Feelings – Episode 169
Have you ever felt controlled by your feelings? What feelings could you identify in the past? How do you balance feelings and facts? * Were you able to identify feelings (before recovery)? * What did you feel? * Did you feel? * Did you think that certain feelings were “good” and others were “bad”? * Did it seem you had to act on/react to your feelings? * How did you deny/push down/hide from feelings? * Have you heard the saying, “feelings are not facts”? * What does it mean to you? * How do you use it now? * Have you found a “feeling vocabulary” in recovery? * How do you respond to feelings now? * How are you able to feel, but act from your head? * How can you accept that you have feelings, and that they do not have to control your actions? * How have your feelings changed? * What slogans or tools help you to deal with how you feel? * Let go and let God. * This too shall pass. * Just for today. * One day at a time. * Easy does it. * First things first. * Prayer and meditation. * Inventory * How have you become more aware of and able to feel? Please call us at 734-707-8795 or email feedback@therecoveryshow.com with your questions or experience, strength and hope. Or just leave a comment right here. Music from the show Linkin Park: Numb Margaret Glaspy: Emotions and Math Adele: Hello