Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholic's Anonymous, wrote in 1952, "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root some unhealthy dependence and its consequent demand." Wilson suggested that ...more

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October 02, 2021 00:42:57
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Episode Twenty-One: Realizing That Nobody Is Coming

More on self support versus environmental support in recovery. How do we hold onto ourselves in relationships? Being present but also independent. Allen, Thom,...

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September 26, 2021 00:37:17
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Episode Twenty: Knowing It’s Not Personal (Part Three)

Now that we’ve keyed into the ways we can sabotage ourselves by taking things personally, this episode focuses on practical methods (with specific examples)...

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September 20, 2021 00:44:46
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Episode Nineteen: Knowing It’s Not Personal (Part Two)

Allen returns this week to deepen discussion of not taking things personally. Suffering what isn’t, appreciating what is. Listening to the “second voice.” Bringing...

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September 12, 2021 00:47:29
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Episode Eighteen: Remembering and Recovering from 9/11

Thom and Patrick process thoughts and feelings about the 20th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, specifically remembering that disasters like...

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September 06, 2021 00:30:33
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Episode Seventeen: Knowing It’s Not Personal (Part One)

Beginning discussion of Chapter 6 of Dr. Berger's Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety. Focus is on what it means and how we are impacted...

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August 30, 2021 00:42:47
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Episode Sixteen: Discerning Our Emotional Dependency (Part Two)

Continuing our exploration of Chapter 5 in Dr. Berger's new book. Today we focus on what it means to have and to maintain an...

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