After withdrawing from opiates in a Fort Worth hotel room, Chris Monroe vowed to never take another pain pill. And he didn't - but he fell into a deep depression and turned to another drug to try to pull himself out of his mental state.

"Methamphetamine became the sole center of my existence," he said. "It became a ritual." Chris eventually started selling meth to make sure he had meth. One day, he was arrested for what he believed was a probation violation for a petty shoplifting charge but instead found himself in federal custody.

Don't miss Part 7 of "The Second Shot" with attorney Benson Varghese and Chris Monroe, who talk about how he beat one addiction only to replace it with another and how that decision led to a trip to federal prison for drug conspiracy.

Chris is a former client whom Benson will never forget. A former Division 1 basketball player, Chris started using drugs and immersed himself in the rave scene in college. More than a decade later, he was arrested in a large-scale methamphetamine ring and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Now free, Chris is sharing his incredible journey - and why going to prison was the best thing that ever happened to him. The Second Shot is a video series and podcast that details Chris' childhood, basketball career, drug addiction, and the lessons he learned in prison.

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