Chris Howard is more than seventeen years sober, the founder of Ethos Recovery, and an interventionist who doesn't sugarcoat anything.
We talk about what happens when trauma becomes your identity, why so much of the treatment industry has traded real change for comfort and amenities, and why Chris now aims for quality of life instead of abstinence alone. We get into failure to launch, parents who need their kids to stay broken, healthy shame versus shame as dirty fuel, psychedelics, and why avoidance sits at the heart of addiction.
Then Chris gets honest about hitting a wall seventeen years in: burnout, fear, and the small integrity slips that nobody sees but you.
Whether you're 30 days sober or 17 years, you're going to face yourself at every part of the race.
In this episode:
"Weaponizing your trauma" and victim identity
Why 40–60% of people end up back in treatment
Quality of life vs. abstinence as the goal
Family roles and parents who need to be needed
Shame: signal, fuel, or poison?
Avoidance, accountability and the little things
What surrender looks like when you have a lot to lose
From the Grave Podcast. Stop running. Start rebuilding.
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