They say: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” I’ve stopped digging and I’ve reached out for help. I wanted to get really real with y’all in this episode and let you in behind the curtain of when I relapsed. I believe this episode will be a resource to anyone who has personally struggled with addiction or loves someone who has. It’s an inside look, or, sort of, an “addict’s guide to addiction.” I’ve found a great place to go get some healing, self-care, and do some deep work to gain new tools to hopefully stay out of the hole of substance abuse in the future. 

 

I’m doing this podcast the night before I head into a drug treatment facility for the second time in my life. I’m amazed by the support, but I’m on a journey of self-discovery to get below the topsoil, below the substances, and to the underlying root causes. I share some stories of what’s been happening... some of the good, the bad, and the ugly. I will talk with my doctor and friend Daniel Amen (12x NYT Best Selling Author and Psychiatrist) in one of the next episodes to come. It's a live therapy session we open up to our listeners, but that episode really inspired this one. 

 

Overcome with Justin Wren will still be coming out every week. I recorded several powerful episodes as I prepared to go get some MUCH needed coaching, and I got some amazing coaching and advice here on the show to empower us to overcome our greatest challenges. It was hard, but I really tried to lean in and become comfortable being uncomfortable in front of a microphone after what some might label defeat. I’ve decided defeat is not a destination, it’s education. Progress isn’t linear. There are ups and downs to recovery, so I decided to share mine. My hope and prayer is that this will help someone, hopefully you. Time to Overcome.

 

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