Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
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Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
When Relief Isn’t Peace: Using Step 7 To Choose Spiritual Principles Over Impulse
The Sober Experience
38 minutes
1 month ago
When Relief Isn’t Peace: Using Step 7 To Choose Spiritual Principles Over Impulse
Growth doesn’t happen in the fantasy of “tomorrow.” It happens in the ugly, honest moments when we admit that two days off from discipline can snowball into chaos, and that relief is not the same thing as peace. We go straight at Step Seven—humbly asking a higher power to remove our shortcomings—and unpack why it demands more than a quick prayer. It asks for practice, for principles, and for a right-sized sense of self that makes change possible. We trace the thread from Step Six to Step Sev...
The Sober Experience
Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
