"I mean, for meI said, I don't care what happens, I'm going to a meeting every day,' he explained. And I said, I'm not scared of a germ; I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. And I know this disease will kill me if I don't treat it, which means, for me, going to meetings every day.' He added, For me, it was survival."
"They shut those down during Covid, Kennedy said, and Von called that heartbreaking. We still did live meetings every day during Covid, Kennedy continued. We moved from the bank there was about 15 of us. we moved from the bank and we got into the Palisades Playhouse, which burned down during the fire. But it was kind of a pirate group."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Theo Von met years earlier in substance-abuse rehab and attended regular recovery meetings, including 7 a.m. gatherings above a bank. The morning meetings were paused during COVID, but the group continued live daily meetings, relocating to the Palisades Playhouse with about 15 members; the playhouse later burned during a fire. Kennedy characterized daily meeting attendance as essential for survival, referencing past cocaine use and expressing indifference to germs. The conversation included anecdotes about a photo with Kid Rock and joking remarks about Kid Rock’s family and vaccination status.
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