What is going on everyone, welcome to the tenth episode of How They’re Here. As always I’m Tyler Webb, and last week I had a really unique and interesting conversation with the founder of AdditionU, Jay Louricas.
Jay’s life started out pretty ordinary. He was your typical suburban kid in your typical suburban family, but this all came to a screeching halt when his dad got addicted to drugs. This launched the rest of Jay’s life into an unpredictable spiral, with his dad popping in and out of his home, often high and unruly. Jay even recounts a specific instance in middle school in which he came home to find that his dad had stolen literally everything in his bedroom, including the bed.
Now this brief summary does not do justice to what Jay has had to overcome, and while we don’t dive too deeply in the personal aspect of Jay’s life on this podcast, I do encourage you to hear about it in an interview he did on the Backpocket Podcast.
Nevertheless, Jay has turned this unfortunate circumstance into a platform to help other families who are suffering from the effects of addiction. Jay describes the platform as the resource he, his mom and his sister never had and hopes to provide invaluable video and teaching resources to families, schools and clinics across the country to break the stereotype and taboo around families with a loved one struggling with addition.
Hear how Jay is turning his raw passion into a feasible career, the resources he’s using to get started, the mistakes and failed ventures he’s had along the way and so much more.
I hope you all enjoy this episode, and learn a thing or two about how to start to formalize your own passion, and gain some valuable insight into how they’re here.
