How Our Interest in the Addiction/Trauma Connection Began

In this episode:

Vince and Jeanna talk about the inspiration for the project that launched their collaboration: a book about childhood sexual abuse and addiction recovery to help 12-Step sponsors who discover their sponsee is a child abuse survivor. Vince shares two experiences in which AA members struggled with telling their stories because they involved childhood sex abuse.

Other highlights in this episode include discussion on:

• Shame and the child.
• How drugs and alcohol feed the relapse cycle.
• What the sponsor will need to know about the abuse survivor and their recovery.