C3S Podcast & Reads: June 4th, 2024
Articles for loved ones of the alcoholic - how to approach and speak with an alcoholic in your life
Welcome to another week of the Chapter 3 Newsletter.
The next focus for the podcast and newsletter will be to try to help loved ones of the addict connect with why we behave the way that we do.
Podcast Releases
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We wrapped up the month of May where we released episodes cover the five practices of maintaining a life in active recovery: Movement, Gratitude/Awe, Vision, Spiritual Connection and Community.
The fourth, and I would argue most important practice that has sustained me on the path of recovery over this past year, is that of Spiritual Connection.
The final practice of maintaining a life in Active Recovery is that of community. What’s amazing to me in reflecting back on my time isolating in my struggle with alcohol is how de-humanized the experience and my life was. Rediscovering the human connection has been nothing short of a miracle.
Interesting (Enough) Articles
Is Your Loved One an Alcoholic?
The stigma of alcoholism made myself and my loved ones dance around the actual word for years. We came up with a million ways to say it without saying it, Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Superuser and on and on. Just face it and call it what it is, it’s not a scary word the more you say it and getting over that fear stands to liberate someone struggling.
What to Say to a Loved One Who Just Completed Addiction Treatment
Let me add one to the “what not to say” column - “If you really loved me you would stop.” An addict should never approach sobriety for somebody else. For it to truly stick, they have to do it for themselves and not on behalf of anybody else. The impacts of living in active recovery are glorious for the way I can be there for my loved ones, but at the end of the day I’m not doing it for them, I’m doing it for me.
That’s it! All the best,
Kyle Zibrowski