My conversation with my friend Leah Strudwick included moments of clarity, therapy and sobriety, using psilocybin mushrooms, that alcohol isn't really a social drug, the importance of openly talking about alcohol use, the trouble with continuing to romanticize alcohol use and that there are many paths to healing including those where some continue to use other drugs. 

Leah started her recovery journey in earnest more than 5 years ago, and in the time since, has undergone total life transformation from a combination of treatment, therapy, reflection, and lots of dancing. She loves talking about personal growth, intentional change, and her elderly cat.

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Some of the resources we mentioned include:

Michael Pollan https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) https://www.camh.ca/

Annie Grace https://thisnakedmind.com/

Harm of Alcohol bar chart: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Harm-comparison-between-alcohol-and-other-drugs-Source-Nutt-et-al-2010_fig3_277013502