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Have you tried everything, but you still can’t make sobriety stick? Or maybe you are sober, but you feel like there should be something more to your new sober life? There are many paths to getting sober, but whatever path you choose, quitting drinking is only the beginning. Tim has over a decade of sobriety and has gone through the journey from rehab to 12-step programs, to finally discovering his own path to recovery and happiness. He has transformed from the daily battle of trying to stay sober to learning to love himself and his life so much that he no longer needs to drink. In the Sober and Happy Podcast, you will learn how to discover yourself and blaze your own path, methods to help you along your journey to recovery, and motivation to help live a sober and happy life.
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#72: How To Recognize and Combat Cross-Addiction
Let me know if you have ever caught yourself justifying a bad habit with the following statement “Yeah, but at least I am not drinking, right?”
Don’t feel bad if you have. Early in sobriety, I said that so much I might as well have had a t-shirt and bumper sticker made with that phrase on it.
And there is truth to that statement. Many of the other habits that I was clinging to did not have the level of consequences that my drinking did.
But they all still had consequences.
So how do we discover other habits and behaviors we should take a second look at?
Can these other habits jeopardize our recovery, and if so, how do we recognize that?
That is what we are going to talk about in this episode.