Seth Haines on waking up, faith, and sobriety .

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Alli Worthington

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What if finding true sobriety is so much more than ditching our substances? In this powerful interview, my friend and brilliant author Seth Haines shares the heart wrenching story behind how he became an alcoholic after receiving his young son's terminal diagnosis, how he ultimately won his battle against addiction, and how he found true wholeness. Seth also shares the heart behind his newest book Waking Up and how can we truly wake up physically, emotionally, and spiritually to so much more. In this episode we discuss: 1. The role of pleasure and self-control in our lives, and how they point us to sobriety. 2. The science behind addiction and how it can help us change addictive patterns. 3. Why our smallest vices are still costing us big. Favorite quotes: 1. The opposite of drunkenness is not just not drinking. The opposite of drunkness, true sobriety, is being awake to the divine love of God and the world around you. 2. I was using a substance to numb the pain. I won’t only say a substance. Social media was something I used, books, binge-watching Netflix. All of these things became addictions. 3. We have the choice and the chance to wake up. We have the choice and the chance to say, I believe we can wake up. I believe we can wake up from despair. I believe we can wake up from the pain. I believe we can wake up to something beautiful. 4. God didn’t just give us pleasure for the fun of it, it's an invitation to do something. 5. Do the work to wake up! Do the next right thing. In this episode I answer these questions: 1. What is your policy on chores in your house with all those boys? (34:18) 2. Why am I afraid to pray out loud? I live in fear of people asking me to pray. (39:1) 3. How can I improve my Instagram engagement? (41:58) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Seth Haines 2. The Book Of Waking Up 3. The Oh Hellos- Eurus 4. Typhoon- Offerings 5. The Two Popes 6. 1917 7. Atomic Habits 8. Fijifilm X100V Digital Camera Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sethhaines

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories, and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.5	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.3	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business. Welcome to the show today.
0:28.3	I'm with the brilliant Seth Haynes. Seth and his wife Amber have been friends of mine for years.
0:33.3	Both are brilliant authors and just all around wonderful people. Seth is with us today tackling some important topics of pain, addiction, and what waking up looks like.
0:43.3	We also are going to talk about God and how he gifted us with pleasure to be enjoyed.
0:48.3	I mean, it is a great talk, it's a deep talk.
0:51.3	We're talking about things that are really, really important.
0:54.8	One of the things I like to do here on the show is, as you know, I'd like to bring people on that
0:59.5	I can learn something from because what are we doing if we're listening to podcast? We're trying to enrich our life.
1:05.7	We're trying to learn things. We're trying to be happier. And this conversation with Seth is so, so good. It's so important.
1:13.5	He's sharing what he's learned through the years. It's going to be really fantastic. And this is
1:17.6	another one of my shows where we're talking about real life things, real life topics that may not
1:23.0	be appropriate for, say, elementary age kids who you don't want to have to answer a lot of questions.
1:29.2	Like, what does that word mean, mommy?
1:31.2	So if you have little kids around, you may not want them to listen to the interview segment of the show.
1:36.1	But after we talk to Seth, after the interview, I'm answering your questions about life and faith and
1:41.1	business in our coaching time together.
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