Shelly-Anne McKay looked successful while alcohol, drugs, food, work, and achievement helped her survive a nervous system that never felt safe. After 12 recovery attempts, she stopped asking what was wrong with her and began asking what her coping was trying to solve.

At five years old, Jason Shiers answered the door to devastating news that would shape his life. What followed was a decades-long journey through grief, addiction, therapy, and relentless seeking. But true healing did not come from another program — it came from realizing he was never broken. Addiction was a survival response to trauma. The Infinite Recovery Project was born from this awakening.