35 Years Sober: Steve Moore on Addiction Recovery and Healing Childhood Trauma

Host Dave Roberts interviews Steve Moore, an award-winning author and licensed clinical professional counselor with 25+ years of experience and 35 years of continuous sobriety. Moore shares his early life in a German orphanage, adoption, abandonment into foster care and a psychiatric hospital, and an abusive childhood followed by life with an alcoholic, PTSD-affected adoptive father. He describes his progression into heavy drinking, Air Force service, and entering treatment on October 10, 1990 after a doctor warned of severe liver damage. Moore discusses his work through moresobriety.com helping people heal emotional wounds, shame, grief, trauma, and core beliefs, reframing relapse as a learning opportunity, and using tools like gratitude lists and the “stop sign” method. He also uses songwriting/poetry for healing, highlights fellowship’s role, reflects on nearly relapsing after his wife’s death in 2024, and explains his book “34 Years Sober” on sustaining long-term recovery.Bio and Contact InformationSteve Moore is an award-winning author, licensed clinical professional counselor, and Master Addictions Counselor with over 25 years of clinical experience and more than 35 years of continuous sobriety.Steve is the founder of mooresobriety.com where he helps individuals heal emotional wounds, reduce shame, and build lasting recovery grounded in self-awareness, compassion, and personal responsibility.He is the author of four books exploring grief, addiction, shame, and family systems, and his work is shaped by both clinical practice and lived experience. At the core of his philosophy is a powerful belief: you can’t go home, until you’ve gone home—a reminder that unresolved childhood experiences often influence adult relationships, self-worth, and coping behaviors.In addition to his clinical work, Steve is also a songwriter who uses poetry and music as tools for healing childhood trauma, and he teaches clients how to access creativity as a pathway to emotional recovery. His songs can be found on his You Tube Channel “Songs and Melodies Productions”.A veteran-informed speaker and educator, Steve blends psychology, whole-health recovery principles, and personal narrative to foster clarity, resilience, and sustainable personal growth..Website: https://www.mooresobriety.comEmail: [email protected] Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-a-moore-lcpc-ncc-mac-506a6034Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578391686586Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/samwv_u1982/