Austin Eubanks
Survivor of Columbine | Addiction Recovery & Resilience Speaker
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Austin Eubanks survived the Columbine High School massacre, an experience that led him down a path of addiction. Now in long-term recovery, Eubanks shares his powerful story of healing and resilience.
As the former Director of Community Relations at Foundry Treatment Center, he helped others navigate the challenges of substance abuse and trauma. Eubanks' keynotes provide audiences with practical strategies for building personal resilience and overcoming adversity, drawing on his own remarkable journey of recovery and transformation.
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What surviving the Columbine shooting taught me about pain
Less than an hour after scrambling out the back door of the Columbine High School library on April 20, 1999, Austin Eubanks was lying in a hospital bed, medicated on a variety of painkillers. That was the beginning of a decade-long addiction that led to a profound realization about the current opioid epidemic: how we manage pain is both the problem and the solution. In this moving talk, he dissects emotional pain's role in addiction and expresses his hopes and suggestions for ways forward.
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