I Was A Lawyer Smuggling Heroin for the Mexican Mafia w/ Jason Keller | The Hopeaholics Podcast #346

I Was A Lawyer Smuggling Heroin for the Mexican Mafia w/ Jason Keller | The Hopeaholics Podcast #346 Jason Keller was a criminal defense attorney with his own firm when he started smuggling drugs into jail for his clients. Papers that looked like textbook material turned out to be black tar heroin flattened between the pages. Then it was a cell phone. Then a charger. All for the Mexican Mafia. He was also smoking crack in the courthouse parking lot before walking in for hearings. He got arrested and almost did six years. That still wasn't his wake-up call. He got drunk on vacation in Honduras, fell off a boat, went to dinner soaking wet, and urinated in a fountain in front of everyone he knew. He was 47. That was the morning he decided he was done. He recently retook the bar exam 20 years later and passed. Chad and Natalie sit with him through all of it the addiction that started at 13, the law career that somehow ran alongside it for decades, and what it took to finally stop. #TheHopeaholics #redemption #recovery #AlcoholAddiction #AddictionRecovery #wedorecover #SobrietyJourney #MyStory #Hope #wedorecover #treatmentcenter #natalieevamarie Join our patreon to get access to an EXTRA EPISODE every week of ‘Off the Record’, exclusive content, a thriving recovery community, and opportunities to be featured on the podcast.   / thehopeaholics   Go to www.Wolfpak.com today and support our sponsors. Don't forget to use code: HOPEAHOLICSPODCAST for 10% off! Follow the Hopeaholics on our Socials:   / thehopeaholics   https://linktr.ee/thehopeaholics Buy Merch: https://thehopeaholics.myshopify.com Visit our Treatment Centers: https://www.hopebythesea.com If you or a loved one needs help, please call or text 949-615-8588. We have the resources to treat mental health and addiction. Sponsored by the Infiniti Group LLC: https://www.infinitigroupllc.com Timestamps: 00:00 Cold Open: The Charges Read Aloud 00:42 Introduction / Jason's Background 01:56 How He Became a Criminal Defense Attorney 03:18 First Marriage and Using During Law School 05:57 3 Years Old and His Grandmother's Liquor Cabinet 10:15 Full Scholarship to U of A. Flunked Out First Year. 13:01 The Workout Regimen That Started in Prison 15:04 Can a Convicted Felon Practice Law in Arizona? 16:28 The God-Sized Hole / What's Actually Underneath Addiction 18:52 The Moment He Said Yes to Smuggling 21:00 The DUI That Derailed His Career Before It Started 22:23 Out of Prison and Already Manipulating Probation 24:21 Relapse on Meth / PO Says Treatment or Go Back 26:14 How the Smuggling Actually Started 27:18 Smoking Crack in the Courthouse Parking Lot 30:28 Finding Out the Papers Were Full of Heroin 34:26 The Cell Phone for the Mexican Mafia 39:14 Arrested September 30th, 2008. Seven Charges. 41:21 What the Arrest Changed and What It Didn't 42:09 The Detective Who Put the Cuffs On Him 43:17 The Sun City AA Meeting / 86-Year-Old Jack Lee 45:29 The Ninth Step Amends With the Detective 51:26 Chad's Story: Felony Evading in a Lamborghini 57:41 The Real Wake-Up Call: Honduras 1:01:10 Finally Admitting He Was an Alcoholic 1:03:35 Step One and What Changed Everything 1:05:30 Why Prison for Six Years Still Wasn't Enough 1:07:31 Internal Bottom vs External Consequences 1:12:20 The AA Meeting He Started for Lawyers 1:14:57 Ethics Talks at the Public Defender's Office 1:16:58 Why Lawyers Are Scared to Get Help 1:19:37 The Disciplinary Panel / Waiting on the Bar 1:20:55 Passing the Bar by Hand While Everyone Used Laptops