Emotional Sobriety: Discussing the book ”12 Smart Things...” by Dr. Alan Berger, PhD

RMA-Episode 55 Show Notes:   This week on RMA-Emotional Sobriety as an essential element of recovery. What is it? How can we achieve it? Why is it important? You’ve heard us say that the real work begins once the drinking and using ends. This week we explain what that means. The quality of our recovery is determined by how we respond to the problems or challenges in our lives. But because we don’t know how best to respond to these issues, we end up stuck and frustrated. Emotional sobriety is a state in which we experience our emotions and respect them, but we respond to them the way we would respond to other kinds of information. So, we don’t act out in a knee-jerk response to every passing emotional state.    Dr. Allen Berger wrote the book on Emotional Sobriety and this week Mike and Nat dive right in.   Plus, the week in review and the usual hijinks on a self-aware, fully differentiated, balanced episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages   LINKS:   12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone: Choosing Emotional Sobriety through Self-Awareness and Right Action  Purchase through this link to support RMA! https://amzn.to/3CDxhrm   Recovery News You Can Use   https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/ Recovery in the News:   College Students Using Marijuana More, Alcohol Less The Week in Weird:   Prisoner Reports Odd UFO Sighting   LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you’re enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes.    You can reach us by email at: [email protected] [email protected]   Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We’ll talk to anyone! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com   While you’re there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast.   Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story of your struggles with alcohol and drugs. Fill out the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read it on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed).   FOLLOW US ON TWITTER  Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there!   We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It’s a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there. If you’re in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery.     https://www.aa.org/ https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/   Marijuana Anonymous (just in case):   This Naked Minds   Addiction Recovery Podcast