{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"One Last Hit | A Sobriety and Addiction Recovery Podcast","title":"One Last Hit #16 With Attorney Mark Astor | The Florida Law That Saves the Lives of Addicts","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6ce72d9b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2111,"description":"Attorney Mark Astor started his law firm in February 2016 out of a public library, flat broke, and went 14 months before the phone rang. Today he runs a 15 person firm in South Florida that does one thing: it uses the Marchman Act and guardianship to help families get a loved one with a substance use or mental health disorder into court ordered treatment, and keep them there. Austin was Marchman acted himself in early 2014, so this one is personal.\nMark breaks down what the Marchman Act actually does (assessment and treatment for up to 90 days, with jail as the consequence for walking out), who can file, why it only works when families enforce it, and the story of a client who called an Uber from a treatment center in the sugar cane fields and fled to Mexico. Austin shares what relapse felt like after nine years sober (\"like someone's holding my head underwater\"), the two of them get into why addiction is a family disease, why some families are secretly afraid of what recovery will change, and the heartbreak of the families who walk away. They close on the lingering effects of a Marchman Act, including losing your gun rights, and where to get Mark's free book, Breaking the Cycle.\n⏱️ CHAPTERS\n0:00 Meet Attorney Mark Astor\n1:18 Starting a Law Firm From the Library\n3:51 Guardianship for Behavioral Health\n6:23 The Marchman Act, on the Books Since 1993\n7:53 Who Can File and What It Requires\n9:55 South Florida's Wild West Years\n13:59 She Fled to Mexico\n16:29 Does Forced Treatment Work?\n18:30 Austin's Relapse, Held Underwater\n21:33 Addiction Is a Family Disease\n25:06 Why Families Fear Recovery\n28:08 Austin's Stepbrother\n30:11 Gun Rights After a Marchman Act\n33:13 Where to Find Mark\nFind Mark: https://MentalHealthAddictionLawFirm.com\nOne Last Hit Podcast — real stories of addiction, survival, and coming back from the edge.\n📖 Get the book: https://shop.onelasthitbook.com/product/one-last-hit-paperback/\n🎙️ Podcast home: https://onelasthitbook.com/podcast\nSobriety Talk...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6otpdjYHTGwge5GDRwiRabWrPC7mun4Kk9Uu4NjAIYI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jM2M2/ZjM5NGU3MmQ1MzE4/Yzk2N2ZmODIxZjdm/MzNiYi53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}