Episode Forty: Paddling Your Own Canoe

Episode 43 February 14, 2022 00:36:17
Episode Forty: Paddling Your Own Canoe
Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery
Episode Forty: Paddling Your Own Canoe

Feb 14 2022 | 00:36:17

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Hosted By

Patrick Newman

Show Notes

Here we begin our discussion of the final chapter in Allen’s book, which uses the metaphor of navigating troubled waters in a canoe to explore the struggle for emotional stability. We attempt to synthesize it all in a sort of Emotional Sobriety Step 12.

 

For Valentines Day, Thom's gift book, “What Love Is” could really come in handy…

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1542697344/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i10

 

Follow our new Twitter handle! @EmSobrietyPod

 

Allen’s new book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/

 

Thom's book, Embracing Fearhttps://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

 

Join Allen & Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below)

 

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For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here:

 

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We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.

 

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