Celeste Yvonne

Celeste Yvonne, certified recovery coach and author of It’s Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture joins us to chat about motherhood, growing up in an alcoholic home, the terror and hidden opportunities of the pandemic, and losing and making friends along the way. The focal point of her work in recovery is looking beyond the wine (or any substance), for the solution to life’s distresses, and encouraging struggling women everywhere to do the same.   Pre-order Celeste’s book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506486754?   Her social media handles: @TheUltimateMomChallenge www.instagram.com/theultimatemomchallenge www.facebook.com/theultimatemomchallenge    Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Celeste Yvonne, certified recovery coach and author of It’s Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture joins us to chat about motherhood, growing up in an alcoholic home, the terror and hidden opportunities of the pandemic, and losing and making friends along the way. The focal point of her work in recovery is looking beyond the wine (or any substance), for the solution to life’s distresses, and encouraging struggling women everywhere to do the same. Pre-order Celeste’s book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506486754" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506486754?</a> Her social media handles: @TheUltimateMomChallenge <a href="http://www.instagram.com/theultimatemomchallenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/theultimatemomchallenge</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theultimatemomchallenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/theultimatemomchallenge</a> Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Surviving and Thriving in Motherhood with Celeste Yvonne

Therapist Roger Andes, longtime friend and frequent collaborator on Thom and Allen’s 12-Step workshops, drops in to discuss his latest experiences with self-esteem. Influenced in large part by the work of Nathaniel Branden, it’s a central theme to his area of study and touches every level of the recovery process.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Therapist Roger Andes, longtime friend and frequent collaborator on Thom and Allen’s 12-Step workshops, drops in to discuss his latest experiences with self-esteem. Influenced in large part by the work of Nathaniel Branden, it’s a central theme to his area of study and touches every level of the recovery process. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Self-Esteem and Emotional Sobriety with Roger Andes

Living peacefully with the irreconcilable is at the core of what creates change. Thom and Allen alternately draw upon their own journeys towards acceptance - past and present.    Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Living peacefully with the irreconcilable is at the core of what creates change. Thom and Allen alternately draw upon their own journeys towards acceptance - past and present.  Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Recovery's Paradoxes

On a weekend of record heatwaves, to escape the crushing anxiety Thom and Patrick invite longtime collaborator Carol Carter on the pod to gauge her emotional sobriety after retiring from her longtime job. Thom shares some details about the attitude he’s trying to bring to his cancer diagnosis and treatment, while Patrick laments losing $750 in the space of five minutes, and how that challenged his emotional sobriety like few things in recovery have.   Check out our earlier podcast, Start Right Here, for an archive of amazing interviews and Emotional Sobriety-adjacent content with Allen and Thom: https://pod.link/1525039302   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

On a weekend of record heatwaves, to escape the crushing anxiety Thom and Patrick invite longtime collaborator Carol Carter on the pod to gauge her emotional sobriety after retiring from her longtime job. Thom shares some details about the attitude he’s trying to bring to his cancer diagnosis and treatment, while Patrick laments losing $750 in the space of five minutes, and how that challenged his emotional sobriety like few things in recovery have. Check out our earlier podcast, Start Right Here, for an archive of amazing interviews and Emotional Sobriety-adjacent content with Allen and Thom: <a href="https://pod.link/1525039302" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pod.link/1525039302</a> Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Keeping Cool with Carol Carter

As much as we strive to cultivate our emotional sobriety, learning to lean on self-support rather than environmental support, those expectations and rules inevitably come creeping back in, and that’s okay. We’re resistant to sudden changes in circumstance because they force us to locate our center of gravity all over again. Using the present moment as fully as we can is a key to surviving the curveballs life sends our way be they cancer (Thom), divorce (Allen), or online bullshit (Patrick).   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

As much as we strive to cultivate our emotional sobriety, learning to lean on self-support rather than environmental support, those expectations and rules inevitably come creeping back in, and that’s okay. We’re resistant to sudden changes in circumstance because they force us to locate our center of gravity all over again. Using the present moment as fully as we can is a key to surviving the curveballs life sends our way be they cancer (Thom), divorce (Allen), or online bullshit (Patrick). Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Change Calls the Tune We Dance To

Health care and financial insecurity are just a couple of the subjects Thom, Joe, and Patrick touch on as they contemplate how life’s most challenging dynamics truly put our emotional sobriety to the test.   Thom Rutledge’s “Let Fear Be Your Teacher”: https://www.thomrutledge.com/_files/ugd/e71801_8293179808864a26bd9b105520d458eb.pdf   His book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Health care and financial insecurity are just a couple of the subjects Thom, Joe, and Patrick touch on as they contemplate how life’s most challenging dynamics truly put our emotional sobriety to the test. Thom Rutledge’s “Let Fear Be Your Teacher”: <a href="https://www.thomrutledge.com/_files/ugd/e71801_8293179808864a26bd9b105520d458eb.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thomrutledge.com/_files/ugd/e71801_8293179808864a26bd9b105520d458eb.pdf</a> His book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Let Fear Be Your Teacher 

What does it mean to respect ourselves, and how can we put it to work once we’ve attained some physical sobriety and begin to move towards greater emotional freedom? Joe C. from Rebellion Dogs joins us from a workshop at Hazelden Minnesota to lend his perspective.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Erving Polster’s book referenced in the episode, Every Person’s Life Is Worth a Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

What does it mean to respect ourselves, and how can we put it to work once we’ve attained some physical sobriety and begin to move towards greater emotional freedom? Joe C. from Rebellion Dogs joins us from a workshop at Hazelden Minnesota to lend his perspective. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Erving Polster’s book referenced in the episode, Every Person’s Life Is Worth a Novel: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Emotional Sobriety & Self-Respect

Allen references Erving Polster’s book while contemplating how the broad span of our lives have a dramatic richness and fullness that can illuminate crucial details about our present. Patrick celebrates 5 years of continuous sobriety.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Erving Polster’s book referenced in the episode, Every Person’s Life Is Worth a Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Allen references Erving Polster’s book while contemplating how the broad span of our lives have a dramatic richness and fullness that can illuminate crucial details about our present. Patrick celebrates 5 years of continuous sobriety. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Erving Polster’s book referenced in the episode, Every Person’s Life Is Worth a Novel: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Every-Persons-Life-Worth-Novel/dp/0939266377</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Every Life Is Worth a Novel

Picking up with Thom Rutledge about his recent struggles with depression, something that’s been with him since his early days of recovery. This form of crisis dovetails with a passage from Allen’s 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: “Getting stuck is our signal that it’s time to learn something new. The trouble we are experiencing, wherever it’s showing up in our lives, is highlighting the next step in our development, the next step in our emotional maturity, the next step in our recovery. That step is the journey of emotional sobriety.” Allen Berger returns to the podcast next week.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Picking up with Thom Rutledge about his recent struggles with depression, something that’s been with him since his early days of recovery. This form of crisis dovetails with a passage from Allen’s 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: “Getting stuck is our signal that it’s time to learn something new. The trouble we are experiencing, wherever it’s showing up in our lives, is highlighting the next step in our development, the next step in our emotional maturity, the next step in our recovery. That step is the journey of emotional sobriety.” Allen Berger returns to the podcast next week. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Depression's Long Game

The team unpacks their month of hard knocks and give their best shot at illustrating how life's heaviest challenges can deepen our recovery, aid us on the path towards greater emotional freedom, and improve alignment with our emerging value system. Joe C. of Rebellion Dogs joins us to help bring a candle into the darkness.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

The team unpacks their month of hard knocks and give their best shot at illustrating how life's heaviest challenges can deepen our recovery, aid us on the path towards greater emotional freedom, and improve alignment with our emerging value system. Joe C. of Rebellion Dogs joins us to help bring a candle into the darkness. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Freedom at Cost

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholic's Anonymous, wrote in 1952, "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root some unhealthy dependence and its consequent demand." Wilson suggested that if we could identify and continually surrender these unrealistic and unrecognizable demands, that we may then be able to accomplish what he imagined to be recovery's next frontier - something he called emotional sobriety. Flash forward 70 years, and join psychotherapists and best-selling authors Thom Rutledge and Dr. Allen Berger, who have taken up the mantle of exploring Bill Wilson's new frontier. Welcome to Emotional Sobriety.

Part of our mission statement as we move towards greater emotional freedom is to have the best possible attitude towards life, towards ourselves, and towards others. First we must become aware of what our attitude is. We must engage our curiosity, and find our willingness to change. As we search for what to do, we avoid the impulse to blame. The taking of responsibility and assigning of blame cannot be fused, as it puts us on the defense.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Part of our mission statement as we move towards greater emotional freedom is to have the best possible attitude towards life, towards ourselves, and towards others. First we must become aware of what our attitude is. We must engage our curiosity, and find our willingness to change. As we search for what to do, we avoid the impulse to blame. The taking of responsibility and assigning of blame cannot be fused, as it puts us on the defense. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Shifting to the Best Possible Attitude

Foundational to Emotional Sobriety is the recognition that we aren’t bad people trying to be good people. We’re simply trying to take responsibility for our part, and to have more agency over our lives. Integrating our experiences is a way to do it - not negating any part of who we are. This is why the amends call forth and demand to be addressed. We are always moving towards wholeness.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Foundational to Emotional Sobriety is the recognition that we aren’t bad people trying to be good people. We’re simply trying to take responsibility for our part, and to have more agency over our lives. Integrating our experiences is a way to do it - not negating any part of who we are. This is why the amends call forth and demand to be addressed. We are always moving towards wholeness. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

A New Way of Making Amends

Decades after his service in the Vietnam War, Allen realized the extent of his disability and trauma after a chance encounter with a fellow veteran at a 12 step meeting. First he felt anger, but with time and investigation he found deeper layers to how his experience in the war affected him. This crisis put his emotional sobriety to work in a big way. Confronting what has long been suppressed is a crucial step in our pathway towards greater emotional freedom.    Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Decades after his service in the Vietnam War, Allen realized the extent of his disability and trauma after a chance encounter with a fellow veteran at a 12 step meeting. First he felt anger, but with time and investigation he found deeper layers to how his experience in the war affected him. This crisis put his emotional sobriety to work in a big way. Confronting what has long been suppressed is a crucial step in our pathway towards greater emotional freedom.  Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

When the Road Meets the Rubber

With some inspiration from W. Timothy Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis (one of the only self-help books Thom has ever read) and Allen’s metaphor of the gymnast’s precision moving across a balancing beam, we return again to how Emotional Sobriety can be put into practice. In particular, locating the "emotional center of gravity" inside ourselves allows us to be more present for our loved ones: in everyday life, and in times of crisis.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.

With some inspiration from W. Timothy Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis (one of the only self-help books Thom has ever read) and Allen’s metaphor of the gymnast’s precision moving across a balancing beam, we return again to how Emotional Sobriety can be put into practice. In particular, locating the "emotional center of gravity" inside ourselves allows us to be more present for our loved ones: in everyday life, and in times of crisis. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.

When the Rubber Meets the Road

Brian Lutz and Thom Rutledge recently encountered critical challenges in their marriages that tested their capacity for acceptance. Acceptance of their partners’ medical outcomes as well as their own messiness and shortcomings. Running towards, rather than away from their most uncomfortable feelings has helped them locate their emotional center of gravity inside themselves, rather than the shifting material conditions of their lives.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Brian Lutz and Thom Rutledge recently encountered critical challenges in their marriages that tested their capacity for acceptance. Acceptance of their partners’ medical outcomes as well as their own messiness and shortcomings. Running towards, rather than away from their most uncomfortable feelings has helped them locate their emotional center of gravity inside themselves, rather than the shifting material conditions of their lives. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

True Acceptance

Locating our authentic self in the midst of our warring inner committee and standing our ground - not against others but for ourselves - is at the crux of emotional sobriety.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Locating our authentic self in the midst of our warring inner committee and standing our ground - not against others but for ourselves - is at the crux of emotional sobriety. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

The Decision Maker

A we engage with the recovery impetus to be of service to others, In addition to the reward there may also an activation of guilt and other issues tied to our early experiences with our family of origin. Allen shines a light on the importance of integrating taking care of ourselves with taking care of others. These drives are inextricable from each other, and push us towards greater emotional sobriety.   Read Joe’s new blog post Servitude &amp; Stewardship: Emotional Sobriety and the Twelve Traditions: https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

A we engage with the recovery impetus to be of service to others, In addition to the reward there may also an activation of guilt and other issues tied to our early experiences with our family of origin. Allen shines a light on the importance of integrating taking care of ourselves with taking care of others. These drives are inextricable from each other, and push us towards greater emotional sobriety. Read Joe’s new blog post Servitude &amp; Stewardship: Emotional Sobriety and the Twelve Traditions: <a href="https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions</a> Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Emotional Sobriety, Stewardship & Service (Part Two)

Recovery (and Emotional Sobriety) are contagious! Joe Chisholm returns to the pod to chat with Thom and Patrick about the benefits we can reap from looking outward, focusing on mutual aid rather than self-help. 12 Step recovery groups are “chaordic,” “communitarian” spaces where we can find the structure we need but also the latitude to be spontaneous. As we step into a more conscious life of recovery, we create positive ripples that affect the lives of others in unexpected ways. In this episode and the next (when Allen returns to the show), we discuss how to make more and greater ripples.    Read Joe’s new blog post Servitude &amp; Stewardship: Emotional Sobriety and the Twelve Traditions: https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

Recovery (and Emotional Sobriety) are contagious! Joe Chisholm returns to the pod to chat with Thom and Patrick about the benefits we can reap from looking outward, focusing on mutual aid rather than self-help. 12 Step recovery groups are “chaordic,” “communitarian” spaces where we can find the structure we need but also the latitude to be spontaneous. As we step into a more conscious life of recovery, we create positive ripples that affect the lives of others in unexpected ways. In this episode and the next (when Allen returns to the show), we discuss how to make more and greater ripples.  Read Joe’s new blog post Servitude &amp; Stewardship: Emotional Sobriety and the Twelve Traditions: <a href="https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rebelliondogspublishing.com/blog/blog/7165598/servitude-stewardship-emotional-sobriety-and-the-twelve-traditions</a> Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Emotional Sobriety, Stewardship & Service (Part One)

As we become more awakened in emotional sobriety, we begin to challenge all our old ideas. The power struggle of emotional dependency and the temptation to frame our experience according to "shoulds," are hurdles to overcome. To cast ourselves in a negative light because we fail, lose, or are disappointed is living a life that’s only partially lived.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/   Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g   Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

As we become more awakened in emotional sobriety, we begin to challenge all our old ideas. The power struggle of emotional dependency and the temptation to frame our experience according to "shoulds," are hurdles to overcome. To cast ourselves in a negative light because we fail, lose, or are disappointed is living a life that’s only partially lived. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

A New Perspective on Failure

How can we learn to live in better alignment with our values? Some of our values are unconscious, and benefit by being brought into the light. We run into problems when we identify more with our false selves than our genuine selves. Where we are with our self-esteem can have a massive influence on how these dynamics play out.   Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: @EmSobrietyPod Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs   Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1   Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/    Thom's book, Embracing Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=   Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below):   https://zoom.us/j/330149513 Password: 375986   For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g    Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519 We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings.   We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at pndirective4@gmail.com for any questions or comments.

How can we learn to live in better alignment with our values? Some of our values are unconscious, and benefit by being brought into the light. We run into problems when we identify more with our false selves than our genuine selves. Where we are with our self-esteem can have a massive influence on how these dynamics play out. Follow us on social media. Podcast Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EmSobrietyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EmSobrietyPod</a> Instagram: thomrutledge2 Joe C. Twitter: @Rebellion_Dogs Allen’s first book, Love Secrets Revealed: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secrets-Revealed-Intimacy-Connection/dp/0757303978/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+secrets+revealed+allen+berger&amp;qid=1650843975&amp;sprefix=love+secrets+reve%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-1</a> Allen’s book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/12-Essential-Insights-Emotional-Sobriety/dp/1955415129/</a> Thom's book, Embracing Fear: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Fear-Turn-Scares-Greatest/dp/0062517759/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a> Join Allen &amp; Thom at our Thursday night, 7pm PST Zoom meeting on Emotional Sobriety and the Steps (login information below): <a href="https://zoom.us/j/330149513" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/330149513</a> Password: 375986 For our ongoing video series on Emotional Sobriety and the 12 Steps, visit our YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEM2-kqLkfp3I4c0jy-X-g</a> Also, please join our “Emotional Sobriety and Recovery” FB Group at the following link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/120450976662519</a> We’d love to stay in touch in between meetings. We appreciate feedback! Contact Patrick, our producer, at <a href="mailto:pndirective4@gmail.com">pndirective4@gmail.com</a> for any questions or comments.

Authentic Values

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholic's Anonymous, wrote in 1952, "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root some unhealthy dependence and its consequent demand." Wilson suggested that if we could identify and continually surrender these unrealistic and unrecognizable demands, that we may then be able to accomplish what he imagined to be recovery's next frontier - something he called emotional sobriety.   Flash forward 70 years, and join psychotherapists and best-selling authors Thom Rutledge and Dr. Allen Berger, who have taken up the mantle of exploring Bill Wilson's new frontier. Welcome to Emotional Sobriety.

Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery

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