About this episode

Sonja shares her complex journey through mental health struggles, alcohol dependency, and the path to recovery.

Sonja: Finding a Way to Stay From a childhood shaped by emotional absence to a life that slowly unravelled under the weight of mental health struggles, physical trauma, and alcohol, Sonia’s journey is anything but linear. In this deeply honest share, Sonja speaks about: growing up feeling like she never quite fit in long periods of not drinking… and then crossing an invisible line cancer, chronic pain, and the slow escalation into dependency relapse, recovery, and finding her footing again What makes this story powerful is not just the sobriety, it’s the integration . Through secular recovery, mental health diagnosis, and relentless self-work, Sonja finds something many chase but few can name: a way to live honestly, even when life is messy. This is a story about showing up, falling down, and choosing—again and again—not to disappear.

People in this episode

Guest: Sonja

Topics covered

• mental health
• alcohol dependency
• recovery
• personal journey
• self-work
• sobriety

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