Welcome to another week of the Chapter 3 Newsletter, I hope you all are enjoying the summertime season!
What a week. Working through my recent emotional relapse was both shocking and powerful at the same time. It was great to put and see the steps in action and be able to sit here today and genuinely say I feel better and more energized than I did before the event that led to the emotional relapse. I am grateful for the experience.
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I sat down with my second ever guest on the podcast, Zach Hanson. Zach is a published author, podcast host, highly accomplished professional, but most of all an incredible friend. He picked me up from rehab to drive me home on June 12th. When our world turned upside down after discovering Lucy’s health concerns Zach along with his wife Ally turned into our strongest local advocates while we navigated those difficult roads. Because all of our focus turned to Lucy, Zach and I never had time to sit down and dive into my battle with alcoholism until we recorded this podcast.
I executed the fasted turnaround yet in terms of planning, recording and posting a podcast with this episode. This unexpected situation cropped up in my life, and I relapsed Emotionally, and I felt like I had to capture the steps in action. The 12 steps are often touted as the solution from addiction, but rarely are they displayed in action.
Interesting Articles & Reads
The Shame of Needing Help to Quit Drinking
Remember, there is a slim line separating guilt from shame. But the ramifications of viewing your life, yourself and your actions through a lens of guilt versus a lens of shame are profound. One could lead to the absolute destruction of your life.
What To Do After A Relapse
First off - don’t accept that physical relapse has to be a part of your journey. Just flat out commit to that. It’ll make you work like your life depends on it, because it does. But if it does happen, you have to go back to H.O.W. and question where you fell short on that front. There is always a miss or a gap in the process of being Honest, Open-Minded and Willing to enter recovery in the case of a relapse.
That’s all I’ve got! All the best,
Kyle Zibrowski