⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses addiction, childhood abuse, trauma, and the impact these experiences can have on marriage and relationships.

(Note that Sam goes more deeply into the exact nature of addiction and the specific effects it had on his marriage in the episodes that follow. )

This was a difficult episode for Sam to record. In this one-on-one conversation, Shereen sits down with Sam to ask about parts of his story that have only been touched on briefly until now.

Sam shares when he first began to understand his struggles through the lens of addiction, how his childhood and upbringing shaped him, and how trauma affected the way he showed up in marriage. The conversation also explores whether Sam believes he was predisposed to addiction, how early experiences shaped his coping mechanisms, and what it has taken for him to begin telling the truth about his own story.

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