This episode centers around addiction, the various types and how people get caught in the grips of addiction. We also explore the difficult road to recovery, relapses, and continued sobriety. Does the road to addiction start in our childhood environment? Is addiction programmed into us by our parents, and when we identify addiction as a negative, why do we continue down that destructive path?

We will also examine the recovery process and what needs to happen to finally initiate a committed effort to find lucidity and freedom from the grip of addiction. Most people generally wait until they hit "rock bottom" in order to seek sobriety. We ask: why wait?

Our podcast guests are courageous enough to share their personal stories of addiction and their struggles to find stability in their journey towards sobriety, both good and bad.

Lastly, we examine if sobriety is a requirement to practicing mindfulness, meditation and doing the necessary inner work to transform our lives.