"I Was Doing 10 Oxycontins a Day": B Eazy's Six-Year Opiate Addiction and How He Got Clean

Before he was a name in cannabis, Bobby — better known as B Eazy — spent six years in an opiate addiction that started with a single pill. On The Gobcast episode 58, the Boston-born brand owner told the story in full: how it started, how deep it got, and what finally ended it.

From the "most straight-laced dude in the world" to Oxycontin

B Eazy describes his younger self in terms that will sound familiar to anyone who's heard addiction stories from strict or sheltered upbringings.

"I told you I was the most straight-laced dude in the world," he says on the episode. "Like, ever. Ever. Ever."

The change, he says, came suddenly. "I think I got my heart broken by a girl at the time."

From there the escalation followed a path he maps clearly: "Percocet to Vicodin, Vicodin into Oxy, so on and so forth — just climbing the ladder." He started using around age 19.

His description of the trap is blunt: "You take it the first time, you're not realizing what's going to happen. And then after that first time, if you like it, you're more or less locked in."

Ten 80s a day

At the peak, the habit was staggering. Asked how many 80-milligram Oxycontin tablets he was taking per day, his answer: "I was doing like 10 a day."

"You wake up, you sniff two, you swallow one," he said.

The math behind that is hard to overstate: 800 milligrams of oxycodone daily, at a time when street 80s ran $120 to $140 each. That's over $1,000 a day in pills at the peak. He's direct about what that kind of habit costs — and who pays for it.

"You put people through torture, torment," he said. "You rob people. You steal from Peter to pay Paul."

The "brilliant idea" that wasn't

One moment in the interview stands out. Asked about his attempt to quit, B Eazy described the logic of active addiction with dark humor.

"I had a bright idea one day to get off Oxies by doing Coke," he said. Asked how that day played out: "I got off the Oxies and started doing Coke."

He also confirmed speedballing — combining the two — during that stretch.

Massachusetts detox: "in-and-out rinse cycle"

Getting clean wasn't a single moment. He describes being in and out of detox "100 times," including a Section 35 — a Massachusetts civil commitment that allows court-ordered substance use treatment. "That's where I learned about dope," he said dryly.

He contrasted Massachusetts' short medical detox beds — 72 to 96 hours, insurance-driven, "in and out like a robbery" — with longer 30-day programs in places like Florida. "They put another opiate in you to substitute it and they don't work on your mental health," he said of the short-cycle approach.

His date of sobriety is precise: August 1, 2007. He was 25.

What the hunt feels like

The most striking part of the conversation is his description of active addiction itself.

"Before you even open your eyes, your first thought is, how do you get high?" he said. "You're living for something else at the moment, and your whole existence at that point is to find it. You're on a hunt for something that no matter how much of it you have is not enough."

"The hunt never stops."

The cannabis connection

Today, B Eazy describes himself as "California sober": weed and shrooms, none of the rest. It's a common path — and it's one reason cannabis legalization matters to people in recovery who want a regulated, tested product instead of whatever they can find.

If you're in a legal state, licensed dispensaries offer that alternative. You can look up strain effects and flavors before you buy, and find a licensed dispensary near you through our directory.

If you or someone you know is struggling with opioid addiction, help is available 24/7: SAMHSA's national helpline at 1-800-662-4357 (free, confidential).

The full conversation — including the years between 2007 and now — is in The Gobcast episode 58.