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#25 Bruce Gates — From Shame to Self-Acceptance: Addiction, Recovery, & Finding Purpose
What happens when you've spent your entire life trying to escape who you are?
In this episode of Breaking Down Addiction, host Jonny Phillip sits down with his longtime friend Bruce Gates for an honest conversation about addiction, identity, trauma, and the long road to recovery.
Bruce shares how childhood abuse, poverty, and the shame he experienced growing up gay led him to seek escape through alcohol and drugs. His journey took him through homelessness, conversion therapy, broken relationships, and a devastating struggle with addiction that nearly cost him his life.
Now approaching 12…
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