You're listening to to Recovery Happy Hour!

Hey guys, welcome to Recovery Happy Hour

where we talk about life after getting sober and what lies beyond the bottle. I'm your

host Tricia. Today, before we get into our interview, I wanted to talk about

therapy.

I wasn't really quite sure how to approach this topic,

so I decided to ask the Google to give me a definition for therapy.

Therapy is defined as treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.

I mean that sounds simple enough right? You talk to someone about what's going on inside your brain, they help treat you to relieve you of disorder.

Okay, let's take this one step further.

What disorder?

Google, tell me what disorder is.

Well, it's a state of confusion.

Okay, so in its simplest terms, therapy

is treatment to heal you when you're confused.

I know that when I get confused, the last person I ask to help me is somebody else.

I know you can relate to this. Okay, I usually get trapped inside my brain, trying to find my way out, and help never seems like an option, and that's why I got stuck in the cycle of alcohol addiction for so damn long.

And trying to do it all by myself didn't do me any favors.

And that's why I love therapy.

Guys, sometimes I need a professional to hold my hand and walk me through my own brain.

I mean, I need a professional to metaphorically bitch slap me out of my thought patterns.

And then I need them to validate me a little bit and then sweat my credit card after 55 minutes.

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