Key points

Post-traumatic growth occurs when people develop beyond their previous level after trauma.

High-functioning addiction can develop in successful people following major losses or trauma.

Virtual communities can provide support for well-being and growth.

Christos Garkinos speaks with the confident cadence of someone who's learned that life's biggest setbacks can become its greatest comebacks. While he now runs a multi-million dollar live-shopping empire, it wasn't always this way. After decades owning one of LA’s top clothing stores—which led to a stint with his own Bravo TV show—he became addicted to drugs and lost everything.

Then, after hitting rock bottom—emotionally, physically and financially—he found sobriety.

But getting sober didn’t mean everything came together with

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