Alcoholism, Why You Should be Grateful I Don't Drink & What Truly Lies Beneath Addiction

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Andrea shares about the hot mess she once was (is?!?) and why the world is a much better place now that she's sober. Then she speaks with TJ Woodward, the founder of Conscious Recovery, a recovery method that goes beyond simply treating symptoms and addresses the underlying root causes to addiction.

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Episode Resources -

Alcoholics Anonymous
National Institute on Drug Abuse
If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!: What You Really Need to Know When Your Loved One Drinks Too Much by Lisa Frederiksen

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0:00.0	They tried to make me go to rehab and I said yes because I was 14.
0:06.5	My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child.
0:26.3	Welcome back to Adult Child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in
0:31.8	a dysfunctional family and today we are diving deep into the disease that tells you you
0:39.5	don't have a disease, the disease of alcoholism.
0:44.0	As promised, I will be telling you why the world is much better off now that I don't drink
0:50.1	and then I will be talking to the founder of Conscious Recovery, TJ Woodward.
0:56.2	Conscious Recovery is an approach to treating alcoholism and addiction that moves beyond simply
1:03.1	treating behaviors and symptoms.
1:06.1	It focuses on the underlying core false beliefs that lead to addictive behaviors, so very
1:13.6	applicable for adult children, excited for y'all to hear that.
1:37.3	Now alcohol affects people in different ways and I am the breed of alcoholic that has
1:45.1	an extreme personality change for the worse.
1:50.3	When I ingest alcohol, I become a hot-ass mess.
1:58.0	All of my personality flaws are magnified to the hundredth degree.
2:03.4	Let me give you an example of this, I think it will illustrate it for you beautifully.
2:08.3	So it was the beginning of my senior year of high school and I get invited to a birthday
2:12.3	party.
2:13.3	Now there were some stipulations around me being allowed to attend this party.
2:19.5	I was only allowed to drink beer.
2:22.8	Initially actually I was told that I couldn't drink at all but I was able to negotiate to
2:26.8	beer only.
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