Re 141: Alcohol and "Hanxiety"
Recovery Elevator
Paul
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2017
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Anxiety as it relates to drinking is discussed. Alcohol suppresses the nervous system. It is a depressant. If we depress the nerves for long periods through binge drinking, our body reacts once the alcohol is gone by releasing adrenaline to compensate. This gives us severe anxiety in return. Which totally unbearable, and creates a fear that grabs you right in the chest.
Aaron, with 16 days since his last drink, shares his story
SHOW NOTES
[11:12] Paul Introduces Aaron. I'm 38; I live in Albuquerque NM, I work at a print shop. I'm separated, I used to like to fish, and want to get back into that. I like to be out in nature. I have a miniature pincher named Packer.
[13:29] Paul- How is it different this time? Explain that feeling that something clicked.
Aaron- My body was telling me with the anxiety and the insomnia. It wasn't fun anymore. I was drinking miniatures while I was at work, and tried to hide all the time. Tired of being tired. I'm 38 years old, the party is over already.
[26:13] Paul- Talk about your experience with Opioids.
Aaron- I started off with the pills. Hydrocodone etc. Then I started doing oxy, and for a few years I was doing that. I was going through withdrawals because I couldn't get them. I started going to the clinic and got on methadone.
[30:28] Paul- 16 days ago you were sick and tired of being sick and tired. What happened, and how did you do it?
Aaron- I started downloading and listening to podcasts. I was trying to figure out what this was, and how to stop. I jumped into it with both feet. I went through the tough first few days of detox. I stopped doing things that were triggering me.
[37:00] Rapid Fire Round
- What was your worst memory from drinking? Waking up in a Virginia jail, and couldn't bond out because I was considered a flight risk.
- Did you ever have an "oh-shit" moment? The time I was in San Diego and hit that show and ended up in jail in another state.
- What's your plan moving forward? I'm going to hit the podcast circuit. I'm going to create a program that will work for me.
- What parting piece of guidance can you give listeners who are in recovery or thinking about quitting drinking? Stop beating yourself up. Don't try to think ahead too far.
- You might be an alcoholic if get pulled over in your work car going the wrong direction down a one way road and you didn't know until you read the police report the next day.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Anatomy of an Epidemic- By Robert Whitaker
Connect with Cafe RE- Use the promo code Elevator for your first month free
Sober Selfies! - Send your Sober Selfie and your Success Story to info@recoveryelevator.com
"We took the elevator down, we gotta take the stairs back up, we can do this!"
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Recovery elevator episode 141. |
| 0:03.0 | Don't try to think it has too far and don't think about what you get in the past, |
| 0:08.0 | what you damaged in the past, just start with today. Welcome to the Recovery Elevator Podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Paul. |
| 0:20.0 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:21.0 | According to the Recovery Elevator, it's a variety tracker on my phone, I've been sober for 1,140 days. |
| 0:27.0 | On today's podcast, we've got Aaron. He's from Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
| 0:31.0 | He talks about his one month marriage. He also talks about his mini-pincher named Packer, and he says, this time around, it's different and something just clicked. |
| 0:41.0 | Before we get any further, let's hear from Café RE. |
| 0:44.0 | Before I got sober, I felt alone. |
| 0:46.0 | It felt like I was the only one in the whole world who found it extremely difficult to stop drinking once I had started. |
| 0:52.0 | With Café RE, I now know I'm not alone. In fact, there are so many people all around this world just like me. |
| 0:58.0 | In Cafe R.E. for $12 a month, I get access to a private unsearchable Facebook group where I can connect with other like-minded |
| 1:04.9 | individuals, meet with them face-to-face in several weekly live webinars and meetings, I can |
| 1:10.0 | get paired with an accountability partner who has a similar sobriety date is mine. |
| 1:13.8 | I can attend in-person meetups and attend exclusive sober trips to places like Costa Rica. |
| 1:19.0 | If there's one thing I've learned in sobriety, it's that I can't do this alone. |
| 1:22.4 | Go to recovery elevator. |
| 1:24.0 | and use the promo code elevator for your first month free. |
| 1:27.0 | Again, use the promo code elevator when signing up for your first month free. |
| 1:31.0 | Okay, let's get started. |
| 1:34.0 | Today I want to cover that awful feeling in your gut called anxiety. |
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