Before I Ever Picked Up a Drink

About this episode

Drew explores the impact of childhood medical trauma on coping mechanisms before the introduction of alcohol.

Long before alcohol entered the picture, something else was already shaping the story. Drew goes back to childhood medical trauma, vulnerability, and fear—experiences that taught his nervous system how to cope before he had words for it. This episode asks a harder question: what if the behavior wasn’t the beginning?

People in this episode

Host: Drew

Topics covered

• childhood trauma
• vulnerability
• fear
• coping mechanisms

Keywords

• alcohol
• nervous system
• behavior

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