RE 372: The Three Stages of Healing

Recovery Elevator

Paul

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

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🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Episode 372– The three stages of healing

Today we have Sherrie. She is 58, from Oregon, and she took her last drink on January 21, 2019.

Highlights from Paul

Paul explains the stages of healing have less to do with how much time you were drinking and more to do with how you view your problems.

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The three stages of healing are:

Victimhood – you are playing the victim card
Self Help – you identify the problem, then solve it
Creatorship – there was never a problem; drinking was there to help me. You take responsibility for everything in your life.

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[13:52] Sherrie lives in Oregon, has two children and three grandchildren. She loves hiking, kayaking, house projects, and her dog.

Sherrie lived overseas during her childhood. She started working at 16 and drank because older workers never asked about her age. Drinking was prevalent in her youth. She was married young, but drinking wasn't an issue until there was a turning point in her marriage. Her marriage had its ups and downs for many years. Empty nest syndrome changed her drinking, and gastric bypass surgery changed how her body processed alcohol. She could drink large amounts of alcohol and began to blackout.

Sherrie gained weight in hopes that her husband would leave her. As she approached her fifties (her father passed at age 54), she developed patterns of self-sabotage. After her second DUI, she knew it was time to make a change. She started counseling and stayed away from triggering moments like going to the grocery store. Her life revolved around recovery. Anytime she wasn't working, she was focused on recovery.

AA is a significant part of Sherrie's recovery, AND she incorporates other things that work for her like Café RE, sober travel, meditation, etc. Finding activities that take her focus off wanting to drink helps Sherrie stay on track. Sherrie has a positive outlook and looks forward to fun adventures ahead.

Odette's Summary

[56:52] You are doing a great job. Acknowledge the work and effort you are making. Validate your own work. Be your own cheerleader. You are not alone – together is always better.

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0:00.0	Recovery elevator episode 372.
0:03.6	You know, what you were in the beginning and what you were in the middle and what you were in the end are nothing alike at all.
0:11.4	The white thing is a shaped consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate, I miss this series is my mind makes it count to be.
0:27.4	Welcome to the Recovery elevator podcast. My name is Paul Churchill. Thank you so much for joining us today.
0:33.4	On today's episode we have Sherry. She's 58 years old from Oregon and took her last drink on January 21st, 2019. That's what's up. Nice job, Sherry.
0:44.4	I want to take a moment on today's episode to give a shout out to our chat hosts and cafe RE.
0:49.4	We've got such a great group of rock stars who lead our chats and I want to say thank you so much for giving your time.
0:55.4	The chats are my favorite part about cafe RE and you guys are a huge reason for that. Thank you very much.
1:02.4	Speaking of shout outs, I also want to give a shout out to the blue diamonds. What's up Gwen Rob Ashley, another Ashley Amy Justin Sandra Kelly and Isabel.
1:11.4	In our courses listeners, we sometimes place people in smaller groups and this is a group that continues to meet months after the ditching the booze course concluded.
1:21.4	I love it. Blue diamonds keep it up. Okay, before we get you further, let's hear from sober link.
1:27.4	Did you know there are 15 million people in the US with an alcohol use disorder and yet there is still stigma that surrounds addiction and recovery.
1:37.4	We need to stop being ashamed and start sharing in our sobriety. That's why we're so excited to have a sponsor like sober link who shares in our beliefs.
1:45.4	If you haven't heard of sober link alcohol monitoring system, it's the perfect accountability tool for those in recovery.
1:52.4	It can help you rebuild trust and get back on track despite slip ups or relapses.
1:57.4	We've teamed up with sober link to provide you with tips for handling a relapse, which is a guide that can be downloaded at www.soberlink.com forward slash recovery dash elevator.
2:11.4	On that page, you'll also find a form to sign up for a $50 off promo code for you or a loved one who is ready to take the next step in the recovery journey.
2:21.4	That's www.soberlink.com forward slash recovery dash elevator.
2:30.4	Okay, let's get started. I pulled inspiration for this episode from the book The Energy Codes by Dr. Sue Mortar, which I absolutely love.
2:38.4	Link is in the show notes. Thank you, Liz. In the book, she talks about the three stages of healing or three mentalities when it comes to healing and I'm going to make this applicable to recovery or ditching the booze.
2:50.4	Now this may surprise you listeners, but the three stages of healing really doesn't have much to do with the amount of time away you have from alcohol.
2:58.4	It's more about how you view your problems. And for this podcast, it's how we view the problem of an addiction or a drinking problem.
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