Larissa and Janine join me to get into it about how we coped through Christmas. This is definitely a deeply personal episode, so if you have ever questioned your status with substances or codependency, join us as we discuss how we have walked through healing on our journeys with substances.

In this episode we talk about:

• Addictions, vices, escapism, and substance abuse.

• Alcoholics Anonymous, and 12-step fellowships such as CA, NA, and CodA.

• Surviving Christmas and the holiday season.

• How Christmas breaks us down and shows us our deeply held patterns.

• What it’s like being in an AA meeting and going through a 12-step process.

• How to recognize when it’s time to go to a meeting.

• Gabor Mate and the Myth of Normal.

• The link betwe ...