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Used to Survive™ Series: Limited Access 

Addiction Recovery That’s Real, Honest, and Built for You.

Length: 7-book, 7-module self-paced recovery system (~30 hours total) | Tools: Guided exercises, reflection journals, trauma worksheets, and live Q&A access | 
Access: Available through Single Course Access, Full Series Access, or Builder Membership

Recovery isn’t a straight line - and it’s not one-size-fits-all.

The Used to Survive™ Series takes the real, messy, human parts of addiction and turns them into a roadmap for rebuilding your life with truth, humor, and compassion.

ach course in the seven-part series combines lived experience with clinical insight, so you’re not just learning how to stay sober - you’re learning how to live again.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s real talk, real tools, and real healing - guided by Uncle Aaron, Brian Wall (Community Director), Nurse C, and Dr. Jones.

Who It’s For

  • Individuals in recovery Family members supporting loved ones

  • Justice-impacted individuals navigating re-entry

  • Gen Z & young adults struggling with identity and purpose

  • Anyone ready to move from survival to thriving

Why It Works

Because addiction isn’t the problem - it’s the solution that stopped working.

Every UTS lesson blends trauma-informed care, neuroscience, and storytelling to reach the human underneath the habit. You’ll learn practical tools to regulate emotions, rebuild relationships, and create a future that feels possible - all with guidance from a team that’s lived it and led it.

You’ll walk away with understanding, direction, and a renewed belief that recovery isn’t about perfection - it’s about progress.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to understand addiction as survival - not identity.
  • How to rebuild confidence, function, and hope after the burn.
  • How to manage cravings, triggers, and dopamine-driven urges.
  • How to parent, love, and lead while still in recovery.
  • How to face relapse without shame and return to growth faster.
  • How to stay grounded through anxiety, depression, and self-doubt.

You don’t need to start over.
You just need to start again - with the right tools this time.

UTS: Why You Used: The Addiction Wasn’t the Problem

  1. Before you Start

    4 lessons
    1. Foreword
    2. From the Creator
    3. Introduction: Why You Used
    4. How to Use This Series in Structured Recovery Programming

  2. 1: Wired & Tired

    1 lesson
    1. Wired & Tired

  3. 2: The Attention Battleground

    1 lesson
    1. Building Support Networks

  4. 3: Loneliness in a Full House

    1 lesson
    1. Loneliness in a Full House

  5. 4: Body Memories, Hidden Triggers

    1 lesson
    1. Body Memories, Hidden Triggers

  6. 5: Cravings, Lies, and Dopamine

    1 lesson
    1. Cravings, Lies, and Dopamine

  7. 6: Food, Sleep, and Mood

    1 lesson
    1. Food, Sleep, and Mood

  8. 7: Shame as a Drug

    1 lesson
    1. Shame as a Drug

  9. 8: When Numb Feels Safer Than Alive

    1 lesson
    1. When Numb Feels Safer Than Alive

  10. 9: Why You Used to Survive

    1 lesson
    1. Why You Used to Survive

  11. 10: Craving Isn’t the End of the Story

    2 lessons
    1. Craving Isn’t the End of the Story
    2. Wrap-Up: Why You Used

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