Dan Schneider "The Pharmacist" - Losing a Child and Finding the Tunnel of Hope

The story of Dan Schneider, also known as The Pharmacist, will be familiar to anyone who’s browsed Netflix’s list of Trending Shows within the last few months. The must-watch docuseries, The Pharmacist, tells of Dan&aposs perseverance in both independently solving the case of his 22-year old son&aposs murder in a drug-deal gone bad and subsequent risking of his own life to expose the impending opioid crisis in the US. It makes for one of the most captivating real-life underdog stories I&aposve ever seen. I could not wait for this conversation, though I knew it would be hard.

Like Dan, I lost my son Ali at age 22. Ali, like Danny (Dan&aposs son), was wise far beyond his years and has been guiding my life before and after his passing. Though I do speak to Dan about the shared pain of losing our sons, you will notice that most of the conversation is about the hope, understanding, and purpose we&aposve both derived from this loss. Danny&aposs passing led Dan to found his Tunnel of Hope mission to fight drug abuse. Ali&aposs passing led to my lifelong pursuit of trying to spread happiness with One Billion Happy. I still believe that if Ali knew the results of his departure, he would have volunteered to go.

Listen as Dan shares:

The intimate details of his unbelievable story beyond what&aposs covered in the docuseriesThe unfathomably difficult moral dilemmas he and his heroic witness, Shane Madding, faced in order to bring his son&aposs killer to justiceHow he, like myself, coped with tragedy and turned it into a life purposeHow our sons both showed a surreal foresight of their impending passing and both continue to guide us posthumouslyThe mutual, unlikely realization that we are both extremely fortunate to have faced such a profound pain

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