In this episode, I walk through the steps that lead to acting out. With every slip or relapse, I like to ask the question, "Where did you lose the battle?" It certainly was not the moment you clicked on the link or when you chose to watch that movie. It was way before that. It was when you failed to take care of yourself by not processing pain and choosing to isolate. The goal is that we begin to recognize when we are in steps 1, 2 or 3 (which are before temptation even starts) and we follow ...
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In this episode, I walk through the steps that lead to acting out. With every slip or relapse, I like to ask the question, "Where did you lose the battle?" It certainly was not the moment you clicked on the link or when you chose to watch that movie. It was way before that. It was when you failed to take care of yourself by not processing pain and choosing to isolate. The goal is that we begin to recognize when we are in steps 1, 2 or 3 (which are before temptation even starts) and we follow ...
Habits of Sobriety: Planning for Speed Bumps and Battlefields
Numb to Known: Men Pursuing Wholeness
28 minutes
9 months ago
Habits of Sobriety: Planning for Speed Bumps and Battlefields
In this episode, I talk about what it looks like to make a plan for all the areas in our lives where temptation starts to show up. As Benjamin Franklin said, "If you fail to plan then we plan to fail." Our passivity would tell us to wing it. Just hope that the next time you're tempted, it'll be easier. That's not a plan. Creating a plan looks like first naming the places we'll need it. I call those speed bumps and battlefields. Speed bumps are the unexpected moments of emotional dysregulation...
Numb to Known: Men Pursuing Wholeness
In this episode, I walk through the steps that lead to acting out. With every slip or relapse, I like to ask the question, "Where did you lose the battle?" It certainly was not the moment you clicked on the link or when you chose to watch that movie. It was way before that. It was when you failed to take care of yourself by not processing pain and choosing to isolate. The goal is that we begin to recognize when we are in steps 1, 2 or 3 (which are before temptation even starts) and we follow ...
