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A Nurse + Grief + Alcohol + Adderall— Finding Hope for Healers

from Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Psychedelics · host Craig Heacock MD

Kate started her addiction journey at a young age, using substances as a salve for her terrible grief. Later, drugs and alcohol helped her to cope with the transition to nursing and the unending demands of a hospital setting.  But as with all addicts, this strategy worked until it didn’t….Kate eventually had to find a new way to cope if she was going to survive past her 30s.Support the show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/396871/supportKate Gibson (The Coleman Institute)[email protected]; [email protected] Therapy into Med Management-- An intensive workshop for psych NPs and PAs, June 3-6 2026 in Ft Collinshttps://www.craigheacockmd.com/bringing-therapy-into-med-management/BFTA on IG @backfromtheabysspodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/Explore the podcast through themes, domains, formats, and speakers.The BFTA CODEX is a listener-built and curated field guide to every episode.https://bfta-codex.orgBFTA episode recommendations/Podcast pagehttps://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/Support the show

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Kate started her addiction journey at a young age, using substances as a salve for her terrible grief. Later, drugs and alcohol helped her to cope with the transition to nursing and the unending demands of a hospital setting. But as with all addicts, this strategy worked until it didn’t….Kate eventually had to find a new way to cope if she was going to survive past her 30s. Support the show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/396871/support Kate Gibson (The Coleman Institute) Kate@thecole...

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