This is self-work, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work, we discuss psychological and emotional issues and what you can do about them,

whether that's learning self-acceptance, taking action, or seeking therapy or treatment.

Eight years ago, I extended the walls of my practice to reach those of you who might already be knowledgeable about mental

health treatment, but also to those of you who might say, you'd never darken the door of a therapist.

And yet, you are here. I'll answer your questions while I invite you to take a few minutes for your

own self-work.

You can create change for yourself. You're not just born that way. You know, this is just the way I am.

We generationally are to this way. You have the capacity.

I had the capacity to create the change within myself and I never thought I could.

Welcome to this week's edition of Self Work. I was so delighted when Marcy Hopkins of Wake Up

with Marcy reached out to me here

at Self-Work to be on her talk show, which was just wonderful. Wake-up is a talk show all

about inspiration and empowerment, and she shares stories of triumph and transformation is what

she calls it. So I wanted to have her on self-work. She's the author of chaos, declarity, seeing the

signs and breaking the cycles. And she's talking about alcoholism. You know, she got very

honest with herself after she got a DWI that her alcohol use had moved way beyond a relaxing

glass of wine or two at night. I love that her story was kind of messy. It took some time for her to get

honest with herself about her alcoholism, but the DWI and the realization she could lose her

family made her take the healing steps she needed. She's open and clear that for her, her faith was

what helped her get through the very difficult commitment to sobriety.

And about her show, she's been an award-winning TV personality.

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