Black Sheep Addictz

The host returns after a break to share struggles with urges to drink, the importance of accountability, and how cannabis helped stop a 25-year alcohol habit by serving as a medication and a path to recovery. They ask...

This episode is a candid reflection on realizing painful patterns from family alcoholism showed up in the host's own life—even while they deeply loved and protected their children. The host recounts how alcohol...

A personal story of growing up as the family’s "black sheep," feeling criticized and overlooked, and the ways that treatment shaped a lifetime of seeking approval. Through recovery, boundary-setting, and choosing a...

Host returns from vacation and admits struggling to get back into routine, then reflects on alcohol’s harms and their decision to stop drinking. The episode explores how quitting alcohol brought a clearer mind, fewer...

In this episode the host explores identity and personal growth after a visit to their childhood cottage triggers old habits and feelings of unworthiness. They reflect on how places can reactivate past behaviors and...

After a two-week trip to Calgary and British Columbia, the host shares how the vacation served as a reset and helped them move away from daily drinking by using small cannabis drinks and CBD as alternatives. The episode...

<p>In this episode the host reflects on using THC and CBD as intentional medical tools for emotional regulation and asks whether earlier access to cannabis-based treatment might have prevented a descent into...

This episode of Black Sheep Addictz gets into the complicated reality of Alcohol Use Disorder, recovery, accountability, and why one recovery method doesn’t work for everybody. I talk about my first experience attending...

This episode was one of the hardest for me to make. Not because I didn’t know what to say… but because I finally had to understand what I was actually trying to blame. Family history. Anxiety. Trauma. Starting young...

<p>Black Sheep Addicts — Season 5, Episode 7. The host shares their first concert experience sober, using a tiny THC/CBD gummy for nerves, and watching a young man beside them get increasingly drunk.</p> <p>As the night...

<p>Black Sheep Addicts, Season 5, Episode 6. The host shares frustration about how quickly anxiety and depression are pushed toward prescription drugs, explains risks of benzodiazepines, and stresses the need for honest...

<p>In Season 5, Episode 5, the host opens up about social anxiety, how alcohol initially helped slow racing thoughts, and the shift toward using medical cannabis as a management tool rather than an escape. They compare...

<p>Black Sheep Addicts, Season 5 Episode 4: the host explores applying for medical marijuana after using cannabis to reduce drinking and manage anxiety. Once skeptical, she shares how cannabis became a harm-reduction...

<p>In this episode the host shares a raw account of a heavy day and the persistent urge to drink, symbolized by "a cooler in the fridge," and how a small family moment helped shift that temptation.</p> <p>It's an honest...

<p>Black Sheep Addicts, Season 5 — What We Normalize Without Realizing It.</p> <p>In this episode I examine how everyday routines—especially my drinking—became accepted as “normal” until they started harming me and my...