In this edition of The Way Out I’m absolutely thrilled to bring you my interview with Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Person in Long term recovery and author, Dr. Laura Petracek. Laura shares her journey to and through recovery from alcoholism and addiction while at the same time coming to terms with, and addressing her bipolar disorder which together ended up being the struggle of her lifetime, and one that eventually motivated her to implement Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT for short in her own life along with the 12-Step program she’d been working for years. A struggle, that ultimately informed her new book The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Skills and Strategies for Emotional Regulation, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention which is chalked full of Recovery tools that are centered in DBT and the 12 Steps, which increasingly enable us achieve the often illusive balance between the extremes we’ve been accustomed to, and thereby enabling us to become increasingly closer to the people we feel called to be, and this here interview is likewise plum full of spiritual and recovery truth so listen up.

Contact Dr. Laura Patracek and learn more about The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Skills and Strategies for Emotional Regulation, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention

https://www.laurapetracekphd.com/

https://www.amazon.com/DBT-Workbook-Alcohol-Drug-Addiction/dp/1839972521

Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation:

Soul Silence: A Unique Approach to Mastering the 11th Step by Peter Amato - https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Silence-Unique-Approach-Mastering/dp/0757315305

DBT App:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.swasth.dbtcoach

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dbt-coach/id1452264969

Best Recovery Advice: This too shall pass, One step at time, Hang on keep moving forward, It's easier to stay sober than to get sober

Song that symbolizes Recovery:

Learning to live by Celia Van Marth (sang during the episode)

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HNQyyjlFBrDbOUADgw1Sz

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