You Don’t Always Have To Try So Hard

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

When we love someone suffering from addiction, we try hard all the time. Our day-to-day life is harder than most, and we know that it requires more energy to manage our relationships.

And let’s be honest: it’s hard. Sometimes we try so darn hard, and it feels like we make it half a step forward at best. Can you relate to that feeling? I know it can feel very defeating.

So today we talk about why it’s okay to take a break from trying so hard. It’s nice to have ‘permission’ to do something like that, isn’t it?

I hope you find encouragement and hope in today’s episode.

Find more: https://loveoveraddiction.com/stop-trying-so-hard/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast. Hey, it's Michelle. So let me paint the picture for you really quickly before we go into this week's
0:24.8	podcast.
0:26.6	It's coronavirus, it's going on, I have all my kids home, all of them are doing homeschooling right now. I tried to record an episode outside but the lawnmowers the birds the dog's barking it was a little much so I took a different approach today. I am literally standing in my
0:45.8	cedar closet in the dark because the life all burnt out. I've been begging my husband to change it because I'm too short and he hasn't
0:57.2	done that yet. So I'm recording this from a very dark closet, but it's actually quite peaceful
1:06.0	and really enjoying it.
1:08.0	Okay, so here's what I want to talk to you about today.
1:28.9	Do not judge me, but I have really gotten into Formula One racing. Now for those of you Europeans or in different parts of the world you probably have heard of Formula One.
1:38.5	It's race car driving. It's not like NASCAR it's a lot faster and there are 20 different drivers in Formula One now you all know I dyslexic, so I'm not very good at remembering names, but I've gotten so into Formula One racing that I can tell you everybody's name, the entire roster. They actually have a really great
1:55.6	documentary which is what got me into Formula One Racing on Netflix. So if you have some
2:02.0	time on your hands which don't we all these days, go check it out.
2:05.8	I love it. But they also have a podcast and they also have a Formula One racing website.
2:13.0	So that's how deep I am into this, you guys.
2:16.0	It's awesome.
2:18.0	Now, what does Formula One possibly have to do with you loving someone with diction. You might be
2:25.1	wondering that at this point in the podcast and let me tell you there is a
2:30.3	correlation. So I'm watching this documentary and is a for Mercedes-Benz and he has is the world champion eight times he just won his
2:47.3	eighth world championship last year and he's young.
2:53.0	So on the documentary he's sitting in the chair and they have the spotlight on him and they ask him
2:59.5	Lewis what do you think is the key to your success?
3:02.1	And this is Lewis's answer. what do you think is the key to your success?
3:03.3	And this is Lewis's answer.
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