WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.879 Welcome to the two seventeen Recovery Podcast. If you don't 2 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:12.279 make mistakes, you won't learn. With your host Corey Winfield, 3 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:14.320 you know there was a reason why that didn't work out, 4 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.440 and you can look back at it and go, yep, 5 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:18.359 I'm glad that didn't work out how I wanted it, 6 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:23.320 because I would have been horrible. Got your ass. It 7 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:26.640 is the fourteenth of August twenty twenty five. My name 8 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:31.000 is Cory Winfield and joined by a very special guest today. 9 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:32.640 My name is Corey Smoker. 10 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:35.280 Corey Smoker, how are you doing, Corey? 11 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:36.240 I'm doing pretty good. 12 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:39.840 Good. We did a podcast earlier and we were trying 13 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:43.719 something new. We were trying the video podcast that all 14 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:49.359 the kids are doing. Technical issues with the microphone. 15 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:51.399 Yeah, but you know what, we set it up and 16 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:52.920 we sure did give it a shot. 17 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.679 Yeah we did. And that's how you learn, and that 18 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.439 is by doing things, usually by failing, and then you realize, okay, well, 19 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.359 next time, we'll don't move or use different microphone or 20 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.599 I don't know something. We had the little wireless go 21 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.920 microphones and it picked up some movement, so so. 22 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.719 We just realized that I'm gonna keep using this big 23 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.599 awkward one, but you know it works for me. 24 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.280 Yeah, it's well, that's a real microphone. You're using the 25 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.799 same microphone Joe Rogan uses. Oh my god, that's so awesome. 26 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.879 Yeah, you know, I probably should investigate because I don't 27 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:28.719 even think I know who Joe Rogan is. 28 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.319 Wow. He's a very funny guy. He's a good he's 29 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:34.400 a very funny comedian. 30 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.760 He's does he do a lot of podcasts? 31 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:38.400 I think so I. 32 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:40.959 Feel like maybe I did hear some of his stuff. 33 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.799 I've never listened to a Joe Rogan podcast. I'm sure 34 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:46.959 it's good. I like Joe Rogan. There's nothing against him. 35 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:48.120 So you like him. 36 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.959 You've never listened to one, and I don't really particularly 37 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:52.799 know who. 38 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.079 He is, but I think I want to say I 39 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:55.799 did hear. 40 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.239 One, but I don't I like his stand up. 41 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.200 Well, now I got something I get to look up 42 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:05.560 my free time. 43 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.039 All right, Well, Corey's busy for a few days or 44 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:10.639 at least ten minutes. And you were like, oh, yeah, 45 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:11.599 I know that guy. 46 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.599 Well, you never know, and I might in that could 47 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.240 be one hundred percent of true. I was, I might 48 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.159 already know him. I might have already seen him. I 49 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.879 just I'm not really good at the names and the 50 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.080 faces and all that when it comes to people. 51 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.400 No, And he actually brought a little bit of legitimacy 52 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.439 to podcasting because I remember when we first started back 53 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.360 in twenty nineteen and I did the podcast Keep Myself Sober, 54 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.960 and people were like, oh, you do a podcast. And 55 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.280 then when I wanted to start helping people, and I 56 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.479 noticed like transportation was an issue, and I went to 57 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.680 NMRI and was like, hey, this is an issue. Open 58 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:49.719 one's doing it. And they're like, h But first they 59 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:50.879 were like, we're not going to give you money for 60 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.120 your podcast. I'm like, well, I'm not even asking. I'm 61 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.080 not even talking about my podcast. I'm talking about transportation. 62 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.560 They're like, oh, but I don't know. It was one 63 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.840 of those things were now if you start talking about 64 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.360 like I've heard someone say like Joe Rogan's podcast got 65 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:10.240 Trump elected, so now you know, fast forward like six 66 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.240 years or whatever, and it's like, oh, no, podcasting is important, 67 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.120 and if you're talking about something that people are interested 68 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.800 in or want to listen to, then yeah, it is important. 69 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.080 Well, and I feel like the podcasting has kind of 70 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.599 I mean the last I mean even five years it's 71 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:29.199 gained a lot of traction. I know, when I come 72 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.719 in here in the morning, it seems you're always listening 73 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.800 to some kind of podcast of someone, and then it's 74 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:40.039 like I hear you know, and different recovery realms of saying, 75 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.759 you know, oh, well listen to this person on a podcast, 76 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.080 or listen to this one or so I do feel 77 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.120 like it's really taken traction in the last couple of years. 78 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.280 Yeah, people do listen to them, and you know, there's 79 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.000 like little clips that people can watch and that's way different. 80 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:56.800 You know, I'm a radio guy, so for me, like 81 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.960 this feels natural for me, and if someone wants to record, 82 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.159 I'm fine with it. But it does add a whole 83 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.840 bunch more work as I'm trying to find it right now, 84 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:07.560 because there's some clips that I think we can use 85 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.400 from what we did, but I have to find them, 86 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.560 and then like now I got to edit the video 87 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.759 and sinking it, and so it's it's another hour, I 88 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.839 would say, at least of work, which I'm fine doing. 89 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.759 It's just you know, my wife just called and said, 90 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.600 where's my husband. It's like, so it's hard to find 91 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:28.000 those hours sometimes, you know, it's yeah, but. 92 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.040 I mean you have you have that information for on 93 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:32.920 that day that you do want to find that clip 94 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.879 like we've been kind of you know, talking about now 95 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.800 that we're looking at different directions that you even if 96 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:40.839 there is no voice behind it, it can go on 97 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:42.839 the website. And here is a you know, just a 98 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.319 short clip of us sitting in our recovery center. We 99 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.360 were out in the lobby, you know, sitting there looking 100 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.079 at each other, talking or looking around. And now you 101 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:55.519 have them clips if you need to use them for something. 102 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.360 So yeah, absolutely, and sometimes you just have to do it. 103 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.319 And I would give this advice is someone who wants 104 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.519 to start a podcast and it could be something that 105 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.639 keeps you sober. Absolutely, it kept me sober. And this 106 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:08.120 is what we talked about on the podcast that you 107 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.600 didn't hear that you're hearing now, is I use the 108 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.879 podcast as a way to keep myself sober. Some people 109 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:20.920 use AA, some people use cooking. Some people one guy 110 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.720 you guys met uses the birds. He's a falcon ear 111 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:25.319 or something like that, and I would definitely want to 112 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:25.720 meet him. 113 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:32.279 He has like a wild so it's a rescue so 114 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.279 when someone calls and there's a hurt bird, or he 115 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:39.439 goes and gets them and rescues them and to his 116 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.000 best ability as he tries to get them back to their. 117 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.759 Habitat and sober living for birds. 118 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.199 Yeah, it's really cool. 119 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.839 Like he was going when we met seen him yesterday, 120 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:53.959 he was left there early to jet out. 121 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.800 He was going to Macinaw City to pick up an eagle. 122 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.639 Nice. That's pretty cool job. And and I guess he 123 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:03.319 had mentioned like, hey, I need to come hang out 124 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.199 and do some more events or like be around us 125 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.199 because you know the I'm not going to call him 126 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:11.000 out or nothing, but he's in recovery supposedly. I don't 127 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.319 really know. I'm not talking for him, but maybe he is, 128 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.199 maybe he's not. But I think that kind of person 129 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.680 is good to have around people, because you know, there's 130 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.319 some sober living homes here in Traverse City, and I think, 131 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:25.240 you know, like when we go golfing next month or 132 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.639 whenever we do that, you know, to have somebody like 133 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:31.560 him around too, just to be around, you know, so 134 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:33.639 these newcomers can come in and they can see these 135 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.639 people and they were like, wait, you save birds. That 136 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:39.639 could keep somebody sober and you never know what it's 137 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:40.040 going to be. 138 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:43.240 Yeah, and it's just about making that connection right of 139 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:48.560 what you know, he turned to birds and in his 140 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.519 recovery and he said, you know that helped him grow 141 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:58.240 and now he's using that in trying to He does 142 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.160 like different classes and he does different things of bringing 143 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.040 people out and showing them the awareness of the birds and. 144 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:08.399 In their habitat. 145 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.920 And he was saying something to me and Marnie about 146 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:13.920 you know, maybe that's something one day he could do 147 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:15.079 with some of us. 148 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:15.839 Here in recovery. 149 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.879 Is we could go out to where he is where 150 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.160 the birds and we could see, you know, what he 151 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:24.560 does or he does practice flying with them and so cool. 152 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.480 That would be cool as long as we can film it. 153 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.000 Oh I'm sure he wouldn't love that. 154 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.360 But that's the thing. And you talk to someone in 155 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:36.360 AA NA whatever smart recovery dharma. If you talk to 156 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.800 anybody who uses their what do you want to say, 157 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:46.480 their passway or passion pathway, Yeah, whatever they choose, they're 158 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.720 going to tell you that that is the best one thing. 159 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:52.199 You should do it. And I do it too with purpose. 160 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.439 I tell people that you need goals, you need to 161 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.800 have purpose in life, because that's what I feel moved 162 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:00.839 me past the hump to get me over the the drinking. 163 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.160 So I'm gonna, you know, say that people that go 164 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.639 to AA are going to say, no, you need to 165 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.279 go to AA. That really worked, and I think it's 166 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:13.480 because it's such a life changing to have life back. 167 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.600 I don't even life changing like that. To live life 168 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.480 again and to be free is just such an amazing feeling. 169 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.759 We want everybody to have that, like I want everybody 170 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:23.759 who's struggling to have this well. 171 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.959 And I think it's because right we're now, we're advocating. 172 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:29.399 We want we see the other people that are hurting. 173 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.040 We see that thought it was never going to happen 174 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:32.919 to us one time too, and we know what these 175 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:34.759 people are thinking. And that's why it's like, no, no, 176 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.519 it can happen. It will happen. Just don't give up. 177 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:42.960 And unfortunately some people it takes. And I don't know 178 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.279 why we're here. It's not up to us to sit 179 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.840 here and go God, why did you save me? We 180 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.399 just know that he did. And now there's a passion 181 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.200 and it's like a fire that you can't put out 182 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:56.039 to help other people. That's hard. 183 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.440 Sometimes I want to just shake them to get it. 184 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.200 So your parents and you're like, oh, I'm shaking my 185 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.039 son right now. Yep, we get it, and I know 186 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.879 and our parents wanted to shake us, and then maybe 187 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.559 they didn't, you know. But to be here on the 188 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.720 side of it, though, seriously, is it's amazing and I 189 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.519 want everybody to feel this. And Corey was the same way. 190 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:19.240 If she thought it was never gonna happen to her 191 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:22.080 and only have some other people until that thing happened 192 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.039 to us that made us get in geared a little bit. 193 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:27.279 And for me it was fear, fear of being that 194 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.639 person that killed somebody in a drunk driving accident or 195 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:31.759 being that I don't want to be that. Nobody wants 196 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:33.440 to be that person, you know. And for me to 197 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.039 have blacked out, oh, drink responsibly, don't drink and drive, well, 198 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.240 I was black, I don't remember, and I thought it 199 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.639 was a setup. I thought the cops had set me up, 200 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:43.799 that my mom. I thought everybody was in on it. 201 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.279 They even wanted so far to scrape the side of 202 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.120 my car to make it look like I hit something, 203 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:55.519 those effing cops. And after I woke up and missed 204 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:57.559 four days or whatever, and I was like, oh my god, 205 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.679 maybe I and that's what I knew. It wasn't. Maybe 206 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.799 I drove. I was like, I drove and holy hell, 207 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:06.360 what was I doing? And then that's when that's when 208 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:08.600 the fear released it Like where was I going? Because 209 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:10.279 I remember when I got out of jail, I got home, 210 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.000 there's a half gallon sitting on the counter, so I 211 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.480 wasn't going to get alcohol. But I think I hit 212 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:20.720 the cur or the dumpster at the liquor store. I 213 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.399 don't know, because there was that green That's the only 214 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.840 thing I think of was the dumpster. I just don't 215 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.799 even know, and that's scary. 216 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.519 But that's the only place we can think that the 217 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:31.519 green dumpster is. We don't know. 218 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.759 I don't know, and I just know. The guy followed 219 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.039 me home, and I guess I'm using air quotes here 220 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.440 came too with him beating out my window going what 221 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.080 are you doing? And I'm like, what are you doing? 222 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:43.720 He was like, you almost killed somebody, and I was like, 223 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.279 what are you talking about? Him sitting in my car 224 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.919 and I'm then it's snowing outside, him in pajama pants 225 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:51.039 and a T shirt. I mean, like, I didn't have 226 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.320 my phone and didn't had my vape. I don't know 227 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:58.240 what I was doing. That's efing scary. And I'm sorry, 228 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:00.759 but your TV commercials that tell me to drink responsibly 229 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.279 that went out the window a long effing time ago. 230 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:06.440 And the whole don't drive drunk. Yeah, I tried not to. 231 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.759 But when I black out and don't remember what I'm doing, 232 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:14.919 that's that's a huge problem. Huge. You've pretty much same 233 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:18.240 thing almost, you know, it's like, oh, exactly, wait to 234 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:19.679 get the cops. The guys I'm gonna call the cops 235 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.559 are good, I'll wait for them. I could have went inside. 236 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:23.159 He's very similar. 237 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.279 I didn't intentionally set out and be like, well, I'm 238 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.440 gonna get drunk and I'm going to drive home tonight. 239 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.639 That wasn't ever my plan. 240 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.159 Do we have to tell these people who make alcohol 241 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.720 and the alcohol warnings how alcohol works. Do we have 242 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.120 to tell the federal government? No, they know and they 243 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.799 love it because it brings them money. See, if you 244 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.759 think the government cares about you, I'm sorry, Like if 245 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.559 you get all heated about the Trump stuff and this, 246 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:51.000 if I'm sorry that I have to break this too. 247 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.559 The government does not give a shit about you. Didn't care, Nope, 248 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.919 you just you die. In the goal away and they're fine. 249 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.559 That's how the government works. Same thing with the states, 250 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.519 state of They don't care. They'll they'll tell you that 251 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.720 they care about you and that they want to see change, 252 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.639 and then you bring them ideas and you give them 253 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:10.320 proof of how you've affected change, and they go, nah, like, 254 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.519 but we're saving lives. We saved a thousand lives probably, Nah, 255 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:15.360 don't care. They're just going to keep giving them money 256 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.039 to their friends. And I don't care if they don't 257 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.480 give it to us, because there's other means and we'll 258 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.159 figure it out. You know. I'm not going to sit 259 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.639 here and kiss their ass. There's other organizations that do 260 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:26.120 that already. I don't need to. I'm trying to help people. 261 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.000 That's all I want. I want to help people, and 262 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.000 I want to pay employees. Well, yep, that's it. And 263 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.159 I want to go home play with my kid. 264 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.799 And we're going to keep and so we just have 265 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:38.200 to keep keep advocating, keep moving to the next moving 266 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:41.080 on to the next place, whether we gotta you know, 267 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.399 and we got to keep It's just like we never 268 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.600 know who is the right person to talk to, you know, 269 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.240 and then when we do find someone that has a 270 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.440 fire that is lit as big as ours, then maybe 271 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:54.679 we need to, you know, get in the arena with 272 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.759 them and see see where. 273 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:57.000 That can go. 274 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:59.840 Yeah, because if this is the community I'm going to 275 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:03.399 be in for twenty years, as I raised my son, like, 276 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:05.759 something's going to need to change, or I'll pick another 277 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.919 community to live in. You know, this isn't the best 278 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.759 place in the world. I don't know any place is 279 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:12.480 the best. Well, there's one place that's the best place 280 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:14.519 in the world. I mean, that's obviously why you call 281 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.720 it the best place in the world. I want to 282 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.919 find that place. Maybe I'll move there. But and I'm 283 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.919 not saying every place has to be like perfect, because 284 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:25.320 nobody's perfect and everything's a little jumbled here there. But 285 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:31.919 for the people in the community, the elderly, the people 286 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.279 that have mental health issues, behavioral health, whatever you want 287 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:39.039 to call it, you know, sud goes right in there gambling. 288 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.360 I mean, there's so many people out there that need help, 289 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:45.120 and there's a lot of people in this area that 290 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.120 could make that happen with nothing. You know, it would 291 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.919 take nothing for them to be like, oh, here you go. 292 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.120 I would like to see my community better. Oh I 293 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.799 think but I don't know how to talk to those people. 294 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:59.799 And maybe it's the middle class. Maybe we're the ones. 295 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:01.600 I have to do it. I don't care who has 296 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.720 to do it, but somebody does have to do it. 297 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:07.919 And just because there's oh, this organization is doing that, 298 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.519 and it doesn't mean they're doing it right. No, doesn't, 299 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.600 because I've seen way too many times where it's not 300 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:14.679 and it's just money just keeps funneling through and you're like, 301 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.879 wait a minute, hold on, you know, and I do 302 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.799 have friends that are representatives here in the state, and 303 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.000 that can affect changes in the laws. So if that's 304 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.519 what I need to do, that's what I need to do. 305 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.480 And then it was even suggesting me that I run 306 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.240 for office, like and I'm like, dude, And people thought 307 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.759 it was a good idea. A couple of people from 308 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:34.480 here this area thought it was a good idea and 309 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:36.399 I are you to run? Yes? And I said no, 310 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.320 do you know what would happen? Like I would They 311 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.279 would be on the news like I would probably punch 312 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:45.120 somebody in the face the first day. It would be bad, 313 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.200 I know, and. 314 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.679 Where you would have a stroke. 315 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.320 My friend Ron, he was just excited. He was like 316 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.600 I can't, dude, they would be the best day ever. 317 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.759 The popcorn he would have it already be kicked up. 318 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.000 Here comes Corey watch this shit like because he knew, 319 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.519 he knows, like I would lose my ship. Yeah, he's 320 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.279 just telling me. He's scratching the surface of the stuff 321 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:06.639 that's going on behind the scenes. 322 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.240 I say, I'm going to advocate for your best interests, 323 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.200 and I say that. 324 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.000 I would have a heart attack. 325 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.919 I would rather you. 326 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:17.679 It would be horrible, It would be the worst. I mean, 327 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.279 the people in Michigan would love it, probably especially Trump 328 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.159 supporters will love it. But like I think everybody would 329 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.720 love it. Well yeah, and that in the whole state 330 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.360 of Michigan Senate, all the houses, all of them. They 331 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.879 would hate me. 332 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.919 And I think that there would be people I would 333 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.960 stand behind. 334 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:39.120 You and support far back. They would, yes, But I 335 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:44.200 just for Corey Winfield himself. I don't think that that 336 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:45.799 arena is your arena. 337 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:51.399 No, I'm I mean. 338 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.399 I guess you could always try. 339 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:56.480 Let's go. Let me tell you about the book Cherry Concert. 340 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:02.360 I think we should just President Parker. 341 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:07.000 Yeah, Oh, that was a funny one. I love parenting 342 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:09.600 with Marnie because it's so fun because I was talking 343 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:14.879 about drone because I'm I'm very fearful. Well that's a 344 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.360 whole nother podcast. But I'm afraid that he's not gonna 345 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.200 like cameras and doing film and radio and and so 346 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.639 I'm like, man, and what if he doesn't like it? Marty, 347 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:26.960 He's like, he's gonna like what he likes no matter what. 348 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.600 What's like, You're not gonna te him what to do 349 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.440 and then how to be. I said, Okay, so you 350 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:32.679 want to ride your bike in traffic, son, no helmet, 351 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.960 go on, go be your man, Go go go beat 352 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:36.480 the Parker you want to be. And I was like, 353 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.799 we can take him down to the wherever I go 354 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.799 to get his name changed and get his name changed 355 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:44.600 to president like it should have been if you listen 356 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:46.919 to the podcast before. I said to Marty that I 357 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.559 wanted to name him president, so that way his name 358 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.720 would be President Winfield and that would just be awesome. 359 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:54.919 And I always think about like first second grade teachers 360 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:59.480 and then the substitute doing roll call President Winfield, Will 361 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.639 Parker hand. 362 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:02.399 Here, it's so cute. 363 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:08.400 Yes, give me two coffees please. I don't know. I 364 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.680 thought it'd be funny but yeah, so it was. 365 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.680 Funny that sweet cream in my coffee. 366 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.000 I started going down the rabbit hole of all these 367 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:16.640 horrible situations where I'm like, no, Parker, go ahead, Yeah 368 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.359 you want to jump out of the plane with no parachute, 369 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.920 just go You be your own man, Parker. You do 370 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.559 what you want. Your mom said, she just stopped talking 371 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.160 to me, you know, she started watching The Hunters Club 372 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.799 or some show. And I'm like, honey, you know, I'm 373 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:29.000 way funnier than the show is. 374 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.440 Right now, that's just Cory being funny because he's so scared. 375 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:37.880 Oh so you just doing that sit Yeah. I was like, 376 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.599 all right, well, because my mind goes really far places. 377 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.359 It's like when the Sober Living, you know, the guy 378 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.759 was like, we gotta be willing to do anything, and 379 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:46.359 I'm like, well, there's a lot of things I wouldn't do, 380 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:48.119 you know, Like what do you mean? I'm like, well, 381 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.960 I'm not going to push my mom off a bridge. 382 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.960 I'm not gonna have sex with you know. Like I 383 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.200 started naming like all kinds of crazy stuff. He's like, yeah, 384 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.880 I spent Like if you needed a job, I'm like, O, wait, 385 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.839 I'll get a job. What I mean donald's. I'm like, well, 386 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.440 I don't know. I'm thinking McDonald's. Well you too good 387 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.039 for McDonald's. No, I've never worked at McDonald's and that 388 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:07.039 doesn't make any sense. I'd probably go to the radio 389 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.920 station or maybe a tool and Die plays, then maybe McDonald's. 390 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.519 But I mean, if you're talking about if i'd rather 391 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:14.680 work at McDonalds or live under a bridge, I definitely 392 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.599 would rather work at McDonald's if that's what you're asking. 393 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:20.079 And he's like yeah, I'm like, okay, well I could 394 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:22.599 tell that point it wasn't going to work out. I 395 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:25.160 was like, yeah, I don't think that's the one. And 396 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.400 I did not want to go to the other one 397 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:28.599 because there was eighteen people there and those one dude 398 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.880 that I hated was going to that house too, and 399 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.960 I was like, I don't want to go to that one. 400 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.279 But I ended up going there, and then of course 401 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:36.920