Justine Hamill
Addiction recovery specialist and Kaihautū (Co-Leader) of Red Door Recovery, an inpatient rehabilitation centre in Wellington, New Zealand; psychotherapist and facilitator specializing in addiction and mental health.
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Jul 30, 2026
Kent JohnsHOST
So can you tell me, give me an example without revealing someone's identity of what you would call a story that you'd like to share about someone, a whaiora, who's now doing well in life?
Justine HamillGUEST
Well, there's probably two I can think of at the moment that are with us here.
Justine HamillGUEST
And she came to us having spent years in a combination of she had a little bit of state care and then she was obviously in addiction and then many visits to different mental health wards.
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Justine HamillGUEST
So the root causes, if, if you're thinking along the lines of, um, uh, what we believe in here, which is the Go- Gabor Maté style of thinking, is that all addiction comes from...
Justine HamillGUEST
It's not a disease, it's not a moral failing, but it's a coping mechanism, which is useful at the time, um, but not useful overall in our life.
Justine HamillGUEST
And it's more around seeking some kind of connection, dealing with some kind of trauma.
Justine HamillGUEST
Um, maybe it's a, a, a lack of genuine emotional connec- connection in life overall.