Listen to the full episode and explore more at www.thekereenconnection.com. A note before you listen: this conversation includes honest discussion of addiction, alcoholism, and the loss of a friend to suicide. Please take care of yourself while listening. Adam Vohra spent twenty years being whoever the room needed him to be. He calls it being a chameleon. Underneath it was an addiction that started with a drink at thirteen, picked up not long after he found out he and his sister were adopted — a way, as he puts it, to not feel. Four years sober now, Adam is a recovery coach, entrepreneur, speaker, and host of the Finding Purpose podcast. His whole argument is that sobriety is the starting line rather than the finish. Removing the substance leaves a hole. What you fill it with is the actual work. We get into what that filling looks like in practice: the unglamorous micro-habits that rebuilt his days, why honesty had to be practiced rather than simply decided on, how he came to say "I'm the problem" without it becoming another form of shame, and the difference between loving someone and enabling them. He's direct about his own parents on that last one. He also shares the moment that moved him out of survival and into purpose — the loss of a friend who looked, from the outside, like he had everything together. It's the part of this conversation I keep coming back to. This one is for anyone rebuilding something. And it's for anyone who loves someone who's struggling and doesn't know what help is supposed to look like. In this episode, you'll learn: Why recovery is about rebuilding a life rather than simply removing a substance, and what has to fill the space left behind How honesty functions as the foundation of everything else, and why Adam had to practice it after years of deceiving people to get what he wanted The micro-habit approach that rebuilt his daily life — sleep, meals, movement, spiritual practice — and why the small commitments do the heavy lifting What accountability actually sounds like: "my best thinking got me here," and why that recognition becomes a turning point instead of another layer of shame The line between supporting someone and enabling them, and why saying no can be an act of love Why connection is the opposite of addiction, and how self-obsession quiets down the moment you start reaching outward The one step Adam gives anyone stuck in fear, shame, or self-doubt, whether or not addiction is part of their story Connect with Adam Vohra: Instagram: @adamvohra_ Website: https://adamvohra.com/ Podcast: @findingpurposepod Connect with Kereen: Instagram: @thekereenconnection TikTok: @thekereenconnection YouTube: @thekereenconnection Facebook: Thekereenconnection Website: www.thekereenconnection.com Resources If you or someone you love is struggling with substance use, the SAMHSA National Helpline is free, confidential, and available 24/7 at 1-800-662-4357. If you're having thoughts of suicide, you can call or text 988 in the US to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. About Kereen Kereen Evans is an attorney, speaker, entrepreneur, and founder and host of The Kereen Connection, a purpose-driven media and personal development brand centered on helping people Connect the Dots in their lives. A former Manhattan prosecutor who now serves as an Executive Legal Advisor, Kereen understands firsthand that achievement and fulfillment are not always the same thing. Through The Kereen Connection podcast, transformational workshops, keynote speaking, and purpose-driven resources, she creates conversations and experiences that encourage people to examine the passions, strengths, experiences, and recurring clues in their lives, recognize meaningful connections, and make more intentional decisions about what comes next. Her work is grounded in the belief that the answers we spend years searching for may already be present in our lives; sometimes we need to slow down long enough to recognize the dots and connect them.
