Factory Settings Every worldview has an origin story.

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Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, talk about the gifts they’ve found in sobriety. They discuss how they feel about the phrase “this too shall pass,” the relationship between stoicism and some of the AA teachings, recognizing that sobriety wouldn’t just automatically solve your problems, their own personal addictions, destructive behavior patterns that sobriety has allowed them to recognize and leave behind, and how sobriety has allowed a new level of maturity. They also cover how people’s brains are developing differently depending on whether they are online or offline, how relationships heal, the compounding benefits of being in a long term relationship, maintaining psychological flexibility, and their different experiences in sobriety.
Questions:
* What’s something in your life that you’ve changed that has had a long term benefit to your life? What has the gift been?
* What is the go to emotion that knocks you off the beam when you’re doing really well?

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