Special Episode: Finding Hope on the Path to Sobriety

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Eric is joined by special guests Gillian Tietz, Laura Cathcart Robbins, and Paul Churchill where they share their experiences in early sobriety. While each of their journeys is unique, there is also a shared understanding of what it’s like in those first days of recovery. This episode will provide helpful insights, inspiration, and hope from those who have lived through such painful experiences and have come out on the other side to share what they've learned, including...

Their similar and unique experiences in the early days of sobriety
How gratitude plays an important role in recovering from an addiction
Recognizing the shared emotions and feelings when suffering from an addiction
Learning to be honest and vulnerable with people you trust
Uncovering the hope that life will get better
The importance of finding a supportive community
Self-examination and discovering why you are reaching
Paying attention to what triggers you
How you can’t outthink an addiction, but use your past experiences to think forward

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0:00.0	I think one of the worst things somebody can do is to just quit drinking.
0:03.4	They're just quit using because there is this beautiful, loving, authentic,
0:07.0	welcoming community just waiting for you.
0:17.7	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:19.8	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we
0:23.6	have, quotes like garbage in garbage out or you are what you think, ring true.
0:30.0	And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:34.0	We tend toward negativity, self pity, jealousy or fear.
0:38.6	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:41.6	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:44.8	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:48.6	It takes conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:53.2	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
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