This is SUCH a strong podcast topic for approval addiction!!

This addiction sits underneath so many recovery struggles: codependency, relapse, perfectionism, people-pleasing, toxic relationships, fear of rejection, social media validation, and even burnout in helpers/caregivers.

“When your self-worth depends on other people’s opinions, you’ll abandon yourself just to avoid rejection.”

Approval Addiction Is a Real Addiction

Joyce Meyer in her book, "Approval Addiction" compares people-pleasing to addiction because it controls behavior. People become emotionally dependent on acceptance, praise, validation, and being “liked.”

* “What happens when approval becomes emotional oxygen?”

* “How many of us lost ourselves trying to keep everyone else comfortable?”

* addiction recovery

* codependency

* enabling

* social media validation

* unhealthy relationships

Some Points to think about...

How many of us in recovery are sober… but still emotionally imprisoned by other people’s opinions?

Mature recovery means learning that someone being unhappy with you does not mean you are bad.

What if your value never depended on your performance in the first place?

Ask yourself this: At some point in recovery, we all have to decide:

Will I disappoint myself to keep others comfortable…

or disappoint others to finally become free?

Thank you as always for joining!

Big Hugs and lots of Love, Amy & Kristy

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