Episode 1: The Secret Struggle: The Drug Use I Hid and the Sobriety I Forged

This episode marks the honest, raw beginning of host Camisha Blackburn’s healing journey on The Raw & Rooted Life Podcast. Camisha steps into radical transparency, revealing her years-long battle with hidden drug use—a secret struggle that served as a deep-seated coping mechanism for unaddressed childhood trauma. She describes the split between the person she pretended to be and the chaos she was secretly living.

Camisha shares the absolute rock-bottom moment of surrender that forced her to choose sobriety and the challenging but absolutely essential first steps of addiction recovery. This conversation explains why getting clean was not the end of the work, but the true beginning of forging a rooted life defined by authenticity, rather than shame and secrecy. This foundational episode is crucial for anyone ready to go beyond surface-level wellness and start the profound work of reclaiming their life.

Key Takeaway for Your Healing Journey

Your Biggest Lie is Your Old Blueprint.

The deep-seated beliefs that fuel your self-destructive habits and toxic patterns—the whispers that say "I am not worthy" or "I need an external fix"—are not true. They are simply old blueprints based on the trauma of childhood abandonment and neglect. This episode teaches that your path to freedom starts with radical transparency. The first act of self-love is choosing sobriety (whether from substances or toxic habits) and beginning the work of challenging those lies. Recovery starts when you choose to go inside, learn to regulate your emotions without external fixes, and rewrite your story to one of self-worth and power.