How Denial Keeps Addiction Alive w/ Anthony Zorzetto | The Hopeaholics Podcast

How Denial Keeps Addiction Alive w/ Anthony Zorzetto | The Hopeaholics Podcast


In this powerful episode of the Hopeholics Podcast, Anthony Zorzetto shares an unfiltered story of addiction, identity loss, and rebuilding from the ground up as casual drinking and recreational drug use slowly spiral into full-blown addiction alongside a failing marriage, a collapsing construction business, and overwhelming financial pressure, opening up about how substances stopped being social and became a means of survival, the false confidence addiction gave him, ignoring warning signs from banks and loved ones, and the moment he found himself unable to afford even basic necessities, all while reflecting on the painful contrast between who he once was — disciplined, driven, and convinced addiction could never touch him — and the reality of hitting rock bottom, discovering hidden family history with addiction, and ultimately choosing sobriety, responsibility, and fatherhood as the foundation for a new life built on honesty, accountability, and hope.


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Timestamps:
00:12:44 - Getting sober shortly after meeting his partner
00:13:01 - Accidentally getting married too young
00:13:17 - Addiction worsening as marriage deteriorates
00:13:35 - Cocaine shifting from recreational to coping mechanism
00:14:17 - Using drugs to escape business and marriage collapse
00:14:32 - Living parallel addictions inside the marriage
00:23:01 - Discovering hidden family history of opioid addiction
00:24:06 - Construction business failure accelerating
00:25:14 - Cocaine creating a false sense of power and control
00:25:23 - Ignoring bank warnings and financial reality
00:25:58 - Unable to afford basic necessities
00:26:00 - Being left alone after his wife walks out
00:26:17 - Confronting the contrast between past discipline and addiction
00:30:33 - Anger at entitlement and loss of personal responsibility