Emotional Sobriety – 453
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
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Emotional sobriety is a state of emotional balance and self-awareness. According to Samantha Jo and Spencer, emotional sobriety involves intentional living, gratitude, self-love, and setting healthy boundaries. Their conversation explores the nuances of this journey, drawing connections from literature and personal experiences, both in Al-Anon and ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families). Our...
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| 0:00.0 | What does emotional sobriety mean to you? How has your recovery enhanced your own emotional sobriety? |
| 0:07.6 | Welcome to episode 453 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Eric and Daniel. They |
| 0:13.6 | use the donation button on our website. Thank you, Eric and Daniel, for your generous contributions. |
| 0:19.0 | This episode is for you. We are friends and family |
| 0:22.2 | members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live |
| 0:27.0 | or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand as perhaps few others can. |
| 0:32.6 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:45.3 | Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show we represent ourselves rather than any 12-step program. During this show, we will share our own experiences. The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:52.3 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:54.6 | We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 0:58.3 | My name is Spencer. I am your host today and joining me today is Samantha Joe. Welcome to the |
| 1:03.1 | recovery show, Samantha Joe. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here. |
| 1:07.9 | You picked a reading. What is it? It's called Serenity from Strengthening |
| 1:12.7 | My Recovery Daily Affirmations. Which is a publication from the ACA program. Yep. |
| 1:22.7 | Meditation for Adult Children, Alcoholics, and Disfunctional Families, and it's on page 327 or November 11th. |
| 1:30.4 | It says Serenity. Without help, we cannot recognize serenity or true safety. |
| 1:35.9 | What is this strange entity called Serenity? How will we know if we have it? What will it feel like? |
| 1:42.8 | Will we be different somehow? Is it something to strive for? |
| 1:45.9 | Or is it an illusion? Maybe it's easier to say what Serenity isn't. It isn't waking up with the |
| 1:52.2 | knowledge that this is going to be a bad day. It isn't focusing on what we don't have and what others do |
| 1:57.3 | have. It isn't looking to others to affirm who we are. It isn't trying to make |
| 2:02.5 | people like us by saying yes when we really want to say no. In ACA, we learned that Serenity isn't an |
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