Why I Stopped Using Alcohol to Feel Alive | EP 10
In this solo episode of Turn the Lens Inward, I open up about my relationship with alcohol, emotional escape, and the realization that I spent much of my adult life connecting substances with joy, freedom, and relief from stress.
I reflect on growing up feeling emotionally isolated, discovering drinking as a teenager, and how survival mode quietly became my normal. As my daughter faced her own mental health struggles, I was forced to look inward and question the habits and coping mechanisms I had normalized in my own life.
This episode is about identity shifts, healing, learning to find joy…
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