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Podcast: The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)
Episode: The Lost Years: How Alcohol, Shame, and Self-Discovery Shape Who We Become
Description: What if the “worst” years of your life were actually the beginning of your healing?
In this conversation with Lindsey Van Wagner, author of Spirit Vigilante, we explore how redefining addiction as sickness, not badness can open the door to grace, self-understanding, and freedom. Lindsey shares her raw story of living with bipolar II disorder, the lies she told to survive, and how she learned to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.
We dive into:
– The Lost Years — why reframing chaos as illness changed everything
– The Forever Question — how to stop obsess...