Facing fear in recovery can feel overwhelming. When you’re still using alcohol, it’s easy to drink your way through what would be a scary situation. But in sobriety, facing fear means developing resiliency, building confidence and courage, and knowing how to face fear head on.
In this episode, we explore how fear has affected us now that we’re in recovery. We talk about what things make us feel afraid or anxious and why. We also share everything we’ve learned about moving through fear in ways that don’t make us want to turn back to alcohol. Join us as we chat with Kenny (Recovery Hill); Corina, and Amber, and share our insights and advice on dealing with fear in recovery.
In this episode:
- Getting sober gives you the confidence to face anything
- Social anxiety and the fear of public speaking
- “Suck it up and just do it.”
- Healthy fears vs. unhealthy fears – how to tell the difference
- Fear is about assumption and uncertainty
- The foundation of dysregulation is fear
- Fear can either lead you to worse version of yourself or a better version of yourself – it’s up to you.
- Dealing with the fear of major change
- How others influence our fear
- Authenticity decreases the effect that fear has on us
- The more fears you face, the more confident you become
- Fear and excitement are physiologically the same experience
- How to make friends with fear
- Talking about fears helps to release their hold on you
- The process of building resiliency
- Fear has value – and we would be wise to stop avoiding it.
Kenny Hill is a combat veteran who has been sober for 17 years. He now works as a therapist with addiction and trauma in his private practice, called Recovery Hill.
Beyond his professional life, Kenny has a podcast called Patina’d Podcast, where resilience is the underlying theme as guests discuss their origin stories. This podcast can be found on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcast.
He also put together a mini-documentary series specific to addiction called “Story Of.” Each guest has sustainable recovery, and shares their experience and personal tips for long-term sobriety. Here is the link for ‘Story Of’ : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhkvLzyf87EjpTsLguktlPllq_kJmM2m
His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenny_from_recoveryhill/
And Patina’d Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patinad_podcast/
Corina is currently living her best sober life with her partner Greg and their rescue animals (2 former street cats from Egypt and a wild puppy monster from Edmonton’s SPCA). She works locally as a special education teacher and spends her free time enjoying nature walks or bike rides along the ocean or on the many trail systems nearby. Her healing journey in sobriety has come with beautiful gifts including authenticity, acceptance, compassion, and peace with others as well as herself. As the adventure continues, she gratefully looks forward with to more opportunities for discovery believing that “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
— Brené Brown, Rising Strong
Hello, my name is Amber and I just recently celebrated 2 years alcohol free on Christmas Eve. I live alone with my cats in Rhode Island and work a FT and PT job, saving money, rebuilding my credit and learning how to live an honest and full life.
Growing up as an only child in a toxic family dynamic with alcoholism and undiagnosed mental health disorders running the show, I developed complex trauma that I wouldn’t be aware of until the day I took my last drink and began to uncover the lies that alcohol had me believing for so long. I lacked self love and self worth and believed I was just not built for the kind of life that I desired.
Come to find out I had the power to build that life all along, but alcohol robbed me of the ability to see it. Sobriety has allowed me to see an alternative path in life and recovery is providing the tools that enable me to walk that path. I am in the process of finding my voice and discovering where I can be of service to others who are still stuck in the lie. I hope to someday run a sober living community on a working farm where others can unplug from their toxic environments and truly heal.
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