Why High Achievers Become Secret Alcoholics… And Nobody Around Them Sees It

"I drank for happiness and became unhappy. I drank for joy and became miserable." That's how powerful alcohol addiction really is. Alcoholism doesn't start with the vodka under your desk. It starts with a couple IPAs after a stressful day. Then a four pack. Then a bottle hidden from your wife. Then drinking before your 7 am meetings. In this episode of the Cappy Hour Podcast, I sit down with my friend and high-tech sales executive Derek Donahue - someone I never would have thought as having a drinking problem. Derek shares about his secret battle with alcohol addiction and what finally made it stop.  We talk about: * How a successful corporate sales career masked a hidden drinking problem * Why alcoholism is a progressive disease and how it sneaks up on you * How COVID and workplace stress accelerated his addiction * The IPA to vodka pipeline that nobody sees coming * Why hiding alcohol from your family is part of the disease * How isolation makes addiction ten times worse * Why relapse starts long before you take the first drink * What 19 months of sobriety actually feels like day to day * Finding community in AA even when the steps aren't for you * Why willpower has nothing to do with beating addiction If you've ever felt like you were living two different lives, hiding something from the people you love, or wondering if your drinking has gone too far… this conversation will change how you think about alcohol forever. Subscribe for weekly sobriety and mental health conversations.   Connect with me here :- Instagram:- https://insta.openinapp.co/ubf66 Youtube:- https://yt.openinapp.co/5x05t Join Community :- https://openinapp.link/nr9s1               #sobriety #alcoholrecovery #addictionrecovery #progressivealcoholism #relapseprevention #adhd #soberlife #alcoholism #dopamine #corporatestress #soberpodcast