Posts by VeronicaValli
#19: Episode 19 – Boundaries
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS **Trigger warning** In the Soberful Life Community we are working on having better boundaries. So we wanted to a podcast on what boundaries were, why some people have bad boundaries and how you can learn to improve them. We believe that boundaries are essential for a happy and successful sobriety. A…
Read More#18: Episode 18 – Veronica’s story (part 2 ) Healing
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS In part 2 of Veronica’s story, we focus on healing. Veronica has been sober for much longer than she drank for. Veronica talks frankly about how romantic relationships nearly destroyed her when she was 3 years sober and what she had to do to transform her recovery. Soberful Facebook Group…
Read More#17: Episode 17 – Veronica’s story (part 1)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS In this episode, Veronica tells her story. Growing up as an only child in a single-parent home she left home at 16 to escape but found alcohol and drugs instead. At 18 she was in drug-induced psychosis and desperate for help. Listen to the first part of her story, next…
Read More#16: Episode 16 – Denial
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Denial is how we lie to ourselves. It is a psychological defense mechanism that prevents the alcoholic from seeing the truth of what they are doing to themselves. In this episode, we break down the different ways denial manifests itself and offer suggestions on how to deal with it. Soberful Facebook…
Read More#15: Episode 15 – How do I help someone realize they have a problem?
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS How do you help someone who drinks? We consider how dealing with kids and teenagers needs a different approach than adults. We discuss how to have boundaries and what to say. How to deal with someone who keeps relapsing and how to take care of yourself. Soberful Facebook Group Submit Your…
Read More#14: Episode 14 – Chip’s Simple Steps
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Have you been baffled by the 12 steps? Does the ‘God’ word frighten you or put you off? In a similar way to Russell Brand’s book, ‘Recovery’ Chip deconstructs the 12-steps so they are accessible and simple to understand. Most importantly he describes them in such a way that anyone can…
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