Therapist Spent 30 Years Fixing Addicts… Then Became One Herself

Dr. Sarah Michaud spent 30 years as a clinical psychologist helping addicts and codependents climb out of hell… only to wake up one day and realize she was living in the exact same hell.

From people-pleasing therapist to full-blown addict and codependent, she hit rock bottom, got sober, wrote the raw book Co-Crazy, and now co-hosts the hit podcast Leaving Crazy Land.

This conversation is different. If you grew up trying to keep everyone happy, if you still don’t know what YOU actually want, or if sobriety feels like it’s missing something… this one will hit different.

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• Timestamps 00:00 Therapist becomes the patient 00:54 First drink at 16 – “It was the solution”
• 04:25 Bank robbery to pay a coke dealer
• 09:15 Growing up in alcoholism & feeling “different”
• 13:37 Why year 2-3 of sobriety is the hardest
• 21:22 What codependency really is (and why it’s deadly) 29:43 The fear that drives people-pleasing
• 33:27 “Put down the drink for 30 days and see”
• 42:37 Best advice for anyone realizing they drink too much

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