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They Told Him He Was Too Smart for This | George Ceballos


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George Ceballos grew up hustling — first weed, then coke, then heroin. What started as a way to be self-sufficient turned into addiction, incarceration, and years of cycling through state prisons, rehabs, and parole violations. Six prisons. Nearly a decade lost.

Then a counselor at a rehab facility did something nobody had done before — he sat down, found the resources, and built a plan. A welding program. A real shot. And George took it.

This is an honest conversation about the street life nobody glorifies honestly, what addiction really costs, and what it looks like to claw your way back from less than zero. George is now nearly three years clean, working a career in welding, and present for his kids for the first time.

A conversation about wasted potential, dark money, and what it means to finally become a square — and be proud of it.

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