(Episode 19) Dealing with Addictions with Victoria Cooper

Episode 19 is out!   We have Victoria Cooper with us. Until her personal mental health crisis in early 2019, Victoria looked like she had the perfect life on the outside. She had almost 15 years invested in a successful career in academic services at the University of Georgia, two beautiful daughters and a wonderful, supportive partner who all lived together in a lovely country home. Victoria had two degrees from that same University, an undergraduate in history and a masters in adult education, both earned while Victoria worked full time. But this picture perfect life was a lie, and as with all untruths, it eventually fall apart. Victoria's battles with ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use Disorders, cPTSD, these were all undiagnosed and untreated before 2019; the same year she lost both her biological parents to the disease of addiction. This is when the shame and guilt that Victoria had been carrying around her entire life finally became too much, and she asked for help. Those two words, help me, changed the path of Victoria's life and brought her here with us today! This profound paradigm shift for Victoria resulted in her seeking out a creative project in 2021. How? Listen to find out more of this fascinating tale of resiliency in the face of a lifetime of adversity!