Preston Moore: Thoughts, Attitudes & Behaviors

The thing I enjoyed about my conversation with Kim is, she's a great example of a large majority of people struggling with addiction or mental health challenges... they are functioning, often professional, and masters at hiding in plain sight.  They may not even know that the way they feel or the amount of substances they are using is abnormal.    Kim has always been a high achiever and with high achieving comes perfectionism... this underlying air of nothing ever being good enough.  However, this did not stop Kim from climbing the ranks in multiple organizations and always qualifying as a top-ranked performer.  One of the most profound things she said was, I was doing extremely well at work as one of their top salespeople and I was sitting behind my keyboards wanting it all to end. With the help of an empathetic Nurse Practitioner, therapy, and support groups Kim got sober and started helping others that were struggling as well.  Although getting sober changed Kim's life, it sti