TAM+ EP3: Navigating the Next Steps: Thriving Beyond Sobriety
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.7 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Are you feeling stuck or uncertain about your next steps after achieving sobriety? In the latest episode of "The Addicted Mind Plus," hosts Duane Osterlind and Eric Osterlind dive into this crucial yet often overlooked aspect of recovery. They explore four foundational pillars designed to guide you towards a fulfilling life beyond sobriety. This episode is a treasure trove of personal insights and practical advice on the importance of reflection, setting meaningful personal goals, building supportive communities, and seeking professional help. Whether you're newly sober or have been on this path for a while, you'll find a roadmap for thriving in your newfound life, emphasizing joy, connection, and personal growth. Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking discussion that promises to inspire and equip you to navigate the next steps in your recovery journey.
Main Points:
1. Reflecting on the Journey: Emphasizing the power of journaling and gratitude to assess progress.
2. Setting Personal Goals: Aligning goals with personal desires, not just societal expectations.
3. Building Community: Encouraging the formation of supportive relationships and communities based on shared interests.
4. Seeking Professional Help: Utilizing therapy or specialized coaching to navigate feelings of stuckness and further personal development.
Time Stamps:
- [00:01:14]: Introduction to the episode's main topic: What to do after achieving sobriety and feeling stuck.
- [00:01:56]: Discussion of the four main pillars to address the feeling of being stuck.
- [00:02:34]: Pillar 1 - Reflection: Importance of journaling and acknowledging both positive and negative aspects of the past year.
- [00:05:16]: Pillar 2 - Setting Goals: Creating personal goals and ensuring they align with true personal desires rather than societal expectations.
- [00:08:16]: Pillar 3 - Building Community: Importance of investing in communities and relationships that bring joy and support.
- [00:11:24]: Pillar 4 - Seeking Professional Help: Advantages of therapy or coaching, especially when feeling secure in recovery.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus, the podcast where recovery, mental health, and wellness take the front seat. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Dwayne Austerland, and joining me is my co-host, Eric Osterland, known for his insightful work on the Stuck Brain podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | In each episode, we'll dive into actionable, small steps to help those in recovery journey further along the path to wellness. |
| 0:22.3 | Our conversations are designed to be concise, typically around 15 minutes, though we may |
| 0:27.0 | occasionally delve deeper when the topic demands it. Our goal to provide you with practical |
| 0:32.0 | advice grounded in real experiences and expert insights to empower your recovery journey. |
| 0:38.7 | So whether you're on a break, on a walk, or just taking a moment for yourself, |
| 0:42.3 | join us as we explore the many facets of recovery and mental health, |
| 0:46.2 | one small step at a time. |
| 0:48.4 | This is The Addicted Mind Plus, where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. |
| 0:53.2 | So let's get started. |
| 0:55.1 | Hello, everyone and welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus, where we provide you with a small |
| 1:01.1 | step to help you with your recovery, hopefully within 15 minutes. We don't always do that in 15 |
| 1:07.2 | minutes, but we try. I'm here with my co-host, Eric Osterlin from the Stuck Brain |
| 1:12.1 | podcast. Hello, everybody. So today, we decided to talk about a topic that we get asked about |
| 1:18.8 | a lot from a lot of our listeners. And a lot of people call in and they have gotten sober. They |
| 1:26.8 | may have maybe a year of sobriety under their belt. And they're feeling pretty confident in their sobriety. Like they feel pretty secure in it. But they're also like, what do I do now? What happens now? I feel like I'm kind of stuck. |
| 1:45.3 | I have this year of sobriety. |
| 1:47.7 | I'm feeling better, but I don't know what to do next. |
| 1:52.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:52.5 | So that's what we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:54.5 | What do we do next? |
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