How to Find Power From Your Embarrassment

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

At some point, you've probably felt embarrassed about your situation or something your loved one has done who suffers from addiction. Or maybe you're worried about being judged by others. Does this sound familiar?

But here's the thing: you're not alone with what you're going through (even if it feels that way sometimes). By feeling humiliation or shame, you're giving away your power to addiction.

So how do you find your power? Tune in to this week's episode to hear a valuable lesson about embarrassment I taught my son recently and how this can be an opportunity to move forward with your healing.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast. Hey, it's Michelle. Okay, so up front, I'm just going to let you all know.
0:14.0	I'm in my laundry room.
0:18.0	Hey, it's Michelle.
0:20.0	Okay, so up front, I'm just going to let you all know. I'm in my laundry room. You're going to hear my dryer.
0:27.0	Super profess, but the truth of the matter is, I bought a house that was built in 1919.
0:36.0	Some people, some may call it charming.
0:40.0	And although it does have charming qualities about it, charming is not particularly the word I would use to describe a home that slowly every week is falling apart.
0:58.8	So I have some AC guys here. That's why I'm hiding in my laundry room because we have no
1:06.9	AC and for those of you that live in Minnesota or New England that sounds like
1:11.6	what's the big deal but as some of you know I reside in Florida
1:15.8	where it is currently 86 degrees. So not having a C and having a bushel full of children is an experience I wish upon no one.
1:31.6	So hence I am hiding in my laundry room with my dryer while a crew of
1:37.4	wonderful men that I am so incredibly grateful for are trying to attempt to reroute my air conditioning unit.
1:47.0	Anywho, what does that have to do with addiction?
1:51.6	Nothing, NADA, just saying that up front.
1:55.4	What does have to do with addiction is my son.
2:00.0	Not directly, but I'm going to tell you a personal story and then I'm going to tie it to addiction.
2:07.0	So I have, like I mentioned earlier, far too many children, for one to remain sane.
2:17.4	And my youngest is 10.
2:21.2	He just celebrated his birthday his 10th birthday. He just celebrated his birthday last week. So his name is Henry and he is the cutest, most
2:32.3	delicious thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I just stare at that
2:35.8	child and think like it doesn't get better than that. He has little blonde cruelly hair, blue eyes eyes and he's precious he's also incredibly
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