16 — The Truth About Alcohol and Addiction Recovery with Former School Principal / Author Daniel Patterson
Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin
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The Importance of Rest in Emotions
I just thought that people who didn't drink were boring. I also didn't have any understanding of how common it was. And now at every party I go to or every social event I go to, I can always find someone who's not drinking. It is a transition. You have been giving your brain this instant reward, this instant hit, this first sip feeling for years, decades even. Your brain is trained for this instant gratification and you take it away from it and you just have to sit. The changes that have to be made for sustained recovery often require not doing the things you used to do and not doing them with the people you use to do them with.
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