In this episode, we discuss:

• His goals from an early age - reducing the amount of harm he causes, and preparing for his own death
  
• Physical dependence on alcohol
  
• His experience with people telling him he needs to be less emotional, achieve more, etc.
  
• Coming to a place of feeling good enough without external validation
  
• How he learned to hide his mistakes instead of make mistakes
  
• The beginning of our numbing
  
• How isolation can sometimes be a self-preservation tactic
  
• Boundaries! My favorite topic!
  
• The reason he started to question his relationship with alcohol
  
• Psychedelic therapeutic modalities
  
• The importance of asking for help
  
• Letting go of the narratives we get when we’re kids
  

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