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There's Life After Alcohol Abuse
Margaret is joined by alcohol survivor Dana Sealy in today’s episode of Today I Am Alive! Dana shares her personal story of overcoming her demons, her battle with alcohol and how she has learned to beat alcoholism and learn to like and love herself.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Drinking often feels like it can offer you stability and confidence, but in truth, it is used to mask and hide your true feelings. Alcoholism can hide pain because there are always smiles and laughter but it is all a temporary mask put on to make you feel better and an excuse to shy away from your real thoughts and feelings.
- Alcoholics are people pleasers and will do anything to please someone else, even if it was of harm or difficult to them.
- It’s very important to realise where you have been, the pain you have experienced and where you are today. Whatever problem you’re dealing with you’re not alone and often alcohol takes you to a place where you’re alone, a place of misery, but with some courage, you can overcome it.
BEST MOMENTS
“The journey began when I’d had enough, I'd had enough of drinking.”
“My alcoholism started from curiosity as a child.”
“I was unhappy at home. I was unhappy in my own mind and so I connected with others like that and for all the wrong reasons.”
“What affects the mind, affects the body, they’re intertwined and connected.”
“I myself have thought of suicide when I was going through my trauma, but it's because I just wanted that pain to stop, not to physically take my life.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Priceless Roles of a Mother is available from Amazon.
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE HOST
A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…
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By Margaret AberdeenMargaret is joined by alcohol survivor Dana Sealy in today’s episode of Today I Am Alive! Dana shares her personal story of overcoming her demons, her battle with alcohol and how she has learned to beat alcoholism and learn to like and love herself.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Drinking often feels like it can offer you stability and confidence, but in truth, it is used to mask and hide your true feelings. Alcoholism can hide pain because there are always smiles and laughter but it is all a temporary mask put on to make you feel better and an excuse to shy away from your real thoughts and feelings.
- Alcoholics are people pleasers and will do anything to please someone else, even if it was of harm or difficult to them.
- It’s very important to realise where you have been, the pain you have experienced and where you are today. Whatever problem you’re dealing with you’re not alone and often alcohol takes you to a place where you’re alone, a place of misery, but with some courage, you can overcome it.
BEST MOMENTS
“The journey began when I’d had enough, I'd had enough of drinking.”
“My alcoholism started from curiosity as a child.”
“I was unhappy at home. I was unhappy in my own mind and so I connected with others like that and for all the wrong reasons.”
“What affects the mind, affects the body, they’re intertwined and connected.”
“I myself have thought of suicide when I was going through my trauma, but it's because I just wanted that pain to stop, not to physically take my life.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Priceless Roles of a Mother is available from Amazon.
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaret.aberdeen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretaberdeen/
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE HOST
A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcome the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she came aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…