Episode 357: Rebecca Ching Interviews Andrea Owen On Grief, Addiction, and Recovery

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am doing something I have never done in any podcast episode. For the first time, I am bringing you an interview I did on another podcast, where someone interviewed me. My dear friend Rebecca Ching has a podcast called The Unburdened Leader. It was such a fantastic conversation and I am so grateful that she said, “Yes,” when I asked her if I could air it for my listeners.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talked about a lot of hard things, including grief and addiction.  On 9/27, I celebrated nine years of sobriety and recovery from alcoholism. It is something we talked about in this particular episode. I share how commitment to my values helped me maintain my continued healing and sobriety and how grief nearly brought me out of recovery. </span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode you’ll hear: </span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">My addiction to alcohol and what it symbolized.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why I needed to understand and heal my traumas in order to fully unburden the last of my addictions.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Perfection, control, and overachieving worked until it didn’t. Drinking worked for a while until it didn’t. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The role community plays in my sobriety.</span></li> </ul>