Episode 10 - Neuroplasticity and Recovery Ft. Erik.

Show notes from the hosts:
In this episode we are joined by Erik! We all know each other and Erik was at Taylor's wedding.
We talk about trying new things, which leads us to our topic
Eric introduces topic. Adjustments we make in our Recovery practice
Definition of the words Sober and Recovery. It's in recovery that we learn the balance that sobriety is trying to give us.
How did we start in recovery?
How do we sustain it?
How is it part of our daily lives?
Erik's two times of stopping drinking.
Erik talks about his last drink and going to AA
Go to rehab drunk cause they won't take you sober.
Taylor realizing that we are his people
We are like minded and connect on that level.
Eric and Taylor talk about early days of getting into sobriety.
Ego tells us we don't have a problem
Meetings do not have to be AA.
Went because of the problem but stayed for the solution
Erik: Familiar faces are there for the same reason you are.
Early tools
Erik's tools: jar of affirmations, play the tape forward
Taylor tools: Going to a meeting, listening. From meetings to podcast to therapist. Things we do can be used in recovery.
Eric: Getting into nature, we are a part of all of it, playing the tape forward.
Erik talks about the chaos of drinking
Taylor talks about things change as we get sober
Taylor said that acknowledging defeat, we go through the ups and downs of recovery.
Eric: We start to see our cycles and we can change it.
Erik: how he incorporates physical activity in his later Recovery. Talks about the evolution of his recovery
Taylor talks about 1st year-don't drink. People take on too much in first year
Taylor shares a diagram Mind and body .
Neuroplasticity definition how our brains can reconnect
We have power over choices. Not a victim
Keeping a journal documents
APP: Penzu for journal notes
Recap: tools, how do we look at the rest of our lives.
How do we incorporate into our lives?
Taylor: The Promises of AA, read
Erik: Things becomes routine. How scary times become routine
Final thank you to Erik for being on
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"Sober & Shameless” is a podcast that flips the script on what it means to live a sober life. Co-Hosts, Taylor Klinger and Eric Andrew, graduates from the University of Self-Inflicted Victimization, along with over 80 years of combined experience in “learning the hard way” and “finding the audacity”, invite people from all walks of recovery to learn about shared experiences through genuinely improvised, hilarious, and authentic conversation. In each episode of Sober & Shameless, the hosts, along with occasional guests, will pick a topic to shed their shame about, explore ideas on how to grow through those challenges, and provide organic, light-hearted, honest, and unprofessional commentary about their experiences with addiction, strength through recovery, and life in sobriety.

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