Long-term success in recovery can stop the addiction and reduce many of the problems it caused. But deeper recovery begins when we address what addiction had been managing: shame, disconnection, and the loss of fulfillment, confidence, connection, purpose, passion, and joy.

I didn’t know I had trauma until sobriety exposed it. This is my journey through Bioenergetics, The Work of Byron Katie, and Internal Family Systems toward healing and self-leadership.