Posts by VeronicaValli
#7: Episode 7 – Chip’s story of recovery
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS In this episode, Chip Somers tells his incredible story of recovery. He grew up in an upper-class British family with no love or warmth and was then abandoned to a boarding school at age seven where he was bullied. He experienced sexual, emotional and mental abuse. By 18 he…
Read More#6: Episode 6 Loneliness
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Loneliness is the disease of our times and is fatal for anyone with a drinking problem. Alcohol wants us alone so it can be our only friend. Chip and Veronica discuss their loneliest times when they were drinking and when they were sober and what they did to overcome them.…
Read More#5: Episode 5 Trauma and addiction
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS *Trigger warning* We will be discussing the relationship between trauma and addiction. The reality of Adverse Childhood Experiences and how Connection is the answer to all trauma. Soberful Facebook Group Submit Your Questions to Us Adverse Childhood Experiences The Body Keeps The Score Emotional Freedom Technique for trauma How…
Read More#4: The First Year of Recovery
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS There are so many ‘firsts’ in the first year of recovery. your first sober Christmas, birthday, summer etc. How do you get through them? What are the highs and lows to prepare for? Soberful Facebook Group Submit Your Questions to Us
Read More#3: How to Manage Change in Recovery
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Dealing with momentous change and keeping your sobriety can be a real challenge. In this episode, Chip and Veronica discuss how to keep your resolve, stay calm, and remember why you became sober in the first place. Soberful Facebook Group Submit Your Questions to Us
Read More#2: Relationships and Recovery
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS Relationships in recovery can be challenging! Chip and Veronica discuss their own dating disasters, how vulnerable we are in early recovery, and how we all just want to be loved…but go about the wrong way of getting it. Soberful Facebook Group Submit Your Questions to Us
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