132 | I Married a Junkie (And Other Wild Truths About Addiction)

Guest: Dr. Cali Estes

Topics: Addiction Recovery, Mobile Rehab, Holistic Healing, Entrepreneurship, Sobriety, and Breaking Industry Norms

🧠 Episode Highlights:

✅ From FBI dreams to addiction expert—how one cake-fueled breakdown led to a mission

✅ Why traditional rehab is broken—and what mobile concierge treatment looks like

✅ The real reason people turn to addiction (it’s not what you think)

✅ How to know if you're avoiding life—or just bored out of your mind

✅ Dealing with imposter syndrome, emotional avoidance, and building a coaching business that actually works

✅ What Dr. Cali told the men in her industry when they tried to shut her down (spoiler: she didn’t back down)

🔥 Quotes from Dr. Cali Estes:

🗣️ “Your alcohol isn’t the problem. It’s your solution to a problem.”

🗣️ “We don’t take every client—only the ones ready to do the work.”

🗣️ “If you have time to drink, you have time to not drink.”

🗣️ “I sued half my industry. Then I wrote a book about it.”

🗣️ “There are two types of people: those avoiding and those who are bored. They use different drugs—but they’re both looking for the same thing.”

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:01:30 – Cali’s story: from FBI ambitions to an ER wake-up call

00:06:45 – What is mobile rehab? The Sober On Demand model explained

00:11:20 – The emotional root of addiction (and how to identify your “why”)

00:15:55 – The two types of users: avoiders vs. adrenaline junkies

00:22:30 – Detox, therapy, and the holistic path to healing

00:28:10 – Why she doesn’t take every client (and how to know if you’re ready)

00:36:50 – Dealing with clients who say they want help but won’t do the work

00:45:00 – “I Married a Junkie” and suing her way into the addiction treatment elite

00:52:10 – Her message to anyone questioning their habits

📲 Where to Find Dr. Cali Estes:

🌐 SoberOnDemand.com

🌐 TheAddictionsAcademy.com

Facebook: Dr. Cali Estes

Instagram: @dr._cali_estes

TikTok: dr_cali_estes

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📚 Book: I Married a Junkie – Available wherever books are sold

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