TAKING THE HELM with Lynn McLaughlin

Ep 94: Stephan Neff | Alcoholic? Turn Your Life Around


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Are you ready to take the first step to turn your life around? ย ย 
Dr. Stephan Neff is passionate about demystifying mental health problems and helping the people around him ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. ย 
He is uniquely qualified in this role. After all, a lifetime of trauma led Stephan to drown his sorrows, only to find that the critters can swim. As an alcoholic in recovery, he has experienced addiction and mental health problems first-hand. After successful rehabilitation, Stephan is now an expert in ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†. ย 
In his book "My steps to Sobriety" he shares the lessons he has learned as a doctor and as a man. And the truth is simple - The past does not equal the future. Every alcoholic can turn his life around, one little decision at a time. This book shows how to do it. ย But would it not make sense to start earlier? Stephan believes that it is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. His creative partnership with Belinda Managh has led to the beautiful "Esmee the mindful mouse"-series, which addresses core beliefs that are laid down in early childhood. ย 
Stephan also hosts, "Steps to sobriety - Into the Light" and helps demystify mental health problems and addiction.
00:25 ย Alcoholism - a disease of hiding
04:00 ย A dark time escaping the reality of pain
07:30 ย The first step
12:20 ย The Twelve Steps Program and Stephan's system
19:30 ย The first year in recovery
22:00 ย My Steps to Sobriety - the first year out of recovery and being prepared
26:48 ย It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Esmee the Mindful Mouse - children's book
33:30 ย Teaching our children mindfulness also helps ourselves
36:40 ย Steps to Sobriety Into the LIght podcast show
41:45 ย The past does not equal the future
https://mystepstosobriety.comย 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5Rgw59jOX4y3iDeMAXpwQ ย (YouTube show)ย 
https://www.facebook.com/stepstosobriety ย ย 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-neff-author/
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