VIDEO: HOW TO GET OR STAY SOBER (1st Step To Shift Your Relationship With Alcohol Is...)

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Welcome to the live training replay where I walk my community through the importance of "Airing The Dirty Laundry" to Liberate Yourself From Shame By Being Honest & Vulnerable (and no longer disassociating the impact alcohol has brought). I kick us off with some very vulnerable stories.

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒⁣

0:00 - Ramble while people are joining ⁣ 

1:53 - Bringing to light the side effects of using alcohol that we sweep under the rug & disassociate from⁣

2:40 - Most vulnerable stories about what alcohol has done to my life⁣

3:30 - Truthful acknowledgment is a must to move forward and heal⁣

4:00 - Why AA didn’t attract me ⁣

5:13 - What to expect over 4 weeks of trainings/challenges⁣

7:15 - Terrified of people finding out about my alcohol use (feeling hypocrisy)⁣

8:30 - Women with physiological addictions to alcohol⁣

9:40 - Personal rock bottoms and how I’d disassociate from them (denial)⁣

10:40 - Black outs & partying⁣

12:35 - What women rarely speak of (s3xual choices growing up_⁣

15:20 - Transition from social drink to at home (alone) drinker ⁣

16:30 - Starting to “justify” solo use (major red flag of those in addiction)⁣

18:30 - Secrecy of use with shame started at 28⁣

20:00 - Sharing the secrecy is an act of self love that is freeing⁣

21:41 - Psychological effect/warfare (mind games) of being addicted to alcohol⁣

23:05 - 1st rock bottom (10 years ago a got a traumatic brain injury and lost my smell)⁣

26:00 - Huge progress can be made even before you quit⁣

27:00 - 2nd rock bottom (Catfished in my altered brain injury state)⁣

29:00 - 3rd rock bottom (point of no return moment: seeing the bottle of wine and knowing I wasn’t strong enough to hold off)⁣

32:00 - Waking up face down on the carpet (the self loathing shame)⁣

34:30 - You have to want to stop for YOURSELF⁣

36:35 - 4th rock bottom (car accident followed by the call for help)⁣

38:30 - Admitting I had a real problem and why I had to leave my friend group ⁣

41:40 - Why I believed I was no longer addicted (after 2-3 months sober)⁣

43:00 - Moderating does not work for the majority of women ⁣

44:00 - FINALLY fully admitted I was addicted at 32⁣

45:00 - Relapse journey leading to elevating my life⁣

46:25 - FREEDOM DAY!! May 21, 2017 was the last day I woke up with a hangover feeling shame or guilt⁣

48:20 - Your EPIC Life awaits you too!!!⁣

49:25 - 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 (join here)!!

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ALSO - I am running a Live Training teaching 5 Powerful Steps to Shift Your Relationship With Alcohol 🥰 

 

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