In this podcast, we discuss that although you did not ask for the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction, you had a genetic preposition towards it. Also, as your recovery progresses, why you will learn to not hate the disease anymore.
We learn that:
- It really does not matter how you get into recovery, so long as you get started.
- Families can be misled if they seek advice about addiction or alcoholism from one who is not trained in the disorder.
- Desperation is a gift if you look at it the right way, and that is: it becomes a supreme motivator never to go back there ever again.
- The beauty of AA and other twelve-step programs is that they do not preach to you. They deploy the time-honoured approach of storytelling to gently guide you into a better, saner life.