- IT INVOLVES OVER 5.000 FAITH-BASED TREATMENT
- 00:22:29.573 --> 00:22:31.041
- FAITH-BASED TREATMENT CENTERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO
- 00:22:31.041 --> 00:22:32.509
- CENTERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS ONLINE HELP THAT--
- 00:22:32.509 --> 00:22:33.777
- THIS ONLINE HELP THAT-- YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
- 00:22:33.777 --> 00:22:35.179
- YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, REMEMBER WHAT
- 00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:36.013
- THINGS TOO, REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT DICK,
- 00:22:36.013 --> 00:22:37.181
- I TOLD YOU ABOUT DICK, EARLIER IN THE SHOW?
- 00:22:37.181 --> 00:22:37.781
- EARLIER IN THE SHOW? WHEN HE CAME TO ME, HE WAS
- 00:22:37.781 --> 00:22:39.683
- WHEN HE CAME TO ME, HE WAS MY HOPE MATCH.
- 00:22:39.683 --> 00:22:40.284
- MY HOPE MATCH. ONE OF THE THINGS, MY
- 00:22:40.284 --> 00:22:43.620
- ONE OF THE THINGS, MY AUDIENCE OR MY PERSON I'M
- 00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:45.022
- AUDIENCE OR MY PERSON I'M AFTER IS THE ADDICT,
- 00:22:45.022 --> 00:22:46.256
- AFTER IS THE ADDICT, NOT THE ADDICT'S FAMILIES.
- 00:22:46.256 --> 00:22:48.091
- NOT THE ADDICT'S FAMILIES. I'M NOT OUT TO BRING IN
- 00:22:48.091 --> 00:22:48.892
- I'M NOT OUT TO BRING IN THE ADDICT'S FAMILIES AND
- 00:22:48.892 --> 00:22:50.727
- THE ADDICT'S FAMILIES AND SAYIN', "OH, YOUR ADDICT
- 00:22:50.727 --> 00:22:51.562
- SAYIN', "OH, YOUR ADDICT HAS A DISEASE.
- 00:22:51.562 --> 00:22:52.663
- HAS A DISEASE. I'M REACHIN' TO THE
- 00:22:52.663 --> 00:22:53.197
- I'M REACHIN' TO THE ADDICTS 'CAUSE YOU KNOW
- 00:22:53.197 --> 00:22:53.764
- ADDICTS 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:22:53.764 --> 00:22:54.331
- WHAT? I'M GONNA HAVE ALL THESE
- 00:22:54.331 --> 00:22:55.599
- I'M GONNA HAVE ALL THESE VIDEOS, NOT OF PEOPLE'S
- 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.833
- VIDEOS, NOT OF PEOPLE'S BOTTOMS.
- 00:22:56.833 --> 00:22:57.634
- BOTTOMS. AN ADDICT DOESN'T CARE
- 00:22:57.634 --> 00:22:58.068
- AN ADDICT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S
- 00:22:58.068 --> 00:23:00.103
- ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S BOTTOM.
- 00:23:00.103 --> 00:23:01.371
- BOTTOM. THEY SEE THAT "I'M WORSE
- 00:23:01.371 --> 00:23:02.472
- THEY SEE THAT "I'M WORSE THAN THEM," OR "I'M NOT AS
- 00:23:02.472 --> 00:23:02.973
- THAN THEM," OR "I'M NOT AS BAD AS THEM," BUT AN
- 00:23:02.973 --> 00:23:03.674
- BAD AS THEM," BUT AN ADDICT WANTS TO SEE ALL
- 00:23:03.674 --> 00:23:04.841
- ADDICT WANTS TO SEE ALL PEOPLE THEIR OWN AGE AND
- 00:23:04.841 --> 00:23:06.910
- PEOPLE THEIR OWN AGE AND THE SAME DRUG THEY DID,
- 00:23:06.910 --> 00:23:07.744
- THE SAME DRUG THEY DID, THE COMMONALITY OF THE
- 00:23:07.744 --> 00:23:09.012
- THE COMMONALITY OF THE DRUG, AND THEY'VE ALL MADE
- 00:23:09.012 --> 00:23:09.580
- DRUG, AND THEY'VE ALL MADE IT THROUGH.
- 00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.781
- IT THROUGH. THAT'S THEIR HOPE.
- 00:23:10.781 --> 00:23:11.982
- THAT'S THEIR HOPE. THESE ARE HOPE MATCHES.
- 00:23:11.982 --> 00:23:13.750
- YOU KNOW, I BRING HOPE TO
- 00:23:16.253 --> 00:23:16.820
- YOU KNOW, I BRING HOPE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I'M,
- 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.688
- A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, 59 YEARS OLD,
- 00:23:17.688 --> 00:23:20.724
- YOU KNOW, 59 YEARS OLD, AND AN EX SPECIFIC TO
- 00:23:20.724 --> 00:23:21.325
- AND AN EX SPECIFIC TO CRACK, GAMBLING, ALCOHOL.
- 00:23:21.325 --> 00:23:22.859
- CRACK, GAMBLING, ALCOHOL. NOW, IF YOU HAVE A
- 00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:24.394
- HE MIGHT RELATE SOMEWHAT
- 00:23:25.395 --> 00:23:25.862
- HE MIGHT RELATE SOMEWHAT TO THAT, BUT HE CAN
- 00:23:25.862 --> 00:23:26.597
- TO THAT, BUT HE CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO
- 00:23:26.597 --> 00:23:27.698
- CERTAINLY RELATE TO SOMEONE-- EVERYBODY KNOWS
- 00:23:27.698 --> 00:23:29.032
- SOMEONE-- EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE THAT'S DIED NOW
- 00:23:29.032 --> 00:23:30.867
- SOMEONE THAT'S DIED NOW FROM ADDICTION, BUT THEY
- 00:23:30.867 --> 00:23:32.269
- FROM ADDICTION, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S
- 00:23:32.269 --> 00:23:33.070
- ALSO KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S MADE IT THROUGH, AND WE'RE
- 00:23:33.070 --> 00:23:34.538
- MADE IT THROUGH, AND WE'RE GONNA MATCH THEM UP AND
- 00:23:34.538 --> 00:23:35.572
- GONNA MATCH THEM UP AND SAY, "HERE YOU GO."
- 00:23:35.572 --> 00:23:36.173
- SAY, "HERE YOU GO." - ERIC: GOD IS USING YOU IN
- 00:23:36.173 --> 00:23:37.608
- - ERIC: GOD IS USING YOU IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
- 00:23:37.608 --> 00:23:38.542
- ALL KINDS OF WAYS. MIKE LINDELL, GOD BLESS YOU.
- 00:23:38.542 --> 00:23:40.644
- MIKE LINDELL, GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.
- 00:23:40.644 --> 00:23:41.178
- THANK YOU. - MIKE: THANK YOU, AND
- 00:23:41.178 --> 00:23:42.446
- - MIKE: THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD
- 00:23:42.446 --> 00:23:45.382
- [POPPING SOUND]
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- [POPPING SOUND] ♪ WE GONNA TAKE IT ♪
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- ♪ WE GONNA TAKE IT ♪ ♪ GONNA TAKE IT ♪
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- ♪ GONNA TAKE IT ♪ ♪ GONNA TAKE IT ♪
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- ♪ GONNA TAKE IT ♪ ♪ GONNA TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪
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- ♪ GONNA TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA-- ♪
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- ♪ I'M GONNA-- ♪ ♪ TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪
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- ♪ TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA-- ♪
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- ♪ I'M GONNA-- ♪ ♪ TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪
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- ♪ TAKE IT TO THE TOP ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA-- ♪
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