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Chris Diamond grew up in New York with a bookie for a father and an early education in keeping his mouth shut. At 16, an organized crime raid on his family’s home helped set off a spiral of anger, violence, drug dealing, and eventually state and federal incarceration.

In Episode 13 of Tribal Detox Podcast — Beyond the Ceremony, Chris joins Jason Fellows for a raw conversation about leaving that life behind, confronting addiction, and learning to become someone his family could count on.

Chris shares his move from New York to Arizona, his introduction to Bufo, and his experiences with ayahuasca and Kambo. He reflects on how those experiences challenged his identity, brought him face to face with his own behavior, and helped him find a sense of gratitude he hadn’t known before.

We also talk about the work that happens after ceremony: taking responsibility, repairing relationships, raising children, and putting what you’ve learned into practice when everyday life tests you.

In this episode:

• Growing up around illegal gambling, secrecy, and survival.
• A family home raid, displaced anger, and his first felony at 16.
• Life inside state prison and federal detention.
• Finding meditation through a cellmate he called “Felonious Monk.”
• Addiction, withdrawal, and the challenges that continued afterward.
• Leaving New York and starting over in Arizona.
• His first Bufo experience and why he warns against his early approach.
• Accountability, fatherhood, and rebuilding his relationship.
• Training with Tribal Detox and beginning to serve Kambo.
• What he would tell a young person heading down the same road.

Connect with Chris Diamond:
Email: RibbitRx@gmail.com

Content note: Explicit language and discussions of violence, incarceration, addiction, and withdrawal. Chris shares personal experiences, not medical advice or instructions for using these substances.

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