Episode 7 - Emotions and their role in my addiction and recovery
Self Inflicted Recovery, Redemption, and Life (a podcast on addiction and recovery)
Release Date: 06/27/2019
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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While using I would swing between suspecting/knowing I had a problem. and denying/rationalizing my behavior.
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In this episode I have a discussion with Anthony. He struggled with Marijuana, Alcohol, and other drugs throughout the years.
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I used to get in trouble with the law... but that stopped in my early to mid 20's...
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This is the exciting conclusion of Paul's story...
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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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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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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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I knew growing up that addiction ran in the family.
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In this episode I discuss how my emotions influenced my addiction... and how that played a role in my recovery...
info_outlineIn this episode I discuss how my emotions influenced my addiction... and how that played a role in my recovery...
Specifically... recovery is difficult due to physical withdrawal where it applies... but also due to the fact that for many of us our emotional muscles have atrophied due to our addictive behavior.
I also discuss my theory on why we have emotions, and how resentments and working the steps freed me in some ways.