Mike Lindell: From Cocaine Addiction Recovery To Selling 46 Million MyPillows, And Why He Keeps Fighting For “Election Integrity” – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 354

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Health & Fitness, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:31.4	Mike Lindell joins us today.
0:33.4	The one and only.
0:34.3	My pillow.
0:35.2	You can follow Mike on X, Real Mike Lindel, L-I-N-N-E-L-L. He also has a long story,
0:42.2	which he talks about in his memoir regarding his addictive process, and he now has a network that
0:47.6	he helps support others in recovery, LindelRecoverynetwork.org, which I want to talk to him about that.
0:53.2	We'll talk about my pillow. We'll talk about
0:54.8	his fight for election integrity, and Michael Dendell will be joining us in just mere moments.
1:02.8	Our laws as it pertain to substances are draconian and bizarre. The psychopaths start this
1:08.1	he was an alcoholic because of social media and pornography, PTSD, love addiction.
1:12.6	Fentanyl and heroin, ridiculous.
1:14.6	I'm a doctor for, I say, where the hell you think I learned that?
1:18.6	I'm just saying, you go to treatment before you kill people.
1:21.6	I am a clinician.
1:22.6	I observe things about these chemicals.
1:23.6	Let's just deal with what's real.
1:25.6	We used to get these calls on Loveline all the time.
1:27.8	Educate adolescents and to prevent and to treat.
1:30.5	You have trouble.
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