Dr. Cali Estes

Addiction's not your problem.

It's your solution to the problem.

So I start with what got you here?

And then they look at me and they go, well, you know, I am an alcoholic.

Okay, great.

But you're not an alcoholic.

You use alcohol as a means to escape or because you're bored.

Why are you here?

And then we work backwards.

And, you know, it's either they're bored because they've, you know, achieved so much because I deal with celebrities and executives.

So they have the boat, the yacht, the girlfriend, the side girlfriend.

They've traveled everywhere.

They're bored.

Or.

In my group.

In your purview, they might not.

There you go.

So some of my clients, disclaimer, some of my clients, disclaimer, have multiple players and people in their board or they use substances or the phone or gambling as a way to numb out the life they don't like.

And then when we get into it, there's trauma or they're having a fight with their wife or girlfriend or their husband.

And this is what they're using to deal with the scenario.