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It's Not About the Alcohol

Feb 27, 2023

How often do you spend hours, days, weeks (ok, maybe months) ruminating on negative stories? Thinking and talking about the person or situation that is making you feel angry, hurt, disappointed, frustrated or concerned?

Objectively, you'd probably agree that is not time well spent. After the intial sting, you're really...


Feb 20, 2023

I was afraid of sobriety. Because I knew alcohol was just a distraction. I was mostly drinking to cope with an unhappy marriage. A stagnant career. I was bored with friendships that had run their course. My kids were leaving the nest and I didn’t know what to do with myself or my time.

I didn’t know how to be...


Feb 13, 2023

My client felt great when he quit drinking in December. But one month later, a mysterious bout of depression made him feel like he was “stuck in concrete.” He bounced back only to have it happen again.

The culprit here is post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS)--which effects most people to some extent when they quit...


Feb 6, 2023

Chris Engen is board certified in holistic nutrition and has an advanced certificate in recovery nutition coaching. 

In today's episode, Chris and I do a deep dive into the beliefs that lead to disordered eating and subsequent substance abuse. We blast the myth that being "messed up" is what gets us the diagnoses of...