Episode 397: Breaking the Silence of Childhood Trauma and Addiction with Rich Dunning

Podcast: The Addicted Mind Podcast · Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse, domestic violence, and a suicidal crisis. If you’re struggling, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). It’s free, confidential, and available 24/7. For so many of us, staying quiet was how we survived. When a childhood is shaped by violence, abuse, and chaos, silence becomes a kind of armor. And that armor often follows us into adulthood, into our marriages, our careers, and our drinking. In this episode I sit down with Rich Dunning, a medical device executive, father, husband of 32 years, and author of Silence Was...