Jun 24, 2021
Welcome to today’s show!
WHAT WE’LL LEARN:
- Arlina described her deepest roots as having come from two traumatic incidents early on. She learned some survival skills that “did not translate into healthy adult relationships.”
- How at age 8 or 9, Arlina discovered alcohol. And she described the first drink vividly. She stated, “The self-confidence & self-loathing was lifted….” This cemented the theory that alcohol would take away “all these bad feelings.”
- Why she felt money or love was going to save her. (Hint: love did not come in the form she was expecting)!
- Why she feels Quantum Physics explains everything she had learned from her religious upbringing.
- Arlina shared she made all her decisions based on low self-esteem. And her work in recovery is now to identify & reframe her self-beliefs.
- How “Empathy is the antidote to shame.” Arlina shared that her shame presented as defensiveness. And shame could not survive once it was spoken.
- How connection became the cure to her feeling less shame, less isolated & less alone.
- Stay tuned for next week’s interview with Arlina Allen as we focus on the theory & practice of her recovery along with a writing exercise!
Key Quotes:
Arlina’s tagline: “If it were in a bottle, a bag, or blue jeans, I was doing it.”
“I was trying to think my way into right living. And it turns out I needed to live my way into right thinking.”
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