Hey there!

Every month Annie has a call with our Path 365 members and answers their questions.

She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips and

advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings, and

so much more. Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path

members. When it finally clicks, why is the process so hard and easy at the same time. Like seriously, WTF. So this is such a great question. I actually find that almost everything that I've discovered in my life that is really true is very paradoxical, right?

And it's interesting when you think about this in the context of alcohol, like it's very paradoxical meaning two opposing things often exist at the same time.

And when you think about having in this naked mind,

I teach that we need to have basically endless grace and compassion for ourselves.

In fact, the Path Program starts with what I call the pause, which is where I encourage people to stop trying to stop drinking so that they can get out of the very painful dialogue that's happening in their minds that has all of these opposing voices that are creating all of this internal conflict and controversy

and infighting inside the mind.

And so those voices sound like,

Annie, I can't believe you drink again what is wrong with you.

This is disgusting. How can you do this again?

Don't you care about anybody but yourself? You're going to kill yourself. What is your problem? And then a few hours later,

the voice sounds like, oh, you know, we're going to get this someday,

don't worry, today's been a hard day, we'll try again tomorrow, and that voice encourages me to drink.

And often, you know, we think that we need to side with one of those voices. We need to say, okay, that one who's blaming me and shaming me is wrong or that one who's encouraging me to drink and like slithering in, you know, some people will call it like the wine which is wrong and I need to actually take a side but I believe that true peace actually exists in kind of a both and like accepting that both the voice inside your head that wants you to go ahead and have another drink because life has been hard is actually looking out for you is actually that voice

to help you through the day,

help you navigate your life,

and actually that voice has your best interest at heart.

It just literally has the wrong tool,

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