SCOUT· 68%2h 14m·2026-08-24·InterviewsSix Hundred Calls and Seven Years Left | Travis Gribble & Brandon Spangler | Ep. 465
Brandon Spangler did five years in the Marine Corps. He broke his neck, crushed his lower back, and walked out with a VA prescription that turned into eight years of addiction. The last stretch was heroin. He got sober in 2013, started college from zero, and is now a licensed clinical social worker with his own…
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“Not that it matters but I’ve been sober for 35 years in June. Only 7% of Opioid Addicts actually “sober up” and stay that way! I have only met 1 and I have been to 12 funerals. Congratulations!!!”
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