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July 27, 2019"I fell on my knees, looked up to God and said, 'I need your help,'" were some of the inspirational words spoken by Darren Prince at Straight and Narrow on July 26, 2019.
Darren Prince is a sports and celebrity agent who grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. He is globally recognized with such clients as Hulk Hogan, Roy Jones Jr, Scottie Pippen, Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil and Ric Flair. Since 2009, his company Prince Marketing Group has added several Iconic actors from Oscar Nominees Burt Reynolds and Mickey Rourke to Charlie Sheen. PMG also has negotiated the only licensed trading card deals for President Donald Trump, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Joe Manganiello.
But if you ask Prince his biggest and most important accomplishment he would tell you is being a recovering addict having celebrated 10 years sober and is a public recovery advocate and speaker who has appeared on Dr OZ.
In 2018 Darren Prince released his memoir, Aiming High. Aiming quickly became an International best seller in 4 countries and on October 6, 2018 made it to Amazon #1 new release list. Soon thereafter Darren became a representative for Banyan Rehab Treatment Centers. On October 24, 2018 Darren was 1 of 225 invited guests to the White House for the historic signing by President Trump of the $6B bill to help fight the opiate epidemic.
Mr. Prince kindly donated his time to speak to those in recovery at Straight and Narrow. 250 guests attended this presentation and question and answer session including Straight and Narrow Staff, individuals from our Halfway House, women and children from our Mommy and Me Program and all of the individuals who are currently residing at our mens and womens inpatient programs.
Darren spoke about avoiding the pitfalls of addiction, learning to feel comfortable in one's own skin and hanging with the right crowd in the right swttings. He spoke about his own despiar of a 23 year plus opiate addiction while representing some of the most Iconic figures of our time.
"Thank you Mr. Prince for coming out and donating your time today. If you can beat addiction, so can I," said Mark, an individual at Straight and Narrow.
Mr. Prince was later presented with a plaque recognizing his work with those in recovery, by Catholic Charities CEO Scott Milliken.
"Everyone knows someone struggling with the horrors of addiction. We need more people like Darren Prince, who are willing to speak from the heart about the troubles they have faced. Mr Prince not only donated his time tonight, but took the time out to relate to and get to know the people in recovery at Straight and Narrow; for this we thank him," said Scott Milliken, CEO of Catholic Charities.
To learn more about Mr. Prince or order a copy of Aiming High please click here.
