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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 Being Willing to Change

For a long time, that was sort of like what the rule was, which makes absolutely no sense. I remember walking to my first therapy appointment from our apartment and wanting to drink before I went because when I would get drunk, I would get really honest. But yeah, I think that you need to be willing. You don't need to be ready. And so even though your quit dates January 1st, it wasn't like this was your New Year's resolution, which is coincidentally- No. It just happened to be the day that I finally, it was the perfect storm.

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