R10: How I Stayed Sober Through Grief

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Hi ass kickers!

This is the last episode in this round of the recovery series (season 2 will be out sometime in 2017. If you don’t want to miss it, make sure you’re signed up for updates here).

Last fall, as I was about halfway through the interviews for this series, my father passed away. We learned he had a terminal illness, and about 3 weeks later he died.

As a person in long-term recovery, this was the first time I’d faced something big while sober. For some, losing a loved one becomes too much, and they relapse. I can completely understand why this happens.

In this episode, I talk about the following:

• My family story and how I was first introduced to what a functional alcoholic was.
• What the worst moments were when I came home from dealing with his death.
• What I thought the “rules of grief” were.
• What surrender has been like for me over the past few months.
• I answer the question: Did I want to drink again?
• What I did when I found myself sobbing on my kitchen floor.
• What I did to get through the multitude of feelings.

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