Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery with April Hill

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August 26, 2020 • 37 mins

***Trigger Warning***
This is a heavier episode as we speak of childhood abuse, addiction, and trauma. If you are suffering or recovering from a mood or mental disorder, an addiction, or are a victim of abuse, please listen with caution or skip this episode entirely. The last thing I would want is for hearing these things to set you back in your healing journey or to trigger negative thoughts or emotions. Also, if you are a bit more sensitive or an empath, you also may want to listen with caution.

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As a survivor of early childhood trauma and a recovered alcoholic, April looks to shatter the stigmas and shame that surround both these experiences. From age 2 to 5, she was sexually molested, starved, and beaten. After enduring these life-altering experiences that many people could not fathom, she went on to struggle emotionally in life for quite some time. This truly displayed itself later in adult life through addiction and other toxic relationships and behaviors.

Her purpose now is to be a voice for those suffering - to shed light on abuse, recovery, and the journey that it takes to dig through the pain and wreckage they both cause. She believes the veil needs to be lifted on the prevalence of child sexual abuse as well as sex trafficking. Survivors of abuse deserve a voice and the resources to help them overcome their trauma.

In this episode, April shares her raw and vulnerable story with us and how her childhood trauma led her to self-medicate and fall into an alcohol addiction. She went through a rehab program at a facility where they addressed healing both the trauma and addiction. After working with her sponsor, attending AA meetings, and doing the hard inner work, she is currently sober and thriving as an advocate, podcaster, and owner of The Hills Beauty Lounge Day & Med Spa.

April takes us through her rock bottom and the turning point that led her to where she is now. We discuss the myths and stigmas around addiction and abuse, lingering triggers from her trauma, and what self care practices work for her.

"Whether it was with my addiction or trauma, there was always a lack of self love and I felt almost as if I didn't deserve good things." - April Hill (quoted from this episode)

Tune in to hear the rest of her powerful story and what her healing journey has entailed.

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