The gym is packed, the "dry January" posts are peaking, and the pressure to reinvent your entire life by February 1st is at an all-time high. But for those in the rooms, we know a secret: willpower is a finite resource, and resolutions are often just premeditated resentments.

In this episode, we pull the curtain back on the "New Year, New Me" industrial complex. We discuss why traditional resolutions usually crash and burn for those struggling with addiction, and how the 12-Step philosophy replaces that annual cycle of shame with a blueprint for permanent, manageable change. Instead of waiting for a calendar flip to get our lives in order, we explore the freedom found in daily surrender and the radical idea that we don’t need a "new" version of ourselves, we just need a sober one.