Episode 6 - Things I am now free of
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
Release Date: 06/22/2019
Episode 16 - Happiness & Sobriety
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
In this episode I discuss how my emotions and sobriety intertwined... and how eventually my emotions (and what I perceived as happiness) was determined by my use...
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Episode 15 - Determining I had a problem
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
While using I would swing between suspecting/knowing I had a problem. and denying/rationalizing my behavior.
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Episode 14 - Discussion with Anthony - a stoner with goals
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
In this episode I have a discussion with Anthony. He struggled with Marijuana, Alcohol, and other drugs throughout the years.
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Episode 13 - Louie's Elbaorate Set of Rules (to stay out of trouble)
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
I used to get in trouble with the law... but that stopped in my early to mid 20's...
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Episode 12 - Paul's story part 2
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
This is the exciting conclusion of Paul's story...
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Episode 11 - Paul's Story Part 1
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
In Part 1 of Paul's story... he covers how his love /hate relationship with marijuana began around 6th grade... and he discusses in his own voice how things progressed until he was 21-22 years old and in college.
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Episode 10 - "normal" people don't have stories like this - volume 1
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
As an addict... Louie realizes that a lot of his behavior could be viewed as obsessive or perhaps insane by people who don't struggle with addiction.
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Episode 9 - reading the letter I wrote to myself 4 years back
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
When I was in rehab... one of the activities I did at the end was write a letter to myself about what was different and how things had changed after being sober for the last 5-6 weeks.
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Episode 8 - arming my children with knowledge
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
I knew growing up that addiction ran in the family.
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Episode 7 - Emotions and their role in my addiction and recovery
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
In this episode I discuss how my emotions influenced my addiction... and how that played a role in my recovery...
info_outlineIn this episode Louie reflects on how hard he worked to maintain his desired level of inebriation over his 17ish years using.
Post sobriety, he realizes how much effort and meticulous planning managing his addiction (and feeding it) really took up.
It was a colossal effort in terms of mental and emotional energy.
He discusses many of the insane things he used to do... and discusses how it feels realizing these things now, and how being free of them feels.