So I’m delighted with myself to be 12 days sober. I was wondering if you guys could recommend any literature or podcasts that you feel have helped your sobriety journey.
Thanks and have a lovely sober Friday!
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I am a huge podcast listener. The one that’s helped me the most, is The Jocko Podcast. It’s main message is how discipline has positive effects on our lives.
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Excellent thanks very much!
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Russell Brand We Are Recovery
I’ve had a few “holy shit” moments listening to him and other addicts chat.
I wish he was still making them.
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I just bought his book! Thanks!
I have it on my Kobo but haven’t read it yet.
I did also LOVE the book Guts by Kristen Johnson (Johnston?). Her story will scare the living shit out of anyone thinking they might have a drinking problem.
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Ooooh gonna check it out now!
The One You Feed podcast.
It is life changing. It’s about addiction, habits, productivity, anxiety, depression. It’s NOT boring, or a downer. It’s empowering and uplifting.
They start off ever podcast with this…
A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at battle.
One is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery, and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred, and fear.
The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?”
The grandfather quietly replies, “The one you feed.”
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Here is another thread on books. I added in the list of the books I have read, mostly memoirs, but I found them helpful in the early days and months.
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The Naked Mind. I read about it on here. Supee helpful and eye opening.
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Dry by Augusten Burroughs. He doesn’t sugarcoat the addiction AT ALL, it’s filthy and terrifying and rings so true. I was never like him, for instance drinking at work, but the lies and the denial is totally like mine.
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Oh, another book is Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol.
It is part memoir and part research. Very good.
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The Big Book of AA, and a re-read of the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell’s translation).
The latter may not be for everyone. It’s helped me get centered through the years.
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I liked this one very much as well
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This is actually the book that got me started! A million thanks to Annie the author. I might re-read it
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