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The Choice To Fall Off The Wagon Plus Are Drug And Alcohol Addicts Approachable · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: One of my favorite things to do every day is
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  Speaker 1: conversations forward Aro dot net. Enjoy your exploration. When it's
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  Speaker 1: extremely difficult to make up your mind, I mean, having
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  Speaker 1: the power of choice can actually weaken a person's heart.
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  Speaker 1: On this episode, we're going to explore the choice to
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  Speaker 1: drink or not to drink. How many people actually fall
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  Speaker 1: off that wagon and why? Plus, while choosing your addiction,
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  Speaker 1: are those in need approachable? My name is Erro. If
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  Speaker 1: there's a series of choices, who decides when you're not
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  Speaker 1: making the right choice? And is it a fear of
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  Speaker 1: things going wrong? The greatest lessons in life are often
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  Speaker 1: lost inside hidden away attempts and concepts. Well, it's time
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  Speaker 1: to reopen your heart Having that power of choice is
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  Speaker 1: your daily gift. On this highway, we're going to learn
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  Speaker 1: how to trust mirages. What is the choice? How about
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  Speaker 1: making that choice to drink or not to drink? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how many people go back? And why this is a
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  Speaker 1: shaker and always open for a super conversation. Forty to
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  Speaker 1: sixty percent of those pushing alcohol away actually returned to
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  Speaker 1: the crime scene. That range really is compared to smokers
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  Speaker 1: trying to put away a burning cigarette. Get this. Battling
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  Speaker 1: diabetes is now featured on the very list of people
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  Speaker 1: returning to old habits. The high risk window is in
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  Speaker 1: the opening months. Recovery from alcohol and drug abuse isn't
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  Speaker 1: going to be instant. It's months of support and repeated attempts.
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  Speaker 1: Relapsing is not sudden. Falling off the wagon is a process.
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  Speaker 1: Number One, stress is built up, routines have slipped, old
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  Speaker 1: environments and people have reappeared, and someone that you don't
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  Speaker 1: know is really enjoying their mental escape and it looks
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  Speaker 1: like you want to be a part of their happiness.
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  Speaker 1: Drinking again does it erase the progress? Long term sobering
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  Speaker 1: means facing multiple bouts with returning to the buzz. How
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  Speaker 1: can a person stay on track. How about a family
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  Speaker 1: support system changing routines that are tied to drinking. Take
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  Speaker 1: note of the early warning signs and have a plan
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  Speaker 1: for those cravings instead of relying on willpower. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: be forgiving, but you've also got to have a boundary.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't about pretending that nothing has ever happened. The
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  Speaker 1: goal is to separate the personality from the behavior. Coming
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  Speaker 1: up next, When choosing your addiction over health? Are those
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  Speaker 1: in need approachable? Hey, thanks for coming back to the choice.
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  Speaker 1: When choosing your addiction over health? Are those in need approachable? Wow? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and no, it changes every day when someone chooses a
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  Speaker 1: substance over health. It isn't one on one and it's
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  Speaker 1: not done in a moment of hell. People who are
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  Speaker 1: addicted push others away as a means of self protection,
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  Speaker 1: dealing with the shame and the distance. There's actually a
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  Speaker 1: reason why someone settles in with being unapproachable. The guilt
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  Speaker 1: is a tough cookie to bite into. How about the
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  Speaker 1: creative ways of how we face denial. There's always a
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  Speaker 1: fear of losing to the substance, and there's always emotional violations,
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  Speaker 1: mood swings, irritability, and for some there's actually a withdrawal
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  Speaker 1: while approaching an abuser, struggling with stepping back into that addiction.
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  Speaker 1: The goal for you to do is to remove yourself
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  Speaker 1: from every type of accusation, find low pressure moments, be
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  Speaker 1: consistent and not intense. It's always going to require acceptance
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  Speaker 1: and not force change. I mean, do all you can
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  Speaker 1: to create conditions where it feels much safer. Approachability does
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  Speaker 1: not mean readiness emotion, but with little change, not a failure.
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  Speaker 1: It's how the mind, body and soul actually work while
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  Speaker 1: facing an addiction, returning to your life drugs, alcohol, or
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  Speaker 1: even diabetes because you go back to that old eating
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  Speaker 1: habit be seen, but don't be judged. Avoid this sentence.
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  Speaker 1: You are ruining your life as well as other woo.
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  Speaker 1: It is a choice. I'm arrow, and that's what I
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  Speaker 1: was writing while the sun was waking up on a
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  Speaker 1: brilliant new day.