EP 111 - Find Your Purpose with Jes Wood

Interventionist Jes Wood from Rise Within Inc, joins Doctor Terry Sellers & Counselor Jared Miller for episode-111. Jes shares how an experience of sexual abuse (that she did not know how to cope with & was too embarrassed to talk about), led her to polysubstance abuse during her adolescent years. Hosts Seller & Jared discuss the correlating statistics between sexual abuse & substance addiction. Out of every one hundred males who have a substance use disorder, sixty-five of them have experienced sexual abuse/assault in the past. Out of every one hundred females who have a substance use disorder, eighty of them have experienced sexual abuse/assault in the past. All three speakers discuss the importance of never judging individuals struggling with substance addictions since you may never know what kind of traumas they are dealing with internally. Jes Wood's fearlessness & vulnerability to come on this episode to share her truth is nothing short of remarkable. We hope the content of this episode reaches individuals with these same traumatic experiences & gives them the courage to find professional help to begin healing.