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From Addiction to Advocacy: Jim Serrano on Breaking Generational Cycles of Shame
In this raw, courageous, and deeply human episode of the Refine & Shine Podcast, Angelina Rivera is joined by Jim Serrano, an adoptee, survivor, husband, father, and advocate who has transformed decades of pain into purpose.
Jim shares his powerful story of being adopted at birth, growing up with unanswered questions about identity and belonging, and surviving childhood sexual abuse that he kept silent for more than 50 years. Carrying shame, abandonment wounds, and unprocessed trauma, Jim turned to alcohol at a young age to numb the pain, beginning a long battle with addiction that lasted…
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