Alcohol and Substances Won’t Heal You – Pain Is a Compass, Not a Curse

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In this powerful follow-up to Episode 3, “Pain Is a Compass, Love Is a Guide,” Wolf(Isaiah Washington) shares a raw experience that unfolded just hours before recording — a reminder that pain doesn’t wait for convenience, and numbing it only makes the wound deeper.

Through the story of a man lost in heartbreak, turning to substances to escape instead of facing truth, Wolf explores the danger of putting value in the wrong things and avoiding lessons life is trying to teach. When we use alcohol, drugs, or distractions to avoid pain, we also delay our healing, our clarity, and our purpose.

This episode is a call to stop avoiding and start listening. Pain isn’t trying to destroy you — it’s trying to redirect you.

🎧 Topics Covered:
- Why numbing pain leads to deeper damage
- How misplaced value creates unnecessary suffering
- The cost of avoidance through substances and false comfort
- Why pain is directional, not destructive
- How men can face, feel, and transform pain with purpose

Listen closely — pain has something to say.

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