The Platform Podcast

23. Audrey Carlson | LMFT & Addiction Counselor, Kettlebell athlete

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In this episode we welcome in Audrey Carlson, a member of the Twin Cities Kettlebell Club sport team and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and addiction counselor. We discuss how kettlebells helped save her and discuss how to build a strategy for dry January (or however your choose to approach it). Here are 10 Tips we discussed:

  1. Set up your environment for success
  2. Write down your "whys"
  3. Get social support
  4. List out your strategies to replace the behavior
  5. Identify your internal & external triggers and write them down
  6. Avoid external triggers as much as possible
  7. Build structure into your routine
  8. Experiment with different strategies to find what works best for you
  9. If you fall off, reflect on why and get started again
  10. Seek professional help - www.lionrockrecovery.com is the company that Audrey works for (100 percent online professional help); they have links to no-cost support groups for anyone (current clients, alumni AND the general public), including specialized groups for first responders and nurses.

    11. If you're wondering if you may have a substance use disorder, here are the updated DSM 5 Criteria for Diagnosing Substance Use Disorder:

    In the past year-

    1. Taking the substance in larger amounts or for longer than the you meant to
    2. Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance but not managing to
    3. Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering from use of the substance
    4. Cravings and urges to use the substance
    5. Not managing to do what you should at work, home or school, because of substance use
    6. Continuing to use, even when it causes problems in relationships
    7. Giving up important social, occupational or recreational activities because of substance use
    8. Using substances again and again, even when it puts the you in danger
    9. Continuing to use, even when the you know you have a physical or psychological problem that could have been caused or made worse by the substance
    10. Needing more of the substance to get the effect you want (tolerance)
    11. Development of withdrawal symptoms, which can be relieved by taking more of the substance.

      12. Severity of the disorder is determined by the number of symptoms present.

      2-3 Symptoms = Mild substance use disorder

      4-5 Symptoms = Moderate substance use disorder

      6 or more = Severe substance use disorder

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