In episode 182 of The Elevation Recovery Podcast, Chris Scott and Matt Finch discuss strategies and concepts for beating addiction that go way against popular mainstream recovery rules. The way you view yourself, addiction, recovery, and the world can either help you achieve your recovery goals or they can act as an obstacle. Beliefs, identity, language, self-talk, and your … [Read more...]
How To Recover From Addiction With The Help Of Character Development & Spiritual Expansion
In episode 181 of The Elevation Recovery Podcast, Chris Scott and Matt Finch discuss concepts like internal locus of control vs external locus of control, victim mindset vs extreme ownership mindset, nihilism vs a life of meaning and purpose, faith, philosophy, psychology, character development, spiritual expansion, and much more. Here are some of the main topics discussed in … [Read more...]
Silence & Solitude For Self-Realization & Addiction Recovery
In episode 178 of The Elevation Recovery Podcast, Matt Finch and Coach Tana share many of the benefits of silence and solitude practices for addiction recovery, how it has changed their lives, why they still do it on a regular basis, why it’s especially important for introverts and/or highly sensitive persons, and how to carve out a daily silence practice and do something that … [Read more...]
Treating The Psychological Aspect Of Addiction And Recovery – Featuring NEW Fit-Recovery Coach, Briana Theroux
Today we’re going to talk about the psychological aspect of addiction. A lot of people think that there are set “causes” to use, like triggers. This isn’t true. If there was a clear cause-and-effect relationship to drinking alcohol, everyone would be drinking, which is obviously not true. Rather, we all simply have reasons for using. This is why alcohol addiction isn’t an … [Read more...]
How To Take Control Of Your Addiction Recovery Narrative
The following is a text adaptation of Chris Scott's "solo-cast" on The Elevation Recovery Podcast. You can listen to this episode here. Hey everyone, I'm Chris Scott and today I have a solo-cast for you! The topic today is 5 Tips for Constructing An Empowering Recovery Narrative. Now, most people don’t sit down with a piece of paper titled “My Empowering Recovery Narrative.” … [Read more...]
7 Ways To Stop Worrying
In this video, I'll discuss the strategies that helped me to stop worrying. For a very long time, I used alcohol to put my worries to rest. They simply came back in the morning, 10 times worse. I'd argue that the best way to stop worrying once and for all is to stop drinking. Hangovers and withdrawal symptoms cloud our minds, blinding us to potential solutions to problems. … [Read more...]
7 Ways To Instantly Change Your Mental State
It's easy to drift into a downward spiral of anxiety, self-doubt, or just plain old boredom. Actually, the worst emotion I recall experiencing during alcohol withdrawal was nervous exhaustion, which is hell on earth. This happens when you're too wired to possibly feel good, and negative thoughts race uncontrollably, but you're too damn tired to invent a solution for it. I … [Read more...]
How To Become Less Anxious and More Focused In 24 Hours
The last thing you need when you're recovering from addiction is to stress about irrelevant things. Yet our high-tech society has turned us all into experts in doing exactly that. Our ancient fight or flight response evolved to save us from saber toothed tigers - not from Facebook pictures, annoying emails and alarming news stories from halfway around the world. The … [Read more...]
Why You Need Euphoria (And 10 Natural Highs)
Sometimes you just need to get high. On life, that is. Everyone knows that addiction is bad. But should we just accept that feeling euphoric is also bad? Were we meant to live a humble monk lifestyle, condemning pleasure or self-flagellating, simply because we fell into addiction or were predisposed towards one since birth? In my humble opinion, HELL NO. If you … [Read more...]
Mindset Over Willpower
Going to rehab saved my life, but not because I learned anything new. And not because I was introduced to the Big Book or a group of people with similar issues. I'm sure these things helped, in some immeasurable way. What my time away really did for me was allow me to focus, laser-like, on changing my mindset. Mindset is the set of assumptions that govern our … [Read more...]