171: Childhood Trauma and Addiction with Justin Long

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In his book 'The Righteous Rage of a ten-year-old boy' Justin explores his traumatic childhood and adult addiction. Justin grew up with a step-father who constantly criticised and punished him and a mother who escaped into religion. He never felt good enough and spent a lot of his life trying to fix that with his behaviour and alcohol. Now committed to self-awareness, he is 14 years sober and sharing his story to help others. Justin B. Long is an author, business owner, and the host of the podcast, Straight from the Horse Doctor’s Mouth which he produces with his wife, Dr. Erica Lacher. His bestselling book series, The Adventures of the Horse Doctor’s Husband, has been enjoyed by readers all over the world. While his wife’s mission is to make the world a better place for horses, Justin’s mission is to make the world a better place for people by combatting toxically masculine ideas surrounding men and their emotions. His current book, The Righteous Rage of a Ten-Year-Old Boy, is a raw, intense examination of his childhood, the traumatic events bottle, I can promise you that formed his negative self-image, and his journey through therapy to overcome it all.

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0:00.0	I dreamt that you were twisting through seven sons of gold and the gypsy was insisting
0:10.1	that his story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.
0:22.4	I could touch but never hold.
0:27.7	Hello, everybody. It's Veronica.
0:29.9	Welcome to the Soberful podcast.
0:31.4	I have a great interview for you today.
0:34.5	One that really moved me.
0:35.6	It's with Justin Long, who has written a book called
0:38.4	The Righteous Rage of a 10-year-old boy. And it's all about really the years of physical and
0:44.6	psychological abuse that he experienced in his journey into addiction and then into recovery.
0:51.3	And it really kind of links the stuff we go through in childhood to the stuff
0:57.0	that happens to us later in life. So I think you'll enjoy this very much. It's very moving and also
1:02.8	very hopeful. And right now is the last opportunity for you guys to enroll in the five pillars
1:10.0	of sobriety program. It's based on my book.
1:12.9	It's a three-month course. We go deep into the teachings of the book every week and you're
1:19.2	going to get homework and all the tools that you need to apply the five pillars of sobriety to your
1:26.0	life. So go to soberful.com. This is your last chance to sign up
1:30.2	because we start, I believe, tomorrow when this episode drops. All right, over to the interview.
1:36.2	So, as I mentioned, I'm really excited about today's guest, Justin Long. Justin, welcome to the
1:43.6	Soberful podcast.
1:45.1	Thank you.
1:45.6	It's great to be here.
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