5 Things Alcoholics Still Do After They Get Sober
Sobriety didn't switch off my alcoholic thinking. 5 things I still do in addiction recovery — and how I catch them.
Putting down the drink and the drug was the start, not the finish. My problem was never just drugs and alcohol — it's me, my perception, and the way I try to escape pain. Left unchecked, that alcoholic thinking runs quietly in the background and turns into resentment, fear, anxiety and anger. And eventually, a drink.
In this solo episode of Recovering Out Loud, I walk through five things I still catch myself doing almost two years into my second run at sobriety:
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