This one’s personal. When my marriage was falling apart during my husband’s trauma recovery, I wasn’t drinking to celebrate—I was drinking to survive. If you’ve ever felt that way, this episode is for you. I’m revisiting two of the most powerful, raw conversations I’ve had on the show—with Kathryn Traff, who spent over 20 years in the OR handling life-or-death crises while using alcohol to numb the stress until one brutal 17-hour shift forced her to quit, and Marci Hopkins, who grew up in a home of betrayal and pain and drank to cope until it nearly destroyed her family. We talk about the real science of alcohol’s impact, what it takes to find real calm instead of fake relief, repairing broken relationships, setting boundaries, and the truth about carrying someone else’s trauma while trying not to lose yourself. If you’ve ever poured a drink just ...