Choosing Myself: Shelley’s Naked Life | E743

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought, "I can handle this on my own," only to realize you couldn't? Shelley struggled with her husband’s harmful behavior and drinking habit, which left her at the end of her rope. On top of that, her own unhealthy relationship with alcohol weighed her down. Thinking she could solve the problem on her own, she refused to accept help. But one day, she finally joined Al-Anon and got the support she had always needed. Later, she found Annie Grace's 30-Day Alcohol Experiment, which helped her look deeply into her relationship with alcohol. In this episode, Shelley shares her journey with Annie, from simply surviving to choosing herself and truly living. In this episode, Annie and Shelley will discuss: - Shelley’s journey with alcohol - What a "qualifier" is - Realizing she couldn’t fix her spouse’s drinking problem - Drinking to reward herself - The moment she stopped resisting help - How Al-Anon supported her - Guilt from leaving a challenging relationship - How This Naked Mind changed her life - The power of choosing yourself - And other topics… Related Episodes: EP 48: Reader Question – I Quit Drinking But My Spouse Has Not. Any Advice?: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-48-reader-question-i-quit-drinking-but-my-spouse-has-not-any-advice/ EP 637: Naked Life Story – Annie Grace’s Husband (Part 1): https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-637-naked-life-story-annie-graces-husband-part-1/ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to this naked mind podcast I'm here is Shelly.
0:16.2	Hi this is Annie Grace and welcome to this naked mind podcast.
0:19.2	I'm here with Shelly.
0:20.0	Hi Shelly, how are you?
0:21.5	Hey, Annie, nice to meet you.
0:23.5	Lovely to speak with you in Zating.
0:25.9	Yeah, you too.
0:27.6	So why don't you go ahead and take us back
0:30.6	to the beginning in your journey with alcohol. Where did it all start for you?
0:35.2	My journey with alcohol is the two-part Germany, both about a qualifier, an alcoholic, and the other part of the journey is the journey of the person that's the victim of the alcoholic, which is myself, and the impacts that living with an alcoholic has on you as a person.
0:58.0	First of all, I'd like to thank you for your program because your program helped me get over the hurdle of the second part of the equation which was really really helpful for me to come to a point where I could establish a good pattern of total taking
1:19.8	alcohol out of my life.
1:22.3	And just to back up as a kid, you know, I did my eighth
1:26.1	great beer and my high school beers and my college, whatever, and much of my working life, I was a single mom raising two kids working full time and my alcohol was that 930 glass of wine reading a chapter in a book.
1:43.2	It wasn't to me over consumption.
1:46.0	It was my reward at the end of the day
1:48.6	and then going to bed.
1:50.6	And then when I retired and I was living with my qualifier, everything changed.
1:57.0	But the first part of the story is about living with a qualifier and I would first like to identify myself as an extremely
2:07.8	grateful member of Al-Anon. Can you explain what a qualifier is?
2:12.8	Qualifier is a person in your life that is an alcoholic and has impacted your life.
2:19.6	So it could be a child, a parent, a spouse, a friend, any of those people that have really
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