Showing posts with label self-medicating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-medicating. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The First Year (Guest: Robin)
Milestones are an opportunity to take stock of how far we have come, and to celebrate the way that day by day, time adds up!
Jean welcomes guest Robin, who recently celebrated one year alcohol-free, to share her experiences and insights.
When asked what made her decide to quit drinking, Robin said (in her charming accent), "Well it was bad enough that I was getting old, I didn't want to be old and pathetic!" It is that kind of plain-spoken wisdom you can expect from this interview. Enjoy.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Re-Broadcast: From Self-Medicating to Self-Care
“I need a drink” is a common catch phrase people use to sum up a bad day. The culture is rife with advice that a “nice glass of wine” is all it will take to feel better about whatever challenges life dishes up. So, when we are faced with big health issues, like anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses; physical illness or changes in our physical health; or stress caused by any social or familial changes or losses, it can seem like an easy fix to pick up a drink to “take the edge off.”
As alcoholics, this response becomes our go-to. We come to depend on alcohol to deal with our problems. It becomes a vicious cycle as our bodies and brains are stressed from processing the alcohol, as we stuff our emotions deeper and deeper down inside, and as we become dependent on the drink to fix us.
We find great freedom from that dependence in sobriety, but it can be daunting to realize that even though we are now sober, we still have the same issues we had before we sought relief in the bottle - the same anxiety, the same depression, the same hormonal changes, the same trauma.
On this show, our guests share their experiences about how they found new and better ways to deal with their lives. From menopause to dual diagnoses, we can move from self-medicating to proper self-care!
On this show, our guests share their experiences about how they found new and better ways to deal with their lives. From menopause to dual diagnoses, we can move from self-medicating to proper self-care!
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Feeling Our Feelings: A Brave New World
While we are active in our addictions, we are numbing all of our feelings. Although the initial impulse might be to dull the hard emotions - fear, anger, hurt - the actual result is that we dull of our emotions, limiting our experience of joy, contentment, and connection. When we get sober, we find a crazy new rush of feelings - good and bad - that can be overwhelming.
On this episode, we discussed our experiences with our emotions and techniques for processing them. Sobriety is a brave new world, which includes the full range of human feelings. We're glad to be showing up for them all!
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On this episode, we discussed our experiences with our emotions and techniques for processing them. Sobriety is a brave new world, which includes the full range of human feelings. We're glad to be showing up for them all!
Listen through the widget below, or go to the tab at the top of the page to learn how to subscribe to our podcast!
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
From Self-Medicating to Self-Care
“I need a drink” is a common catch phrase people use to sum up a bad day. The culture is rife with advice that a “nice glass of wine” is all it will take to feel better about whatever challenges life dishes up. So, when we are faced with big health issues, like anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses; physical illness or changes in our physical health; or stress caused by any social or familial changes or losses, it can seem like an easy fix to pick up a drink to “take the edge off.”
As alcoholics, this response becomes our go-to. We come to depend on alcohol to deal with our problems. It becomes a vicious cycle as our bodies and brains are stressed from processing the alcohol, as we stuff our emotions deeper and deeper down inside, and as we become dependent on the drink to fix us.
We find great freedom from that dependence in sobriety, but it can be daunting to realize that even though we are now sober, we still have the same issues we had before we sought relief in the bottle - the same anxiety, the same depression, the same hormonal changes, the same trauma. On this show, our guests share their experiences about how they found new and better ways to deal with their lives. From menopause to dual diagnoses, we can move from self-medicating to proper self-care!
As alcoholics, this response becomes our go-to. We come to depend on alcohol to deal with our problems. It becomes a vicious cycle as our bodies and brains are stressed from processing the alcohol, as we stuff our emotions deeper and deeper down inside, and as we become dependent on the drink to fix us.
We find great freedom from that dependence in sobriety, but it can be daunting to realize that even though we are now sober, we still have the same issues we had before we sought relief in the bottle - the same anxiety, the same depression, the same hormonal changes, the same trauma. On this show, our guests share their experiences about how they found new and better ways to deal with their lives. From menopause to dual diagnoses, we can move from self-medicating to proper self-care!
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