How To Cope With The Dope
Navigating the challenges of loving someone with substance use disorder can feel overwhelming, but you're not alone. This podcast combines personal experiences, research, and my own recovery journey to offer understanding, hope, and practical tools for growth. With monthly interviews featuring inspiring stories of hope and expert insights, I aim to help you move from merely surviving to truly thriving in your own life.
How To Cope With The Dope
You Attract More of What You Think About
It can be an emotional rollercoaster when we love someone with addiction. In this episode we learn about the emotional scale and how to climb it when we are lingering at the bottom (ie-fear, despair, powerlessness). We touch on other things that impact our emotional state and how moods and personality traits can develop. This informative episode may inspire you to pay closer attention to your feelings and chart a course to reach for higher feelings.
The emotional scale:
- Joy / Knowledge / Empowerment / Freedom / Love / Appreciation
- Passion
- Enthusiasm / Eagerness / Happiness
- Positive Expectation / Belief
- Optimism
- Hopefulness
- Contentment
- Boredom
- Pessimism
- Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
- Overwhelment
- Disappointment
- Doubt
- Worry
- Blame
- Discouragement
- Anger
- Revenge
- Hatred / Rage
- Jealousy
- Insecurity / Guilt / Unworthiness
- Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness
What we focus our attention on grows!
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.