Published: July 15, 2022, 8 a.m.
This podcast is about the struggle of getting and staying sober in the early days.
We learn that:
- The vast majority of recovering people don\u2019t get sober \u201cfor good\u201d the first time out, and that is not surprising given the lack of knowledge about the true nature of their condition.
- There are two main traps that need to be taken into account in the early going. The first of these is the idea that \u201cwe\u201d can have a normal romantic relationship after just a short time in sobriety.
- The fact is that our emotions have been twisted and warped by substance abuse and we are only setting ourselves up for a relapse if things go wrong. And they always do.
- Going it alone is another of those myths that has to be entirely smashed before we have a decent chance of getting and staying sober. Isolation and loneliness are the twin killers of addicts and alcoholics.
- The bottom line for those of us who have enjoyed long-term sobriety is that we have acquired a power greater than ourselves, and we are never alone as members of a Fellowship.