Posted on 04/08/2018 7:46:51 AM PDT by BBell
The pillow salesman had so much crack cocaine pounding through his bloodstream he hadn't slept for two weeks, he would later say. Even the drug dealers were counseling Mike Lindell to slow down.
It was March 2008, and the Minneapolis-area entrepreneur's life was in free fall. Marriage broken. House lost. Business - a company he started four years earlier called MyPillow - struggling. Two weeks into this particular hot-wired bender, Lindell went to his usual drug dealers for a fix. But the guys had already put word out on the street: no one sell to Lindell until he sleeps.
"They were three of the biggest dealers in the cities," Lindell recounted to the Salvation Army in 2015. "They refused to sell to me again. One of them tried babysitting me until I fell asleep."
Instead, he snuck outside to score elsewhere. But no one wanted his business. Lindell waved around a $100 bill for $5 worth of crack. Nothing. He tried to hide his distinct mustache behind his hand. No luck.
"I get back to the apartment, and [the dealer] is sitting there, and he goes, 'How'd that work out for you?'" Lindell explained to CNBC last September. His dealer picked up Lindell's phone and snapped a photo of the addict's face - walking dead skin tone, disheveled hair, mug shot scowl. It was a memento of what it looked like at rock bottom.
Lindell got clean the next year, and powered ahead with MyPillow, turning an idea plucked from a dream into a successful international business claiming nearly 30 million sales. For years he struggled against addiction and long business odds. Today, Lindell finds himself up against a political backlash.
Last week, Fox News host Laura Ingraham hopped on Twitter to blast David Hogg, the Parkland massacre survivor turned to gun
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I asked if he is going to give back to the dealer community. I dont care if he is giving tonthe list you named.
How “firm” is the firm one? I’ve seen the one at BB&B and I think it is too soft for me.
What a story. I’m glad I watched that. Thanks for posting.
>>>Is anyone but me bothered by the cross he wears outside of his shirt? (I always wear mine but it doesnt show<<<
Why would anyone but an Atheist, Democrat or a Muslim be bothered by that? Am I missing something?
I’m sure he credits God for turning his life around.
He donates to the drug addict recovery program.
Still pretty soft. I don't think their "firmness" rating has anything to do with how firm the pillow is, just the "loft", or how high it will hold your head. It seems they just add more foam.
He was on C2C one night about two months ago.
Quite a story!
Who bets that Like Dave from Dave’s Killer Breads that this guy falls down on the job?
Anyone?
I looked up killer Dave because I had not heard of killer Dave. Killer Dave spent 15 years in state prison I see before turning his life around. I typed in “Micheal Lindell arrested” and I could not find anywhere that he was arrested. It also sounds like killer Dave is a head case. The jury is still out on Micheal.
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