We, as humans, have the capacity to feel and experience different feelings. Feelings are generally described as good (e.g. love, happiness, joy, contentment, fulfillment) or bad (e.g. disappointment, upset, frustration, anger, embarrassed). Have you ever stopped to think about what exactly is a feeling?
I would get done with work and it was time to make dinner. While preparing dinner, I enjoyed a glass of wine. And another glass with dinner. And sometimes another glass after dinner. When I was cutting back on my drinking, I found myself wanting to pour that first glass of wine each time I was preparing dinner.
Circumstances are the facts about something. Facts are something we can all agree on or can be proven in a court of law. Circumstances are neutral until we have a thought about them. Our thoughts are the sentences in our minds that give meaning to the circumstance or the way we interpret the circumstance for our lives.
You are at happy hour and maybe you think, “Ahhh, it’s happy hour!” “I love hanging out with friends and grabbing a drink, or two.” But if that drink or 2 turned into becoming more and more over time, that could lead you to a place you don’t want to be. How does that happen? Why was it becoming harder to control my drinking and how did this happen?
Yes, there are many people who become addicted to alcohol. But there are many drinkers out there who drink more than they would like and are not addicted. They may feel addicted but aren’t really sure. One thing you can’t base if you are addicted or not is the presence of mild withdrawal symptoms.
I was thinking about shame and how it works (or doesn’t work) for us in our lives. How do you show up in life when you have shame about something? What is shame?
We, as humans, have the capacity to feel and experience different feelings. Feelings are generally described as good (e.g. love, happiness, joy, contentment, fulfillment) or bad (e.g. disappointment, upset, frustration, anger, embarrassed). Have you ever stopped to think about what exactly is a feeling?
I would get done with work and it was time to make dinner. While preparing dinner, I enjoyed a glass of wine. And another glass with dinner. And sometimes another glass after dinner. When I was cutting back on my drinking, I found myself wanting to pour that first glass of wine each time I was preparing dinner.
Circumstances are the facts about something. Facts are something we can all agree on or can be proven in a court of law. Circumstances are neutral until we have a thought about them. Our thoughts are the sentences in our minds that give meaning to the circumstance or the way we interpret the circumstance for our lives.
You are at happy hour and maybe you think, “Ahhh, it’s happy hour!” “I love hanging out with friends and grabbing a drink, or two.” But if that drink or 2 turned into becoming more and more over time, that could lead you to a place you don’t want to be. How does that happen? Why was it becoming harder to control my drinking and how did this happen?
Yes, there are many people who become addicted to alcohol. But there are many drinkers out there who drink more than they would like and are not addicted. They may feel addicted but aren’t really sure. One thing you can’t base if you are addicted or not is the presence of mild withdrawal symptoms.
I was thinking about shame and how it works (or doesn’t work) for us in our lives. How do you show up in life when you have shame about something? What is shame?
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