Interview · moment 19 of 30
Growing Up with a Rich Palate and Getting Hooked on Coke at 13
from #174 - Brendan Schaub | The Tim Dillon Show · #174
2 min
Guest
Brendan describes his uncle's restaurant business giving him an expensive childhood palate (caviar, tuna tartare), then transitions into starting cocaine at 13-14 and later becoming addicted while selling subprime mortgages on Long Island.
- Tim got addicted to cocaine at 20 while selling subprime mortgages on Long Island, using it to cope with unhappiness and fuel his sales pitch energy.
- His rock bottom wasn't typical—he bought a $600,000 house at 23 that he couldn't afford, which set off a chain of events.
- By 2009, the mortgage industry collapsed just as Tim was drowning in debt, drinking every night at a bar near his house and using drugs.
- Starting stand-up comedy in 2010 gave him an outlet and he stopped drinking and using drugs, redirecting his addictive energy into the craft.
- The food addiction persisted through it all and stayed with him even as he shifted his compulsive drive toward stand-up.