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Story: Coding Through Chaos : Addiction, Recovery and Acceptance

2025/6/3
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Adam Gordon-Bell: 我在职场初期也曾感到不合群，人际交往比技术更具挑战性。本期节目讲述了John Walker的故事，他虽然技术能力出众，但却长期与孤独和毒瘾作斗争。他的经历揭示了与众不同的隐性代价，以及自我接纳的重要性。 John Walker: 我年轻时尝试贩毒，更多的是为了重新塑造自己，体验新的社交和环境。入狱经历严重影响了我的社交能力和信任感，导致我更加孤立，沉迷于酒精和药物。我尝试过各种方法来应对社交焦虑，包括参加互助会、编写IRC机器人、服用药物等。在康复过程中，我逐渐意识到，接受自己的不合群，比试图改变自己更重要。我通过技术工作和社区支持，找到了自己的价值和归属感。

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John Walker's early life was marked by a fascination with computers and a struggle to fit in. His teenage years involved hacking and exploring online communities, but this led to drug use and ultimately homelessness and jail. The story begins with his initial experimentation with drugs as a way to connect with others and explore new experiences.
  • Early fascination with computers and online communities
  • Experimentation with drugs as a social experiment
  • Imprisonment and homelessness as consequences of addiction

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What if your search for connection took you somewhere you never meant to go—almost costing you everything?

John Walker grew up building computers and exploring early internet forums, always looking for a place to fit in. As a teenager, he hacked his school network and spent hours on IRC, but loneliness crept in. Drugs became a fun exploration and a social experiment. But soon, addiction pulled him into homelessness and jail.

Even at his lowest, John turned to online communities. He ran IRC bots to keep recovery chatrooms safe from trolls and built scrapers to solve tough data problems at work. These technical challenges gave him a reason to keep going, even when face-to-face life felt impossible.

 But the real turning point came when John stopped trying to hide his differences.

  How do you rebuild when you feel like an outsider?

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