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Parents & Addicts in Need’s Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Skinny Vinny Imperati. Known for his work on America's Got Talent, working with Steve-O of Jackass Fame, Our Show, Your Stunts with Zackass and many other great projects.
Skinny Vinny Imperati opens up about his traumatic childhood, which began with losing his father, who was hit and killed on his motorcycle. His relationship with his mother who struggled with addiction and still uses methadone. As well as his family history of addiction. 
Skinny Vinny started using marijuana and eventually sold it to generate an income. Finally, he began to go down a dark road that led him to use the gambit of substances. After a dentist visit that caused a significant amount of pain, a friend gave him his first opioid.  Vinny was hooked and that took him from prescription medication to snorting heroin and quickly moved to shooting up heroin.  During one of his lowest points of addiction, Vinny shares how he was homeless and living in a Porta-Potty for over two years. During times of hard weather, he would use the water and snow that accumulated below the Porta-Potty to mix with his heroin so that he could shoot up.
Vinny would eventually hit his rock bottom and seek the help he needed for sobriety to stick finally. After spending time in a sober living facility, Vinny went on to be in charge of the facility that he lived in. However, he knew he needed to pursue his passion for videography. Vinny has gone on to work and developed close friendships with the likes of Steve-O, Bam Margera, Dalton Dern, Zackass, and many others from the skate community. Now a champion for sobriety and substance abuse prevention, this is Skinny Vinny Imperati.
For more on Skinny Vinny and all of his projects including Your Pranks, Our Show: 
https://www.instagram.com/skinnyvinny/  
https://twitter.com/imperativinny
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Your+Pranks%2C+Our+Show