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How Do You Forgive the Person You Used to Be?

What happens when you stop using drugs, but the pain that led you there is still waiting for you?

On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Nikki Mammano, author of Breaking Good: A Memoir, for an honest conversation about addiction, childhood trauma, homelessness, recovery, shame, identity and learning to love the person you used to be.

Nikki's life has included identities most people would never imagine existing within one story. She has experienced addiction, homelessness and incarceration, and today she is a mother, author, speaker and advocate.

But our conversation isn't…

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