Chris Stewart on Breaking Heroin Addiction and Healing from Codependency

Today my guest is Chris Stewart. He's an author, motivational speaker, and an inspiring person in long term recovery. When he was 15 he chose to leave his family and become a rock star rather than go to Europe to live with his parents who were missionaries. As you can imagine, it was a rough road. Chris shares what it was like to be on his own so young, how he fell into addiction, years of relapse and finally how he was able to break his addiction and build a life of purpose and meaning. He has dedicated his life to helping others recover from addiction, so you know I love him already!   But before we jump in, I want to share something I learned from a guest I'm scheduled to interview, China Brezner. She is the Clinical Director at Clear Recovery Center and a licensed marriage family therapist. So before I interview anyone on the podcast, I do a pre interview chat to kinda break the ice and discuss topics for the podcast. What came out of my chat with China was the idea that in order to treat underlying trauma, the problem of addiction needs to be resolved first. The lesson here is that the tools of recovery should be used in order. For instance before moving to deep trauma work like EMDR, it's important to stabilize first so that it doesn't trigger a relapse.   That makes perfect sense to me! We have so many tools and resources available to us in recovery, that it can be overwhelming to the point of paralysis. I know in my own coaching practice that it's important to space out the resources I offer. My recommendation is that in the beginning, we set up a daily self care of no more than 3 activities like consuming a daily reader, 10 minutes of meditation and 10 minutes of journaling. It's been my experience that a routine you can complete is 100x better than the elaborate one you never get to.    So I hope that helps! Make sure you are subscribed to hear my conversation with China, and Please enjoy this episode with Chris Stewart.   Connect with Chris here: Visit Website: https://www.chrisstewartworldwide.com/ Follow on Instagram: @chrisstewartworldwide   Watch this episode on YouTube! ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNuRolkOZ7X8fCEFCDYd5tg Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes!   Listen On:   https://apple.co/30g6ALF   https://odaatchat.libsyn.com/spotify   https://bit.ly/3n0taNQ     Watch Full Episodes!   https://bit.ly/2UpR5Lo