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Trauma Healing & Recovery: Why Connection Is the Opposite of Addiction
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Why does quitting drugs, alcohol, or porn so rarely fix the real problem? Because addiction is usually a symptom, not the root. Underneath it are shame, pain, and disconnection, which is why lasting recovery is built on connection, not willpower alone.
In this episode of The Alchemy of Masculinity, I sit down with Austin Rampt, author of One Last Hit and host of the One Last Hit podcast, for a story of addiction, collapse, and comeback. Austin takes us from childhood shame and early trauma to his first drink at 13, nine years of 12-step sobriety, a relapse that ended in an…
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