Ripley Coope | Binge Drinking, Severe Anxiety, & Choosing Sobriety at 19

About this episode

Ripley Coope shares her inspiring journey of choosing sobriety at 19 amidst severe binge drinking and anxiety.

Can you survive severe binge drinking and trauma in college Greek life? Ripley Coope chose sobriety at 19 and is now a youth recovery advocate. In this deeply moving episode of Recoverycast, we sit down with public relations graduate and young adult recovery advocate Ripley Coope. Ripley shares her raw, inspiring journey navigating inherited mental illness, childhood eating restrictions, major depression, severe anxiety, and hidden solo alcoholism while maintaining a seemingly perfect front i...

People in this episode

Guest: Ripley Coope

Topics covered

• binge drinking
• anxiety
• sobriety
• mental health
• recovery advocacy

Keywords

• binge drinking
• sobriety
• mental illness
• anxiety
• recovery
• Greek life
• depression

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Recovery.com

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