HeyJaredLife - The Long and The Short of it
"Life - The Long and Short of it" offers an insight into the world of addiction, the journey to recovery and the ongoing personal growth through our own experiences and others.
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Alice: I Like Who I'm Becoming | Part Two | S2 E5 (opens the original)
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In Part Two, Alice talks about what recovery has given her — and what life looks like when she is no longer missing out. From learning to enjoy ordinary moments and feel comfortable in her own skin, to rebuilding her relationship with herself and understanding the difference between sobriety and recovery, Alice reflects on the changes that have come with recovery. We also talk about navigating social situations, rewriting old stories, therapy, and learning to live differently without losing the
Alice: I Kept Moving the Bar | Part One | S2 E4 (opens the original)
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Alice joins us to talk openly about her journey through addiction, from feeling out of place as a child and discovering alcohol and drugs at a young age, through years of chaos, relationships, work and increasingly dangerous substance use. She talks about trauma, the ways addiction shaped her behaviour and relationships, and the denial that kept her believing she could control it. Despite repeatedly trying to set rules around drinking and using, she kept moving the bar — until eventually those r
James: Finding Myself in Recovery | Part Two | S2 E3 (opens the original)
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In Part Two of our conversation with James, we pick up after his first attempt at rehab — when he knew he was going to drink again — and hear what finally changed. James talks openly about relapse, finding recovery, and the moment he finally became willing to listen. He shares the power of meeting people who understood what he was going through, and how recovery gradually helped him rebuild his self-respect, relationships, work and family life. We also talk about identity, sexuality, trauma, liv
James: I Knew I Was Going to Drink Again | Part One | S2 E2 (opens the original)
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In Part One of our conversation with James, he talks about growing up feeling different, hiding parts of himself, and using alcohol and drugs to change the way he felt. From childhood and sexuality to a successful career in wine, James shares how addiction gradually took hold despite the appearance that everything was under control. We talk about denial, shame, trauma and the first time he went to rehab. But as James left, he already knew one thing: He was going to drink again.
Four Years On | S2 E1 (opens the original)
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Four years into recovery, Dan and Martin reflect on how their lives have changed since getting sober. They talk openly about relationships, parenting, co-parenting, financial insecurity, anxiety, OCD, therapy, antidepressants and the difference between recovery and mental health. Recovery didn't solve everything—but it's given them the foundations to keep rebuilding.
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