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Podcast: It's Not About the Alcohol
Episode: EP312 Minisode: You're Not Broken, You're Wounded: The Truth About Trauma and Addiction
Description: In this episode, Colleen unpacks one of the most misunderstood truths in emotional sobriety: drinking isn't a character issue — it's a nervous system response to chronic stress, shame, and unmet needs. Drawing from The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, she explains why so many of us learned to survive in environments that never felt safe — and how culture, economics, and generational trauma quietly wire our bodies to seek relief wherever we can find it. This episode explores why healing often makes the urge to numb louder at first, how shame removes our sense of choic...