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No Matter How Far You’ve Fallen, There Is a Way Out | Rowan Vale
What happens when you spend years trying to belong, please everyone else, and escape the pain inside—until you no longer recognize yourself?
Today’s guest is Rowan Vale, the author of Enough, a memoir about addiction, identity, and the long road back to oneself.
Writing under a pen name to protect his family’s privacy, Rowan shares his story from lived experience. He explains how growing up in a dysfunctional family shaped his relationship with belonging, validation, guilt, and shame—and how those patterns followed him into adulthood.
His story eventually led to a long period of addiction…
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