Why do habits feel so hard to break? And more importantly — how can they be rewired to support recovery?

In this episode of Breaking Free from Within, host Prairie Francia explores the neuroscience of habits and how they shape our recovery journey. Drawing on research from Charles Duhigg (The Power of Habit), Ann Graybiel (Nature Reviews Neuroscience), and real-world client success stories, Prairie explains how habits are formed through the loop of cue → routine → reward and how new pathways can be built through habit substitution.

Listeners will learn why willpower alone isn’t enough, and how automatic habits — when aligned with values and identity — become the foundation for sustainable recovery. One client shared that the lesson on values-based sobriety in the Empowered Recovery Curriculum gave him more insight than 20 years of AA. ...