1. Stephen Austin Eubanks was an American motivational speaker on addiction and recovery.
21 Facts About Austin Eubanks
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Austin Eubanks was one of the most well-known survivors of the Columbine High School massacre, both in its immediate aftermath and in post-event commentary.
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Austin Eubanks struggled with opioid addiction and later heroin use for years after the shooting.
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Austin Eubanks was the chief operations officer for the Foundry Treatment Center.
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Austin Eubanks met his friend Corey DePooter at the end of their freshman year.
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At age 17, Austin Eubanks was in the library at Columbine High School on April 20,1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attacked the school.
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Austin Eubanks ducked under his table with DePooter, another student, Jennifer Doyle, and a second unidentified student.
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Austin Eubanks did not return to Columbine High School after the shooting and was instead privately tutored at home three days a week until he graduated in 2000.
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Austin Eubanks was prescribed multiple opioids to deal with the pain and mental anguish in the aftermath of the shooting.
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In 2006, Austin Eubanks recognized that he had developed tolerance for prescription medications of Adderall, OxyContin, and Xanax.
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Austin Eubanks accomplished longer-term sobriety at the age of 29 after experiencing rock bottom on April 2,2011.
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Austin Eubanks had attended a Colorado Rockies game with friends the previous day, and blacked out at a restaurant after taking high doses of OxyContin and alcohol.
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When paramedics arrived, it was ascertained that Austin Eubanks had a warrant out for his arrest, and he woke up in jail the next morning with no memory of what took place.
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Austin Eubanks was a member of nonprofit boards and was the operations director of NorthStar Transitions in Boulder, Colorado.
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Austin Eubanks was the executive director of Quiet River Transitional Recovery Community in Denver.
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On May 2,2019, sixteen days before his death, Austin Eubanks spoke at the 2019 Connecticut Opioid and Prescription Drug Prevention Conference.
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Austin Eubanks married at the age of 25 but divorced four years later.
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Austin Eubanks had two sons from his marriage, and was engaged to Alex Dooley.
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On May 18,2019, Austin Eubanks' body was found during a welfare check at his residence in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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Austin Eubanks's family confirmed that he died of an overdose.
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Austin Eubanks' family set up a memorial fund in his name to collect tax-deductible donations.