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Telling On Ourselves is a funny and honest discussion-style podcast. The hosts; Lynn, Mark and Vikki; are 3 still learning humans who share their truths of living one day at a time by ”Telling On Ourselves.” It’s our goal to share what we have learned along the way and in that process walk with you the listener to a joyful life!
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Vikki has FTW about holding onto resentments.
One of the expressions we hear a lot in the rooms of recovery are "live and let live". What does this mean? How does that little idiom keep us sober on a day to day basis? This not only applies to how we deal with others, but how we deal with ourselves!
Looking to grow and expand?
Four Agreements Workshop Series with Vikki: https://mailchi.mp/8dad0e990801/fall4agreements
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
This is a great episode you don’t want to miss! We have a very special guest this week! This week, we talk to our great friend and benefactor, Andy! He shares his story of being a highly functional alcoholic for many many years, his bottom, and how he juggles sobriety, family, work and life today!! Andy is always giving back and passing on the message of hope and recovery to the still suffering alcoholic. In fact, this podcast would not exist the way it does today without him!
Looking to grow and expand?
Four Agreements Workshop Series with Vikki: https://mailchi.mp/8dad0e990801/fall4agreements
Donate HERE
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Lynn shares her First Thought Wrong—its about Sean cakes y’all! Can’t miss it!
All the people pleasers in the house, raise your hands! This week we talk about people pleasing and how it’s actually a destructive and dishonest behavior. A behavior we sometimes learned in childhood to survive. A behavior that became a tool we used in active addiction to get what we want. A habit now in recovery that is very difficult to break! Check out our episode and share with us your people pleasing stories on our Instagram or Facebook @tellingonourselves
Also, check out Patreon link below!
Looking to grow and expand?
Four Agreements Workshop Series with Vikki: https://mailchi.mp/8dad0e990801/fall4agreements
Donate HERE
Definition of People Pleasing we reference in this show: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=people%20pleaser
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Chelsea gives us a GREAT first thought wrong this week! No funny title for this one because it is exactly what it is! Many of us deal with fear of change--before recovery, while newly sober and even in recovery. God is always giving us opportunities to grow and growth is usually the product of change! Why are we afraid in the first place? How do we walk through the fear? Fear as a practice? Really? vacuums
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
We have Michelle AKA Slugger pinch hitting for Sweet Bre this week.
Topic HALT - HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED
Slugger shares her First Thought Wrong Working through a work frustration with the magical pause that is tattooed to her body!
Vikki's First Thought Wrong is about letting loose on her feelings, and doesn't use the magical pause button.
Some tools we discuss are pause button, identifying feelings, journaling, feelings wheel and getting back to the basics.
Change a thought, move a muscle!
Download the feelings (with another alcoholic) & let it go!
Lynn's article: https://www.gardenstatetreatmentcenter.com/halt-hungry-angry-lonely-tired/
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Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Why can't you just stop drinking? Who has heard this question before?
First Thought Wrong: Drama getting you down...too much netflix affecting Sweet Bre.
Definition of willpower
Age old question: willpower, do alcoholics have it or not? This week we talk all about willpower. How did we assert it while drinking? What does willpower look in sobriety? Can we get stronger in our willpower? How?!
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Have a First Thought Wrong to share email us Tellingonourselves3@gmail.com
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
First thought wrong was at Dr. Bob’s house….Lynn & Vikki had a tiff. Backseat driving, meets rocking chairs.
Visit to PA to hang and record with our favorite Donna.
Donna shares how she had to learn gratitude at the beginning, that it was building a muscle given to her from great sponsorship. And continues to be a working part of her recovery.
Definition corner:
Gratitude is a strong feeling of appreciation.
Appreciation recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something.
Quotes
- Gratitude helps you see what’s there instead of what isn’t
- Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more if you concentrate on what you don’t have you will never ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey
Cause and effect of when you are grateful happiness come. You aren’t grateful because you are happy it’s the other way around.
First coming into recovery things are so skewed - like a funny mirror in a fun house at the carnival.
Lastly having gratitude is not just for the moment you are in but how you view your past and how it sets the stage for how you review the future.
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
A compelling episode of healing, forgiveness and hope from the lens of the loved one of the alcoholic/addict. Our guest and dear friend of the podcast, Cindy shares her story of healing and hope for the family members affected by the disease.
She explains how she had to make some difficult decisions for her family during the storm of active addiction. Sharing how she hit her personal wall of desperation and got the help she needed in Alanon.
A beautiful story that shows how self care, faith, love and forgiveness gave this family a life that is beyond anything they ever dreamed.
Struggling with addiction? Love someone that is also struggling?
https://al-anon.org/
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
A great friend of the podcast (that we met through the quarantine and online meetings), Nancy DeLong, sits in this week to share her experience, strength & hope with us and how she's been able to sustain 37 years of continuous sobriety. We hear about days in the carnival, days of recovery and how she maintains her recovery.
Nancy is an inspiration and a ton of fun! We are not a glum lot!
"I am a writer. I’ve been writing all of my life. In fact, I was probably holding a pencil before I was holding my bottle. Some days, it feels like I’ve been writing since before the Earth was made. Just sayin’." - Nancy DeLong
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
This weeks episode the ladies discuss our feelings and how to manage those in recovery. We continue to mess up, then grow, then kinda mess up, then kinda grow more. The process of recovery and getting through our days and our relationships without drowning our feelings.
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