From Denial to an Open Book: A Story of Recovery with Mathias John
You Need Therapy
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2.4 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Today we are rounding out our 3 part series on addiction. We started talking about it from a clinical/therapist perspective, then moved to the perspective of a loved one, and now we have a human who has actually walked through the throes of addiction themselves here to share part of their own story.
Mathias John is someone I met years ago through his wife–who actually happens to be a therapist. Through his recovery journey he decided to offer the community something that he wished he had, a story he could relate to; a story about a high functioning addict who hid from himself and others really well. So, he took his ACTUAL PERSONAL JOURNALS and created a book out of them. Yep. He is welcoming us into his real mind- his most personal thoughts- and sharing what it was like for him to move through his life as someone struggling with addiction and someone working towards recovery.
AND to top it off, he actually writes this book alongside his own therapist, Ashley Boyd.
In our conversation we talk about a lot. What I hope you hear in this is something we can all relate to, a story about someone who tried their hardest to run from the truth and eventually found out that telling the truth would set them free. AND a story about that being really freaking hard and possible at the same time.
Mathias’ book comes out September 14th and you can learn more about it HERE!
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