What If The Drinking Isn't The Problem? with Brad Hill

About this episode

Brad Hill shares his journey of coping with childhood trauma and addiction in a candid conversation.

In this episode, we hear from Brad Hill. For most of his life, from the outside, it looked like he was coping, functioning, working, getting on with life. But underneath, he was carrying things he had never really dealt with: a father who wasn't there, childhood sexual abuse, feelings of inadequacy and a growing dependence on alcohol that became his longest relationship. In this honest and powerful conversation, Brad shares how decades of buried pain, self-criticism and addiction eventu...

People in this episode

Host: Philip Briscoe

Guest: Brad Hill

Topics covered

• mental health
• addiction
• childhood trauma
• self-criticism
• alcohol dependence

Keywords

• mental health
• alcohol dependence
• childhood abuse
• self-criticism
• addiction recovery

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