Alcohol Dependence and ADHD

May 17, 2023

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ADHD and alcohol addiction...

This week’s guest is Faye Lawrence. Faye founded Untoxicated, Australia’s largest alcohol-free social community with around 10,000 members. Having been a heavy but high-functioning drinker since her teens, she wound up in inpatient detox in late 2017 after the wheels fell off. Determined not to let her sobriety ruin her social life, Untoxicated was born. Faye was recently diagnosed with ADHD (combined type) at the ripe old age of 48, and is passionate about creating awareness about the strong link between ADHD and alcohol dependence, hoping it might help reduce similar pitfalls for other women.

Faye is a TEDx speaker, co-author, has been featured widely across media and advocates to normalise living alcohol-free and reduce the stigma around addiction.

During this episode, Kate and Faye discuss:

ADHD and addiction connections
Struggling with Alcohol use
Family addiction patterns
Family compassion with the understanding of neurodiversity
ADHD screening in treatment centres
Social anxiety and drinking
The clarity post ADHD diagnosis
Why ADHD can make you more susceptible to addiction
Socialising post recovery
How Faye is finding ADHD medication
How to look at your own drinking habits

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Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled ADHD women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.