Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Angie, a nurse who became an addict. Here's a link to her website: https://www.thelavenderinitiative.org For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. 0:00 – Healthcare Workers Breaking Under Pressure 0:44 – Childhood Trauma & Losing Her Father 3:29 – Growing Up in Poverty 4:44 – Joining the Marines After 9/11 6:22 – Becoming an ER Nurse 7:48 – The Opioid Epidemic Changes Everything 9:25 – Secret Addiction Inside the Hospital 11:05 – The Night She Nearly Died 13:23 – The DEA Raid on Her Wedding Day 16:28 – “Real Life Nurse Jackie” 17:34 – Leaving Her Family for a Drug Dealer 19:37 – Septic Shock & Fighting to Survive 21:13 – Addiction Among Healthcare Workers 23:40 – Turning Pain Into Purpose 25:27 – Learning How to Heal 27:43 – Four Years Clean 28:42 – Her Biggest Regret 29:32 – The Most Important Lesson She Learned Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #addictionrecovery #nurse #mentalhealth #nurses #veteran