About this episode

Faye Lawrence shares her journey with alcohol addiction and its connection to her ADHD.

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Start here: Stop Trying to “Fix” Your ADHD. You’re Not Broken: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/sign-up _____ Faye Lawrence got blackout drunk at 13. What she remembers is not the drinking. It is the relief. She started drinking heavily as a teenager and kept going for decades. From the outside she looked successful and high functioning, right up until late 2017, when the wheels came off the cart and she found herself in inpatient detox. She got so...

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Otsuka

Guest: Faye Lawrence

Topics covered

• ADHD
• alcohol use
• mental health
• addiction
• personal story

Keywords

• ADHD
• alcohol
• addiction
• mental health
• Faye Lawrence

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