Ernie C didn't just flirt with the wrong crowd — he was in it. Gangs, cocaine, a lifestyle built on survival and loyalty to the streets. By the time things fell apart, he’d lost years he couldn’t get back and come closer to losing everything than most people ever want to admit.

In this episode, Ernie sits down with Austin to tell the whole story — what pulled him in, what kept him there, and the moment he decided freedom was worth fighting for. No sugarcoating. No polished recovery speech. Just the real thing.

If you’ve ever loved someone caught up in that world — or if you’ve lived it yourself - this one’s for you.

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What does it look like to live inside a full-blown addiction spiral — cocaine, alcohol, and ecstasy — and somehow walk out the other side?

Hunter S. sits down with Austin Rampt for one of the most raw, honest, and redemption-filled conversations in One Last Hit Podcast history. From putting cocaine in his contact lens just to feel something, to a wire that nearly hit his father's neck, to a courtroom miracle nobody saw coming — Hunter's story will stay with you long after this episode ends.

This is addiction without a filter. And this is what recovery actually looks like.

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Dallas R. grew up in Southern California surrounded by drugs, crime, and chaos. What started as curiosity turned into a full-blown meth addiction that consumed everything. To fund the habit, he turned to robberies. Eventually, the law caught up with him, and he did the time. But prison was not the end of the story. It was the beginning of one.

In this episode of One Last Hit, Austin Rampt sits down with Dallas R. for a raw, unfiltered conversation about meth addiction, the crimes that followed, what it was really like inside, and what it took to finally walk away from that life and build something worth living for. This one does not hold back.

Austin's memoir, One Last Hit: The Remarkable True Story of an Addict's Journey to Find Himself, chronicles his Tampa upbringing, a decade-long battle with addiction, eight stints in rehab, and his journey to Mexico where he found himself surrounded by members of the Sinaloa Cartel. What followed was a near-death experience that became the turning point he needed to reclaim his life.

If you have ever felt like you were too far gone to come back, this episode is proof that you are not.

Whether you are in recovery, love someone who is, or just need a reminder that people can change, this one is for you.

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