The Forbidden Truth About Plant Medicine, Addiction & Building Wealth (No One Talks About This)

Apr 3, 2026

Patrick Henson, entrepreneur and volunteer firefighter who built and scaled multiple blue-collar businesses, shares a dramatic personal transformation after plant-medicine treatments. He talks about hitting rock bottom, undergoing ibogaine and 5-MeO DMT experiences, and how that shift led to gratitude, lost ego, and new leadership. He also covers scaling through acquisitions and implementing EOS to grow blue-collar companies.

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How A Podcast Clip Triggered A Life Reset

Patrick Henson hit rock bottom working 100-hour weeks, drinking heavily, and seriously considering suicide before discovering Sean Ryan's podcast clip.
A short reel led him to research Ambio Life Sciences and book a five-day ibogaine/DMT treatment in Mexico.

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What Ibogaine Felt Like During The Five Day Program

Patrick describes the ibogaine session as a multi-pill, overnight ordeal that shows autobiographical visions and allows him to ‘delete’ traumatic images.
He remembers family images, evolutionary sequences, and used the experience to purge haunting firefighter memories.

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The DMT Experience That Made Gratitude Automatic

Patrick recounts the 5-MeO DMT session as a true death experience: soul leaving his body, traveling through space, then violently returning, triggering overwhelming gratitude.
He woke up screaming to go back, then fell to his knees crying with renewed appreciation for life.

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This episode was sponsored by Cardiff, Henson Services, & Maurer Wrecker Service

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In this episode of Dropping Bombs, entrepreneur and volunteer firefighter Patrick Henson shares his journey from burnout to building a growing blue-collar empire.

Patrick opens up about hitting rock bottom while working 100-hour weeks, drinking to cope, and reaching a point where he thought everyone would be better off without him. Then a random clip from Shawn Ryan's podcast changed everything. It led him to a five-day ibogaine and DMT experience in Mexico that reset his mind, killed his ego, and gave him a level of gratitude he never knew was possible.

He breaks down what it's actually like to experience "death" on DMT and the profound gratitude he now feels daily. Plus, how he went from being a prisoner in his own business to acquiring multiple companies and scaling the right way.

If you've ever felt like something in your life needed to change, this episode will light a fire under you.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phenson369/

✅ Additional Resources Mentioned:

Ambio Life Sciences: https://www.ambio.life/

EOS: https://www.eosworldwide.com/

Shawn Ryan's Psychedelic Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asrnXJ-xCzs

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