Emotional Intelligence, EQ, is not fixed. It can be developed. It can grow with you throughout your sobriety and addiction recovery journey. Unlike your IQ, which is relatively stable throughout your life - your EQ is chomping at the bit to be focused on, because it can be raised exponentially when it is prioritized.

A majority of us started our addiction journeys at a relatively young age - which means that our brains were getting screwed with from 18-25. That is right about the time that emotional intelligence becomes the brains focus point in its growth and development. Add in that our society, and world at large, is highly EQ deficient and we have a damn good recipe for an emotionally un-intelligent populace.

It is time we turn our attention to shutting out the chattering mind. It is time we prioritize our EQ through understanding how we internalize our emotions. Not externalizing our emotions, so as to not rock the boat or upset anyone, is not what EQ is about. It is self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management - and we are gonna bring this to the table and put our attention on it.

We do not want to turn into the grumpy, old curmudgeon who no one wants to be around. We don't want to be the gossiper. We do not want to be beating ourselves up in our heads about anything. It is part of the human experience to have emotions. It is not part of our design to be run ragged by them.

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