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Michael Gonzales discusses the complexities of addiction treatment and the hidden shame in recovery culture.

Send us Fan Mail The recovery world loves simple rules, but real people are complicated. We’re joined by Michael Gonzales, a veteran interventionist known for challenging the one size fits all approach to addiction treatment. Michael gets brutally honest about the years he spent presenting an abstinence-only story while privately using cannabis to manage PTSD, function in daily life, and keep moving forward. We talk about the hidden shame that comes with “purity tests” in recovery culture, an...

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