133- I am Not a Guru / The Sober Surgeon
Ep 138 Where are they now?
Recovery Happy Hour
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Recovery Happy Hour celebrates inspiring stories of recovery from alcohol addiction and gray area alcohol abuse. Hosted by Tricia Lewis, we look at life beyond the bottle and what's current in the culture of recovery and sobriety.
Introduction: I am Not a Guru
Interview: The Sober Surgeon (Anonymous)
Episode Sponsored by:
Recovery Centers of America
www.rcahelp.com/recoveryhappyhour
Links:
The Sober Surgeon on Instagram
Holly Whitaker- Quit Like a Woman
12 Stupid Things that Mess Up Recovery
Similar RHH Episodes:
131- High Functioning Alcoholism
94- How I Lived My Double Life
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the recovery happy hour podcast and season seven starts now cheers |
| 0:19.2 | Hi everyone and welcome to recovery happy hour where we talk about life be on the bottle and what happens after we stop drinking |
| 0:27.1 | I'm your host Trisha and I'm here to tell you that reduced sugar |
| 0:31.2 | Uncrustibles with the wheat bread or a total let down don't try them. Thank you for joining me |
| 0:37.4 | Well, good time of the day to you. Happy day of the week to you as well |
| 0:41.1 | I'm going to get right into this if you ever listen to the very end of these episodes |
| 0:45.5 | You'll hear a disclaimer in the closing music and one of the things that I say in that disclaimer is that I am not a guru |
| 0:52.8 | It also says that I'm not affiliated with any programs or treatment centers talk to your doctor |
| 0:58.6 | Yada yada basic disclaimer stuff that keeps me from being liable for things that just aren't my responsibility |
| 1:04.8 | But the one thing that I want to focus on for today's introduction is that I am not a guru |
| 1:10.0 | And the point that I'm eventually going to get to in this intro is that you are your guru, okay? You |
| 1:16.9 | So let's start here |
| 1:18.9 | You are in charge of your recovery your choices and what information you decide to apply to your life and what information you decide to throw away |
| 1:28.8 | In early recovery most of us need a lot of direction or help from someone else who's quit drinking and if you're curious |
| 1:35.6 | You'll listen you'll try things and figure out if it's a good fit for you |
| 1:39.5 | Just like trying anything new for the first time it takes a hot minute to learn how to do it |
| 1:44.6 | But once you have a handle on this you are ultimately in charge of how you apply your tools in your life and recovery |
| 1:52.4 | The reason why this is so important is because sometimes different methods of recovery contradict each other |
| 1:59.2 | One says to do this one says to do that a a will recommend 90 meetings and 90 days |
| 2:04.7 | But hey, this recovery coach over here says that they've got a great substitute for meetings instead |
| 2:10.3 | You have to decide what is best for you |
| 2:13.8 | The one that you choose isn't technically right. There's no right or wrong ever across the board |
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