210: Addiction Relapse and Full Recovery with Vasavi Kumar

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

An Indian immigrant born and raised in NYC, Vasavi Kumar grew up being bullied. She smoked her first cigarette at age 12, had her first drink at age 14 and when her dad didn’t like what she was up to he pulled her from all she knew and put her in private school. This did not help.

Vasavi felt too indian for schools and friends and too american for her parents. She did not know who she was.

Looking for a way to feel connection and like she fit in. She turned to drugs and alcohol. She connected with others over getting drunk and high.

Married at 28, divorced at 32 she was still on a search to FEEL something. She shared with me that ironically, she always wanted to get high to feel connected but that when she would, she would do it alone.

In a second rock bottom spot, after a relapse from her first attempt to sober up and step into a much more powerful version of herself, Vasavi is now clean. TODAY she is an international public speaker, Licensed Therapist, and Business Strategist with over a decade of experience teaching her clients how to simplify their business and the self-love process. Join in today for a very candid conversation and learn exactly how Vasavi Kumar LEVELED UP and created EVERYTHING from nothing.

In this episode, you will learn:

What is addiction
Why do people relapse
Why there is hope for anyone with addiction
How you can love yourself through the whole process

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned lifestyle and high performance coach.
0:07.7	When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing?
0:12.2	How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or have had a big setback?
0:15.6	And how do we adjust quickly when life throws us major curveballs?
0:20.1	On this podcast, I do what I do best, taking complicated
0:24.1	information that is relevant to us now and breaking it down simply with actionable steps
0:30.1	you can implement to level up your own life. I also regularly interview some of the most
0:35.1	inspiring and courageous men and women on the planet who at their
0:38.7	worst learn how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible. Leveling up,
0:44.3	creating everything from nothing. If you are new here, I encourage you to go back and listen
0:49.3	from episode one for the full transformative experience.
1:03.0	As an Indian immigrant born and raised in New York City, Vasvi Kumar grew up being bullied.
1:08.8	She smoked her first cigarette at age 12, had her first drink at age 14, and when her dad didn't like what she was up to, he pulled her from all she knew
1:11.9	and put her in private school. This didn't help. She felt too Indian for schools and friends,
1:17.8	and she felt too American for her parents, as she would describe. She said to me that she didn't
1:22.4	know who she was. Looking for a way to feel connection, and like she fit in, she turned to
1:27.0	drugs and alcohol. She connected with others over getting connection and like she fit in, she turned to drugs and alcohol.
1:28.1	She connected with others over getting drunk and high. Married at 28, divorced at 32, she was still
1:34.1	on a search to feel something. She shared with me that ironically, she always wanted to get
1:40.6	high to feel connected, but that when she would, she would end up feeling alone.
1:45.1	In a second rock bottom spot after a relapse from her first attempt to sober up and step into a
1:50.6	much more powerful version of herself, Vasavi is now clean. Today she is an international public
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