Interview · moment 4 of 25
Tim's Own Addiction Story and Transferring Addictions to Comedy
from #223 - Lil Xan | The Tim Dillon Show · #223
4 min
Guest
Tim shares his decade of cocaine addiction starting at 13, buying an overpriced house at 22, and how he transferred his addiction into doing stand-up multiple times a night; they discuss finding replacement passions to get sober.
- Tim bought a $600,000 house on a subprime mortgage when he was 22, cooked on cocaine, though the house was worth maybe $350,000.
- He'd tell people about drowning in debt and drugs, and they'd laugh while he thought he was literally going to die.
- Started doing stand-up at 25 because making people laugh seemed better than his current trajectory, and sobered up over the next decade.
- Tim transferred his addiction from drugs to comedy, performing three or four times a night instead.
- Finding something you're passionate about to occupy your mind is probably the best advice for someone dealing with addiction.
- His opener majored in fitness, which Tim didn't know was even a major, and keeps him grounded when he gets carried away.
- In his early 20s, Tim was drunk, high, driving without insurance or a valid license, barely scraping by in a subprime mortgage office.
- He dropped out of high school after three months, around Halloween, because he felt like he was trying too hard to fit in and be someone he wasn't.
- Spent most of his would-be high school years playing video games instead of talking to girls.
- His parents weren't thrilled initially but realized they couldn't control him and ended up being supportive as he figured out his own path.
- Tim knew early that conventional school and community weren't for him, though he doesn't encourage others to drop out.