In this episode of Recover Outloud, Sean sits down with Jasmine Bootle, host of Everybody’s Addicted, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about addiction, recovery, and the damage caused by rigid labels and one-size-fits-all solutions.

Jasmine shares her lived experience with alcohol and opioid addiction, growing up under crushing perfectionism, surviving trauma, navigating grief, homelessness, and finding stability through Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Together, Sean and Jasmine unpack why traditional recovery models don’t work for everyone, how stigma keeps people sick, and why healing requires compassion, education, and multiple pathways—not judgment.

This episode dives deep into:

Why labels like “alcoholic” can be harmful instead of healing

The reality of MAT, Suboxone, and harm reduction

How trauma, perfectionism, and family dynamics fuel addiction

The gaps in healthcare, recovery education, and overdose prevention

Why recovery is about what you’re doing now, not who you used to be

This is an honest, human conversation about survival, resilience, and redefining recovery on your own terms. No glamorization. No shame. Just truth, empathy, and hope.

Listener discretion advised. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone—and there are more paths to healing than you’ve been told.