E86: Why Helping Others Helps You Stay Sober

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Gill discusses how helping others helps us. You’ll learn about some studies on helping others, what a helper’s high is, and what oxytocin is. She explains some studies that looked at people in recovery helping others and how that impacts their own sobriety, why we are drawn to personal stories of recovery, and give you some ideas on how you can start helping others if you don’t want to do it publicly. She also describes the difference between helping others purely because you feel the drive to, versus helping others with the intention of money, followers, or fame. What to listen to next: E79: Why We Romanticize Alcohol E80: Benefits of a Dry Month E62: Dopamine and Addiction Meetings: https://aa-intergroup.org/ https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/calendar.php https://recoverydharma.org/meeting-list https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Find a Therapist in the US: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists Treatment: https://www.banyantreatmentcenter.com/ https://sobernation.com/rehabs/ Resources I offer: Membership: Living a Sober Powered Life. https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Weekly emails on Thursdays where I explain the latest episode in more detail, share images to help you understand the concepts, share announcements, interviews, writing, discount codes and more. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6107260617e156c4839768b5 Free resources https://www.soberpowered.com/free Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors. Learn more: https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support my work https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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