Shady Boy Talks Sobriety And Fatherhood

[@PackingHeat54]

He speaking 💯% facts on being sober!! Stay focused!!

[@abeljimenez9529]

Congratulations Shady boy that's right much love and respect to you and opening up a rehab for fathers and where they can have there kids with them is a good goal I hope you make that happen that's amazing bro

[@rockitup]

This dude really speaks to my existence. I got four months, coming up on five. Some days it feels like im holding on for dear life. Wish me luck tho

[@snkrvision]

Tough u guys. This dope. Saludos a Toda la raza man. Needed to hear this and the best of luck to shady on next level shi*. starting a center working in our communities for thr betterment.

[@therealmarakaigo9755]

God bless you bro

[@noahdallas6801]

Congratulations

[@TanyaBaez-yt1fy]

Proud of you!!

[@JulioVelasquez-q4s]

Butterfly affect

[@JulioVelasquez-q4s]

Derivitive of Cognitive is Stigmata in which alters and affects the polio. .nucleus awairness...

[@MrDonjuan1973]

Amen🙏 Shady Boy. I grew up in Monte & followed your music since around 2012 or 2013 while in my Addiction. I still follow your music to this day since I can relate to you in some ways. You are a very talented individual & you inspire me to continue to stay strong even though I recently had a relapse after years of sobriety. Follow your dreams & continue to stay on the right path! God Bless!

[@asskickerforever9412]

Respect big homie

[@richardmccollum6858]

This is all crazy to see this man on here, and how convenient it became to come to this moment in time, to see my own distant cousin; yes, this man is my cousin through my father's brother (both brothers have passed: Richie McCollum, and Artie McCollum; RIP). Richard Torres, AKA Shady-Boy, is my uncles' son. We both grew up far apart from each other, in fact it is crazy how far apart it actually is. I just recently found all of this out, and really didn't know what to think about it but realize how important it is to have to go through similar experiences not growing up with a father! I rarely seen my father throughout my lifetime until he passed away years ago. I never met Shady-boy, and he probably doesn't know me, and I doubt that this message will reach him how viral he has become, and I'm not at all trying to make it seem like now that he is viral like this that I all of a sudden am trying to pop up out of nowhere because I am far from this type! I am just taken away by the fact that, having to live separate lives from one another, and listening to his story blows my mind because I cannot sit here and say that I have had it as bad as him but I do know that we share similar attitudes, and feelings about what we went through not having fathers, because I know he feels the same way I have, and maybe I should see what I need to appreciate, since he has probably not even had the chance to see his father throughout his life! My father and his father were very close to one another. I myself have been through a life of violence and also have a story of my own. I also have closely finished college; I walk my ceremony on May 9th next month with an associate of applied science degree in Behavioral Health as an upcoming certified addiction technician. My academic story has had struggles, as I do not know many people who will vouch for me within this industry, as I have been thrown around a bit trying to make things correct with it! I have worked very hard with sobriety; I've managed to stay sober and clean for several years now and it hasn't been a comfortable ride. I've been ostracized, marginalized, discriminated, neglected, and have even had my civil rights abuse trying to prove to people just how much I could change, and until this day all I get is a "Your very intelligent Mr. Mccollum" but want so much more and it seems that it's not what you can do but who you know! I'm not here to be pessimistic, as I have come across good people who have had their own hands tied with what they could do but I just would like to be recognized as a man of my own actions. I've accomplished a lot and hope that one day I could also help those in need as I feel the pain that Shady has been emphasizing and would really dig if I got to sit down and get to know him better as we share similar wants. It is amazing to be able to have similar credentials, as I am also wanting to enter into the BH industry. It hasn't been easy trying to show the world how one can be trusted, especially coming from poverty like we have. Maybe one day we can meet and help each other out by being able to help others, like young men who have never had their fathers, and those who are slaves to codependent realities. I have learned so much reading philosophical and psychological literature that I have changed my own cognitive paradigm as a living human being. I will continue my bachelor's degree soon, and will hopefully work within the BH industry soon, if someone could believe in me, and see just how much I have done already! Great job Shady, keep it up. Respect to you and your family!

[@Muniz_3]

To anyone going through it just know it gets better and it DOES get easier, not right away but the work and the wait is truly worth it! Before I knew it I already have 5 years and I just take it one day at a time. Just keep pushing and I swear there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel. It doesn't have to be boring, there's life in sobriety so go out there and find it, I'm telling you it's really worth it!

[@JulioVelasquez-q4s]

You've gotta work on what is your alternative motive that became your cognitive thoughts in which is the stigmata of your attraction that conti us to affect your contiousness way of instincts that are now your sub contius thoughts...the alterier motive in which you've become is now the readon that you've become changed.. in order to fix that you must work on the cognitive thoughts from your alterier motive into your natural thought process that must be re adjusted ...you must re adjust your contious as your sub contious inso to re process the contious mind and realigning to your sub contious state of mind in which was manipulated bye your choice to lie or do wrong....

[@DeeEm815]

Thee 815, IL in here. 👑🥊📻

[@JulioVelasquez-q4s]

Once your in a contious state of mind your litteraly mentally u stabled and must fi d ure way back I to the subcontiius state of mine...

[@JulioVelasquez-q4s]

It doesn't work the other way...

[@zackthomas3605]

🤑🫡🫡🫡

[@mercedesfranco2467]

Hi from out here Mid-City LA

[@Bradley-o6d]

Holla how you doing greeting from Belfast

[@asskickerforever9412]

Thank you carnal because what you just said brought tear to my eyes carnal I be going through the same and feel the same way much ❤

[@AM-m6g]

Shout out to Shady, Irv G, Chuco. One of only real people I've met with an amazing capacity for kindness.

[@AM-m6g]

How can i reach out to Shady? Or can you pass him a message? I just really want to thank him for helping me out when i was 15 in Ontario, California on H Street.