Austin Rampt: One Last Hit From Baseball All-Star to Cartel Associate to Sobriety & Second Chances

What does it take to fall from baseball All-Star to IV heroin and crack addict, flee to Mexico, live alongside the Sinaloa Cartel for eighteen months, burn through a million dollars—and then rebuild your entire life from the ashes?Austin Rampt—author of the memoir One Last Hit, host of the One Last Hit Podcast, and living proof that second chances are real—joins us for a raw, unflinching, and ultimately hopeful conversation about addiction, recovery, and human connection.Austin Rampt's story is the kind that sounds too extreme to be true—eight rehabs, jail time, a heart attack at twenty-one, a near-kidnapping for ransom, and burning through a million dollars, all chasing one more hit. When his family tried to force him into court-ordered treatment, he fled to Mexico and spent eighteen months living with the Sinaloa Cartel. Today, Austin is sober, a successful entrepreneur, a husband, and a father of five living in Florida.In this episode, Austin Rampt shares what addiction actually feels like from the inside, why "just stop" never works, and why connection—not willpower—is the real antidote to addiction. He speaks candidly about relapse, rebuilding trust with his children, the friend he lost to overdose, and the traumatic events that shaped his childhood. He also offers powerful words for anyone struggling or for family members who love someone caught in addiction.If you've been touched by addiction personally or love someone who has, this conversation with Austin Rampt will bring hard-won wisdom, brutal honesty, and genuine hope.In this episode, we explore:· The traumatic events that shaped Austin's childhood· What the journey into addiction actually felt like from the inside· What brought him to Mexico and living with the Sinaloa Cartel· The heart attack at twenty-one and the near-kidnapping for ransom· Why he says connection is the antidote to addiction—not willpower· What relapse and rebuilding trust with his children looked like· The friend he lost to overdose and the grief that followed· Why "just stop" never works for anyone struggling with addiction· What he would say to someone struggling or to families who love them· How he rebuilt his life and found purpose in helping othersConnect with Austin Rampt:· Website: https://onelasthitbook.com· YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OneLastHit· Instagram: https://instagram.com/onelasthitbook· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-rampt/· TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@onelasthitbookGet His Book:One Last Hit — available nowhttps://onelasthitbook.com