Anonymous: An Honest Recovery Podcast

An individual with dysfunctional family dynamics shares their journey of growth, raising themselves and their sister with addicted, abusive parents. On a quest to be happy and not become their depression they initially find their solution in marijuana and an eating disorder, but when those things stop working they find their solution in God, AA and publishing their stories in a 4 book series to help others.

An individual with early childhood trauma copes through anxiety, depression and panic disorder leaving home at 15 years old to start a new life in a big city. During this journey they fall prey to the same narcissist abuse as their parent, and develop Cannabis induced Paranoid Schizophrenia. They find their solution in therapy: developing self-awareness, expanding their supports and taking their medication. In accepting their diagnosis and embracing themselves they find a stronger more intimate relationship with their family and find a beautifully supportive relationship with a new partner.

An individual shares their journey with depression, anxiety, A.D.D., insomnia, a mood disorder, and compulsive and emotional overeating issues. They share about how multiple traumas: childhood trauma, rape, a still birth and an abusive relationship impacted their well-being and increased the need to be heard. They find a solution and life of happiness with the help of therapy, medication, O.A. and CODA.

An individual shares their struggles with coming out and internalized homophobia; numbing out with substances, sex and food. Their journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance takes them to therapy, yoga, meditation and Landmark Worldwide. They find their home in AA where they start tying together positive daily habits and making themselves financially, physically and spiritually successful. They are able to find meaning and connection by showing up for others and being of service in their daily life.

An individual with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD shares their life-long struggles with self-harm, suicide attempts and an underlying addictive process. They discuss how their self-harm has manifested in both physical manners and through different outlets of disordered eating and self-suffering. Their addictive process led to fantasy and romance addiction, codependency and other obsessive behaviors. They discuss how they eventually found growth from every experience, but it started small with just learning how to get up and self-care for that day. They report struggling with identity issues throught their life until their early twenties when they changed their life with the help of therapy, multiple 12-step fellowships, and finding a purpose in guiding others on a spiritual journey.

An individual who struggled with multiple addictions, anxiety disorders, obsessive and antisocial tendencies and possible oppositional defiance disorder shares their journey through a traumatic childhood and facing deportation to find recovery at the age of twenty. They share their journey of change from legal issues and being unable to complete school to becoming a physician associate in cardiac surgery with the help of AA's CBT strategies. 

Season 3 Episode 1: Reporting back from season one episode twenty-one: an individual recaps their journey through addiction and anxiety and how their life and skills continue to change as life unfolds. Explaining the difference two years have made in their recovery from pre-covid to now and how important it was for them to learn to be open-minded, adaptable and learn to create consistency throughout inconsistent times. #addiction #addictionawareness #addictionrecovery #recovery #podcast #season3 #anxiety #anxietyrecovery #newseason #aa #12steps #lawschool #covid #consistency #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #motivation #recoveryispossible

An individual shares their journey through adverse childhood experiences and the drive to be perfect in order to feel seen. This journey takes them through experiences with multiple eating disorders. This individual enters recovery and begins their journey of helping others by giving themselves and others permissions to eat and be healthy. Through therapy, mentorship and advocacy work they are able to help others realize an eating disorder has nothing to do with weight, gender, age, what or how you eat and everything to do with processing emotions in a healthy way.

An individual shares about their childhood trauma, and journey through discrimination, being kidnapped, molested, coping with substance and gang membership. This same individual shares about their 35 years sober with the help of AA and being able to stay sober through a toxic marriage, the completed suicide of their daughter, multiple battles with cancer and a potential only 3 year left to live. They share their hope, finding acceptance and strength through it all due to their spiritual connection.

An individual with Bipolar II, substance use disorder, orthorexia, disordered eating, and sexual and relationship addiction tendencies shares their struggles with depression, mania, suicidal ideations, toxic codependency and intimate partner violence. There journey takes them to a fulfilling life of recovery with the help of NA, AA, intuitive eating, therapy and medication.

An individual with gambling disorder shares there struggles with their addiction, how despite it harming their relationships and resulting in a psychotic break and suicidal ideations it felt impossible to escape until they got honest. Their recovery journey leads them to counseling, Gamblers Anonymous (GA), a problem gambling support group, and a fulfilling life with repaired relationships and a job that provides them with purpose.

An individual with childhood developmental trauma shares their journey through their father's intimate partner violence towards their mother. They discuss how this abuse impacted their rebellious behaviors and their inability to have intimate relationships due to their toxic positivity. They find their way into recovery through therapy, faith, mindful movement and self-acceptance.

An individual diagnosed with anxiety, ADHD and gender dysphoria shares their journey of transitioning from male to trans-woman back to male. Their journey of self-discovery takes them through family conflict, discrimination, substance abuse and trauma. They become the victim of revenge porn in the form of trans-child pornography. Their recovery begins after a near death experience changes their perspective. They start their journey of self-acceptance with the help of therapy, family and meditation.

An individual shares about their struggles through self-harm, depression, codependency and PTSD from their childhood trauma and later abusive relationship with a narcissist. They escape the cycle of abuse and trauma with the help of friends and family; embarking on a journey of healing and spiritual experiences with Ayahuasca ceremonies.

An individual who went misdiagnosed most of their life shares their journey through codependency, religious trauma, an eating disorder and self-medicating to alleviate their mental health symptoms, to a life of purpose. Their recovery begins as they finally receive a corrected diagnosis for Bipolar I and ADHD and are able to find support through their community and therapy. Their new purpose is a path toward helping others by pursuing a doctorate in psychology, focusing on integrating psychedelics into therapy.

An individual who struggled with bullying because of a learning disability, finds themselves diagnosed with bipolar, anxiety and substance use disorder. Their journey takes them from a life of domestic abuse, homelessness and drug dealing to a spiritual solution and life of selflessness with the help of AA.

An inspiring individual shares their journey of struggling with dyscalculia, disharmonic intelligence profile, self-harm, control and eating issues, severe OCD leading to germaphobia and a late life diagnosis of ASD. Their path of recovering consists of periods of medication, therapy and family support.

A best selling author shares about how a life long misdiagnosis contributed to self-medication with alcohol, opiates and benzodiazapines. Learning to deal with their addiction, depression, anxiety, postpartum, and trauma of being a cancer, stroke and suicide survivor with the help of AA and their spirituality.

An individual with anxiety disorder shares about their life of chronic stress, their traumatic childhood, living with a husband with mental health issues and a drug addicted daughter, and how they found their strength through family support, therapy, mantras, goal setting and acceptance.

An individual shares their journey as a misdiagnosed TBI led to depression and anxiety issues. They share about their struggles with misdiagnosis, the different treatments for TBI and how they manage their new life with cognitive therapy, speech pathology and their faith.

An individual shares about their journey through food addiction, morbid obesity, trauma, anxiety, alcoholism and incarceration to a life of purpose with the help of therapy and AA.

An individual diagnosed with depression, ADHD, OCD and substance use disorder shares their journey of recovery, adopting a new perspective on life with the help of medication, music, family support and AA.

Struggling with substance use disorder from fourteen years old this individual shares their journey of growth going to fourteen different institutions before they find recovery in AA at twenty years old.

An individual with bipolar I, anxiety and substance use disorder, shares their journey of recovery with the help of medication, therapy and AA. 

An individual speaks about their childhood trauma as a survivor of the blood diamond war and how that manifested as anxiety and suicidal thoughts, but was overcome with therapy, faith, meditation, affirmations and activism.

A therapist with a history of depression, anxiety, self harm, an eating disorder and ADHD shares their journey of recovery.

An individual with alcohol use disorder, depression and complex PTSD shares their journey from self harm and sex trafficking to recovery with the help and support of family and AA.

An individual who struggled with anxiety, eating disorders, polysubstance use disorder, shopping addiction, trauma and codependency shares their recovery journey with the help of multiple 12 step fellowships.

An individual with depression, anxiety, OCD, misophonia, polysubstance use disorder and covert trauma shares their journey of recovery with the help of 12 step fellowships, spirituality and therapy.

An individual with alcohol use disorder, internet addition and sex addiction shares their journey of recovery with the help of AA. They share about the obstacles and stigma they faced being an alcoholic with their cultural background.

An individual with Bipolar I shares their journey of recovery with the help of medication, therapy and a complete lifestyle change.

An individual with substance use disorder, love addiction and trauma shares their journey of recovery with the help of anonymous fellowships.

An individual with an overeating disorder shares their journey of recovery with the help of OA and mindful eating.

An individual who struggled with alcoholism and addiction shares their journey of recovery from rehab to Suboxone to AA.

An individual diagnosed with Bipolar I with rapid cycling and borderline personality disorder(BPD) shares their journey of recovery with therapy, primarily DBT therapy and medications.

An individual struggling with a chronic debilitating illness shares their journey of recovery from depression and anxiety with the help of therapy and embracing their spirituality.

An addict/alcoholic diagnosed with PTSD, major depressive disorder with paranoia and antisocial personality disorder finds their recovery with SMART Recovery, the International Clubhouse Model and the principles of AA.

An addict/alcoholic shares their journey of recovery with the help of a drug and alcohol treatment center, AA and therapy.

An individual with anxiety, depression, an eating disorder & codependency issues shares their journey of recovery through OA, Alanon & therapy.

An individual with mild to moderate anxiety and depression shares their journey of recovery.

Join us tomorrow for episode 31 as an individual who struggled with anxiety disorder, panic attacks, alcoholism and insomnia finds their recovery in a mixture of using therapy, AA and marijuana.

An individual struggling with alcoholism finds their solution in the rooms of AA.

An individual with depression, trauma and multiple addictions (porn/sex, alcohol/drug and food addiction) shares their journey of recovery with the help of AA.

An individual with opiate use disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD and depression finds recovery with the help of therapy, medication and NA.

An individual shares their journey with bipolar disorder, addiction and alcoholism and finds recovery with the help of medication, learning how to live by their own beliefs and not other people's.

An individual shares about their journey of recovery from alcoholism and trauma through the help of AA.

In individual who struggles with depression and body dysmorphia speaks about his struggles and how he copes with routines and helping others

An individual with over 30 years sober shares about how they got sober at 18 years old after having drank and used drugs since age 9.

An individual with anxiety and depression, who repressed years of trauma, pain and shame finally found their solution in ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) and therapy.

An individual diagnosed with schizoaffective, borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety and PTSD, through trauma work has discovered all their mental health issues are trauma related. This is the journey of how their trauma comes full circle to bring purpose to their life.

An individual in recovery from drug addiction shares their journey of recovery through AA.