We are generally very good as addicts about making amends toward the people we have wronged, however there's often one person we tend to forget in that: ourselves. If we treated someone else like we treated our minds, bodies, and souls in our addictions -- what would we say to them? How would we make amends? What would we need to do to restore that relationship? Being reconciled with ourselves is necessary to moving forward and growing as a person. This episode deals with that process.

This episode is geared toward those in the life of the addict: parent, sibling, spouse, friend. What the one who is recovering needs is the stability of the people in their life fulfilling their role, being where they can be depended upon to be. Trying to be "everything" for the one who is recovering is exhausting and quite frankly none of us are qualified to do it. But, we CAN be there in our respective roles as a support and partner in their recovery.

If you need help finding resources for counseling, here is a good starting point:

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

How do you cope with life, stress, disappointment, unsurety, anger, insecurity, resentment, irritation, etc.?

What is your "go-to" emotion?

What is your default way of going through, and dealing with, life?

Understanding how you operate is key to then getting down and doing the work necessary to become better each day. Sobriety is of utmost importance, but the work does not end there. Make your “go-to” a pattern of just getting better, taking the next right step in every area of your life, one step at a time. Slow down, think, move.

All this and more in Episode 8: “What Is Your ‘Go-To’?”