20 años SUFRIENDO en SILENCIO: LA VERDAD DE LA ADICCIÓN | Adicción Zero #25

Addiction Zero Podcast #25 ⚠️ If you need help or know someone who does, don't hesitate to contact us. Every second is crucial. Instagram: @clinica_despierta --- https://clinicadespiertasl.com/ ⭐Follow me on my social media if you want more exclusive information about addiction: 🔥 Instagram: @adiccionzero_podcast 🔥Host: @luismi_adicciones 🔥Guest: @soymanuseva Most people still think that an addict is someone lying on the street, without a job and with no future. But the reality is very different: 95% of addicts have family, jobs, and an image of normalcy, while inside they live a daily hell. In this episode of Addiction Zero, Manu (37 years old, Granada) sits down with me: a recovering addict and addiction therapist. For over 20 years, she suffered from a silent addiction: she used drugs, worked, pretended to live a "normal" life... but inside, she just wanted to disappear. We discuss topics that almost no one dares to address: The dignity lost daily and how to recover it through sobriety. The silent disease: functional addicts who go unnoticed. The stark difference between stopping use and true recovery. Emotional immaturity and the "Walt Disney phenomenon": you get stuck at the age you started using. The importance of group therapy, routines, exercise, and self-care. Codependency: how the family also suffers and why they need their own recovery. The role of "tough love" and setting boundaries to stop perpetuating the addiction. Why no one recovers alone and what makes the difference between relapsing repeatedly and moving forward. This episode is for both addicts and families who don't know what else to do. If you're wondering if you have a problem, or if someone you love is trapped, this podcast is for you. 00:49 – Welcome and introduction to Manu Introducing Manu: 37 years old, from Granada, addiction therapist and recovering addict. 02:15 – “Normal” childhood and first uses Structured family, lots of sports, nervous and defiant personality. 03:50 – Fear of ending up like the addicts of the 80s/90s First joints, alcohol, and the fear of ending up on the streets like the previous generation. 06:00 – The functional addict and the double life Career, stable job, partner… and increasingly destructive use in the shadows. 09:40 – Lockdown, confession, and treatment The night he confesses his addiction to his partner and asks for real help. Entering Treatment 13:10 – Stopping Isn't Recovery: The Slope of Consumption and Dignity The difference between stopping for a few months and entering deep recovery. 16:00 – Silent Illness and Self-Diagnosis How addiction develops for years unnoticed. The real criteria for knowing if you are addicted. 21:00 – Emotional Trauma, Dual Diagnosis, and “Containment” Anxiety, depression, cold families, blocked emotions, and the importance of addressing the root cause, not just the drug. 26:40 – Emotional Immaturity and the “Walt Disney” Phenomenon Emotional maturity freezes the moment you start using. 32:00 – Routine, Exercise, and Self-Care: Learning to Love Yourself Daily habits for maintaining stability: exercise, nutrition, order, and structure. 38:00 – Giving Up the Need to Be Right and Ceasing to Obey the Addicted Mind Ego, arguments, the need to be right vs. the need for peace. 42:00 – Toxic Relationships, Knives, and Shared Suffering How the addict harms themselves while believing they are harming others. 49:50 – Codependency: The Family's Disease An in-depth explanation of codependency and why the environment also becomes ill. 1:00:00 – Group Therapy: The True Medicine Why group recovery works better than individual recovery. 1:03:30 – Why Do Some Recover and Others Don't? Recovery isn't about "wanting" to recover, but about taking action and allowing oneself to be guided. 1:08:10 – Renunciations, Old Friends, and a New Environment Leaving behind environments of substance abuse and building a new, healthy circle. 1:10:28 – Manu's final message to addicts and their families A message of faith, hope, and a clear call to seek professional help.