E320: No Rock Bottom? Try This Instead

About this episode

In this episode, Gillian Tietz discusses how to make a final decision about sobriety without waiting for a rock bottom moment.

Not everyone has a rock bottom moment and you can't control if and when it happens for you. In this episode, I share how you can make the decision final without waiting for it to be "that bad". Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Content only membership https://community.soberpowered.com/checkout/lessons Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/email Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Gillian Tietz

Topics covered

• rock bottom
• sober decision
• mental health
• addiction
• sober living

Keywords

• sober
• addiction recovery
• mental health
• decision making
• sober coaching

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