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• 😱 Daily Motivation & Therapy: Dealing with Powerful Emotions

• 📕 Read a Good Book

• 😂 Meme of the Day

😱 Daily Motivation & Therapy: Dealing with Powerful Emotions

If you're anything like me, you used substances to cope with, or downright subdue your emotions. But then you got sober... Now, every little thing may cause you to experience potent emotions that seem amplified and uncontrollable.

Learning to deal with those strong emotions is part of the recovery journey, but not an easy one. Whether you feel anger or grief, shame or disappointment, strong negative emotions can be an obstacle to sobriety. They can cloud your rationality and lead to poor decisions.Here are a few things you can do to work your way through strong emotions:

Avoid Repression: Drugs and alcohol are often a way to repress emotions and you may still try to repress your emotions during sobriety as well. Avoid doing so because you will never learn to cope and manage if you keep avoiding overwhelming feelings. 

Think About It: Emotions are complicated... try taking a moment to think about your mood, get under control, and recognize why you might be feeling that way. Ask yourself these questions:

• What am I feeling right now?

• Why am I feeling this way?

• What can I do about these feelings?

• Is there a better way to cope?

Take a Deep Breath: Both literally and figuratively, a deep breath can help you calm down, create some space between the emotional trigger and your feelings, and allow you to gain perspective. Remind yourself that emotions are temporary.

Want additional help with emotional management? Check out the book below!

📕 Read a Good Book📕

Even if you aren't really a sensitive person, sobriety can intensify emotions so it can be difficult to manage. This book is a great choice to help you not only learn to cope with potent feelings but to use them to your advantage. You will soon learn to view your strong emotions as a gift instead of a curse.

With sections on finding peace within life's ups and downs as well as strategies for navigating difficult relationships, it's perfect for anyone in recovery who seems to have forgotten how to deal with emotions.

Click here to get this book today!

😂 MEME OF THE DAY 😂