Christina
Christina
Annelise - Internal Family Systems
Annelise - Internal Family Systems
Annelise - Internal Family Systems
Sunday 21st December 2025
Annelise shares her gambling recovery journey using Internal Family Systems therapy. Discover how understanding internal parts aids in addiction recovery.
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46 minutes
Inspiring
Informative
Hopeful
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Healing
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Sobriety Toolkit
Financial Health in Recovery
Family Recovery from Addiction
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
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Episode Overview
- Gambling can escalate quickly during financial stress and major life changes.
- Early wins can reinforce addictive behaviours by creating false hope.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps manage addiction by understanding internal parts.
- Bet-blocking tools and support groups like Gamblers Anonymous are effective recovery aids.
- Acknowledging and understanding all parts of oneself is crucial for healing.
"Everything that you're going through makes sense. Every part of you is trying to protect you in its own way."
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This episode of The Broke Girl Society brings a captivating conversation between guest host Terra from the Ambitious Addicts Podcast and Annelise, a woman bravely sharing her journey through gambling addiction. Annelise opens up about how her gambling habit spiralled during financial stress and major life changes, with an early win on a gambling app feeding her belief that she could fix her problems through luck.
As the stakes grew higher, Annelise took decisive steps to break the cycle, employing bet-blocking tools and attending Gamblers Anonymous. The episode also explores the therapeutic approach of Internal Family Systems (IFS), which Annelise, a trained therapist, has found invaluable in her recovery. IFS encourages individuals to understand their internal parts—like managers, firefighters, and exiles—and how they interact. Annelise explains how recognising these parts can help manage addiction by addressing underlying emotional pain.
With Terra's thoughtful questions and Annelise's candid insights, this episode offers a fresh perspective on addiction recovery, particularly for those who feel overwhelmed by their internal struggles. Whether you're dealing with addiction yourself or supporting someone who is, you'll find valuable lessons and a reminder that you're not alone in this journey. What steps will you take today to better understand your internal family systems?