What do you do when your world is shrinking to the next high and the next court date? Robin sits down with her uncle, author and YouTuber Timothy Blaine, for an unflinching, hope-forward story about meth addiction, San Quentin’s HIV unit, and the moment faith rerouted a life. Tim spent 17 years using and cycled through lockups 40 times. Then something shifted. Letters from family reached him. A quiet conviction took hold. He walked out determined never to return to drugs—and 25 years later, he hasn’t.
We explore why meth felt like relief during the terrifying early HIV years and how selling on the streets became survival when the system made freedom a moving target. Tim describes the violence that finally broke the spell, the strange calm of quarantine in a converted prison gym, and the first days of believing he could be more than a record of charges. That belief sparked a vocation. He wrote Meth Monster to tell the truth about addiction and deliverance, then built a bold fictional universe: the Love and Gospel Music series, weaving spirits, queer identity, and the gospel industry’s hidden tensions; Epiphany, a listener favorite; and The Label, a ghost story about legacy and the unseen. From there, the YouTube beef sector inspired three sharp murder mysteries—Murder in the Beef Sector, Deadly Wager, and Who Shot the Caller?—probing doxing, clout, and consequences. His recent book, The Battle, pits a relentless spirit against the fentanyl trade, asking hard questions about harm and justice.
Along the way, Tim shares the daily rhythms that keep him grounded: serving as an usher, caring for his dog, writing, and showing up online with humor and candor. The through-line is clear: healing didn’t erase the past; it reassigned its purpose. Whether you connect with the faith language or the craft, you’ll hear a roadmap for choosing life over numbness, community over isolation, and creation over despair.
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