What Is It Like to Die?

Nomi’s story begins thousands of miles away from recovery rooms and treatment centers.Born in India to a Jewish mother and a Hindu guru father, his childhood was marked by contradiction, chaos, abuse, and a constant feeling of not belonging anywhere. Growing up surrounded by religion only pushed him further away from God. By the time he was a kid, he was already searching for ways to escape himself.And eventually, he found drugs.What makes Nomi’s story so haunting isn’t just the addiction — it’s how self-aware he was while it was happening. Intelligent, introspective, and deeply restless, Nomi spent years trapped inside a web of lies, isolation, anger, and self-destruction, always trying to outrun something inside himself he couldn’t explain.Then came the overdose.In one of the most chilling moments ever shared on Sicker Than Others, Nomi describes dying after a fentanyl overdose — watching himself from outside his body, drowning beneath icy water while paramedics fought to bring him back to life. It’s raw, terrifying, and impossible to forget.But this episode isn’t just about death.It’s about what happens after someone survives it.In this deeply honest conversation, Seb and Nomi unpack addiction, identity, spirituality, self-hatred, intelligence, trauma, and the strange gift of getting a second chance after you were never supposed to wake up.This is a story about someone who spent his whole life trying to escape himself… and what happened when he finally stopped running.Produced by Jesse Solomon.ResourcesBeit T’Shuvah – Recovery, community, and treatmenthttps://www.beittshuvah.orgSupport Beit T’Shuvahhttps://beittshuvah.org/support/donate/Alcoholics Anonymoushttps://www.aa.orgSex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)https://slaafws.org/newcomers/CreditsHost: Seb WebberExecutive Producer: Jesse SolomonIntro Theme: Jesse SolomonRecorded live at Beit T’Shuvah8831 Venice BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90034Production inquiries:[email protected]