291: Fear Is the Engine That Drives an Alcohol Problem

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Veronica explores how fear is the engine of an alcohol problem and how all humans experience fear. But no one talks about fear, we hide it deep inside of ourselves. She outlines some simple methods you could try to manage your fear and how the work of sobriety is learning how to manage our fear.

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0:21.6	I've dream that you were twisting through seven suns of gold
0:27.3	and the gypsy was insisting.
0:30.7	Their story must be told.
0:33.6	I came two in the morning,
0:36.7	but I took it as a warning,
0:39.9	that you might be a treasure.
0:42.6	I could touch but never hold.
0:47.8	Hello and welcome.
0:49.7	In case you don't know who I am, I'm Veronica Valley,
0:53.0	and I am going to be talking today about fear.
0:56.2	And the reason that I'm going to talk about fear is I don't think it's spoken about enough.
1:01.6	And I believe it's the engine that drives an alcohol problem.
1:06.7	When I was first getting sober, and I really didn't know if I was going to stop drinking forever,
1:13.7	I was kind of had one fit in and one foot out and I didn't really get it.
1:19.2	And I could see that I was maybe drinking too much.
1:22.5	And I could also see that I felt so much better not drinking.
1:25.8	But I didn't really relate to anybody.
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