Most sober people ask, "Why am I still eating, smoking, gambling, people pleasing, shopping, or engaging in anything else too much?"
In Recovery Rewired, I pose a different question focused on holistic rehabilitation: "What have eating, smoking, gambling, people pleasing, shopping, or anything else been doing for you?"
When we don't understand why we still feel unsatisfied, it's easy to replace one behavior with another.
Alcohol becomes food.
Food becomes people pleasing.
People pleasing morphs into unhealthy relationships.
The coping strategy changes, but the underlying reason we need it remains the same.
I don't believe you're broken. I don't believe you lack willpower.
I believe you've been doing whatever you needed to do to navigate your day, often relying on forms of mental health support that aren’t truly effective.
Recovery Rewired isn't about judging what you do; it's about understanding what these behaviors have been doing for you, allowing you to engage in personalized recovery programs and move beyond them.
That's what I mean by... Recover Yourself.