I’m Successful—How Bad Could My Drinking Be? | Mike Curry
About this episode
Matt J talks with sobriety coach Mike Curry about the challenges of recognizing a drinking problem amidst professional success.
Send us Fan Mail Success can make a drinking problem harder to see. When you are still working, earning, providing, and checking the outward boxes, it is easy to use those accomplishments as proof that nothing is seriously wrong. In this conversation, Matt talks with sobriety coach and podcast host Mike Curry about succeeding professionally while struggling privately. They discuss the limits of the “functioning alcoholic” label, the pressure to keep achieving, what alcohol quietly takes from ...
People in this episode
Host: Matt J
Guest: Mike Curry
Topics covered
- alcoholism
- functioning alcoholic
- professional success
- mental health
- sobriety
Keywords
- drinking problem
- sobriety coach
- functioning alcoholic
- mental health
- success
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