You're listening to the to a podcast that was pre-recorded, but today we are

dealing with a pretty serious epidemic in our world and I just wanted to let you guys know that

we are still here for you and that the content that we're providing you might not be

appropriate for where you are in or where you're at in your life right now.

And so please don't take offense that we're still trying to help. it's not appropriate for you then just ignore us

right now come back to us when it is appropriate but we didn't we had a

discussion as a company and decided collectively that this is difficult times and a lot of people deal with stress with drinking and so you might be living with an alcoholic who had

recovered but now is you know back to drinking or using drugs so you might

need our help more than ever so it would be negligent for us to just stop providing you with free and helpful tips.

So we love you, we are here for you,

and we hope you find this podcast helpful.

Okay, so today I'm so excited because when I was writing this episode, I thought, oh, this is going to be one of my favorites.

We're going to learn one of the helpful ways you can love yourself while loving an alcoholic or

substance abuser. So I met my first husband in high school and at the time I was broken. I didn't have like a super traumatic

childhood like some people but I was definitely lacking love and attention and seeking approval from the wrong crowd.

I also really, really cared about people.

Their pain was my pain, even if it was a conversation with a total stranger sitting next to me on a train.

For that hour-long ride, I would listen and my heart would hurt as they told me about their

sister dying.

Or the woman who was a complete stranger I just met in the waiting room telling me about

her husband fighting a war in a foreign land.

My heart hurt for them. And that's okay. Some people believe this would be a sign of

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