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#1 Mitzi Dawn: Trainwrecks and Pink Clouds

Welcome to the debut episode of Breaking Down Addiction, a podcast by National Addiction Specialists.

In this raw and unfiltered conversation, singer-songwriter and recovery advocate Mitzi Dawn shares her powerful journey—from growing up in the rooms of AA to discovering, later than expected, that addiction hadn’t skipped her after all.

Mitzi opens up about the early days of using, the isolation and denial that followed, and the moment someone finally looked her in the eye and said, “You’re a drug addict.” That moment changed everything.

We dive into:

Why fun was part of the problem

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