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In this episode, I discussed the flawed reasonings behind thinking that we must first hit rock bottom before getting sober.

Many people think they must have a great event that qualifies as a rock bottom to get and stay sober.  They think they need something like getting a DUI, losing their job, having a spouse leave them, getting evicted, or having a car repossessed.  Maybe it is something even more serious like a lengthy jail or prison sentence or losing their kids.  All of these are very good reasons to take a good look at your drug or alcohol problem, but if these alone were sufficient reasons for people to get and stay sober, no one would relapse afterward.

I think your focus could be better directed towards finding your “why” to get motivated to get and stay sober, rather than continuing to keep digging for your bottom.

In this episode, I want to continue the discussion on forgiveness.  In episode 3, we really focused on the steps we can take to work towards making right the wrongs we have done in our past and working towards receiving forgiveness from others.  If you haven’t listed to that one yet, I would suggest going back and listening to that episode first.  Here we will focus on some of the things I have done to forgive people that I have been hurt by in my life, and then finally what it looks like to finally forgive ourselves, so we are no longer weighed down by our past.

In this episode, I want to start the discussion on the importance of forgiveness and specifically tackling the difficult challenges of facing our past, acknowledging what we have done wrong, and the steps we can to do begin to start repairing the relationships that we have damaged.

In this episode, I discuss the importance of identifying the reason for getting sober, or what I like to call: “discovering your big Why” and the pitfalls in the idea that you must get sober for yourself.

In this episode, I discuss the pitfalls of putting so much focus on the substances that we have battled in our addictions and why I think that the recovery model of avoidance is actually setting us up for failure.

Have you tried everything, but you still can’t make sobriety stick? Or maybe you are sober, but you feel like there should be something more to your new sober life? There are many paths to getting sober, but whatever path you choose, quitting drinking is only the beginning. Tim has over a decade of sobriety and has gone through the journey from rehab to 12-step programs, to finally discovering his own path to recovery and happiness. He has transformed from the daily battle of trying to stay sober to learning to love himself and his life so much that he no longer needs to drink. In the Sober and Happy Podcast, you will learn how to discover yourself and blaze your own path, methods to help you along your journey to recovery, and motivation to help live a sober and happy life.