Episode: 17 Rewriting Recovery: Why the System Is Broken (with Sophia Houridis)

Recovery Unleashed

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In this powerful and confronting episode of Recovery Unleashed, Hannah Dalby and Sophia Houridis tear open the uncomfortable truth about our current rehab and recovery systems — and why they’re failing the very people they’re meant to help.

From AA programs that keep people trapped in lifelong identities of “addict,” to the injustice of unqualified support workers and systems built to profit off pain, this conversation is a call to revolutionise how we approach healing and recovery.

Hannah shares her personal mission to change both the rehab and prison systems, and together, she and Sophia explore how sovereignty, self-connection, and empowerment are the missing ingredients in the way we currently treat addiction.

They discuss:

✨ The injustice of programs that keep people dependent rather than sovereign

✨ Why “once an addict, always an addict” is a lie that destroys lives

✨ The importance of teaching people tools before taking away their vices

✨ The forgotten reality of carers — and the trauma of loving an addict

✨ Rage as sacred fuel for transformation and justice

✨ The power of environment and perspective in reclaiming clarity

✨ Why healing requires compassion and accountability

This episode is raw, emotional, and deeply human. It’s for anyone who’s ever loved an addict, been through addiction, or worked within systems that claim to heal but perpetuate harm.

Hannah and Sophia don’t just talk about recovery, they’re rewriting it.

🔥 Key Quote:

> “Only an empowered person can empower someone else. And right now, our systems are built on disempowerment.

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