TAM+ EP75 Survival Skills For Sobriety: Create Your Recovery Plan Today
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
What if I told you that up to 90% of people with alcohol use disorder relapse within the first four years? Before you let that statistic discourage you, here's the game-changer: having a solid relapse prevention plan can dramatically shift those odds in your favor.
In this powerful episode, Duane and Eric dive deep into one of recovery's most crucial yet overlooked tools – the relapse prevention plan. They're not talking about planning to fail; they're talking about planning to succeed when life throws its inevitable curveballs.
You'll discover why your healthiest moments are actually the perfect time to prepare for your most vulnerable ones. Think of it as creating a "survival kit for your sobriety" – a personalized roadmap that helps you identify warning signs before they become danger zones and navigate triggering situations with confidence rather than chaos.
The hosts share practical strategies for building your support network, recognizing your unique triggers (hint: they're not always what you think), and developing immediate response plans that actually work when cravings hit. They'll also tackle the shame that keeps so many people from reaching out for help and show you how to transform potential relapses from failures into powerful growth opportunities.
Whether you're thriving in recovery right now or struggling to get back on track, this episode offers hope, practical tools, and the reminder that recovery is a journey of progress, not perfection. Plus, they've created a downloadable worksheet to help you build your own personalized plan – because having a plan isn't pessimistic, it's empowering.
Key Topics:
- Why relapse rates are so high and how planning changes everything
- The best time to create your relapse prevention plan (spoiler: it's not when you're struggling)
- Identifying your personal warning signs and triggers
- Building an immediate response strategy for cravings and difficult moments
- Creating and practicing with your support network before you need them
- Transforming relapse from failure to growth opportunity
- Making your plan accessible and keeping it updated as you grow
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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. |
| 0:07.0 | 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, join |
| 0:42.6 | us as we explore the many facets of recovery and mental health, one small step at a time. |
| 0:48.5 | This is The Addicted Mind Plus, where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. |
| 0:53.3 | So let's get started. All right, everyone, |
| 0:55.7 | welcome to the addicted mind. Plus, we're going to talk about an important topic today. I'm excited |
| 1:01.7 | about that. I hope, Eric, you're excited as well. Absolutely. This is an important one. Yeah, definitely. |
| 1:07.0 | We are going to talk about relapse, prevention prevention and planning. It is something that is so |
| 1:12.5 | critical when we're dealing with addiction. And I imagine if you're struggling with continued, |
| 1:19.7 | destructive, negative addictive patterns, you can feel really defeated and frustrated. It can |
| 1:25.2 | really be all consuming and take up all of your time. You can feel |
| 1:29.3 | like here I am again back in the same place that I started out just a little while ago. And I don't |
| 1:36.4 | even know how I got here and I'm just so frustrated and it can just feel hopeless at times. But if you can put a plan in place, it can help you avoid those triggering situations. |
| 1:51.5 | And when you get in a triggering situation, it can help you navigate it. |
| 1:56.2 | And it's really important to do. |
| 1:58.0 | So if you're struggling with this, I think this episode is going to help you. |
| 2:02.2 | Absolutely. |
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