Story #17: Elise - From an Abusive Relationship and an Eating Disorder to A Life She Doesn't Need to Escape From

In today's episode, Early talks with their friend Elise about her addiction recovery story. Elise suffered sports concussions as a kid and had to stop playing soccer, which at that time was a huge part of her identity. A resulting change in her body and self-image led to an eating disorder as a teen. During high school she experimented with alcohol with her friends. As an adult she entered into relationships with men who had addictions, and this led to her also drinking more. A relationship with someone who abused her led her to self-medicate to numb the pain. She was able to piece her life back together after that, and is now living a life she no longer needs to escape from. We explore using weed and controlled alcohol use as harm reduction in this episode.   Donate to our cause! Venmo & Paypal @recoverydemystified Want to be interviewed on this podcast? Send an email to [email protected] Instagram & Substack: @recoverydemystified Logo: Stevie Petet Theme music: Logan Bragg