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Healing as an Adult Child of Alcoholics w/ Margy Schaller
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Episode 224: Healing as an Adult Child of Alcoholics w/ Margy Schaller
In episode 224 of the Sober Vibes podcast, Courtney Andersen welcomes Margy Schaller to the show, and they talk about healing as an Adult Child of Alcoholics, also known as ACA. Margy shares her story of addiction and recovery and how she started to live loud and proud in her sobriety after 18 years of sober living.
Margy Schaller is the Co-Founder of Sober Life Rocks, a community of people who choose not to drink, are sober-ish, sober curious, and sober wingmen. Their mission is to create spaces and initiate conversations that challenge the prevailing drinking culture, offering support to a wide range of individuals including salespeople, speakers, consultants, and other successful businesspeople.
What you will learn in this episode:
- After 20 years of sobriety, Margie discusses hiding her recovery for 18.5 years due to professional pressure.
- The Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) program helped Margie recognize how childhood experiences shaped her adult behavior.
- Common traits in adult children of alcoholics include hypervigilance, perfectionism, and the compulsion to "fix" others.
- Strategies for sober parents to have honest conversations with their children about alcohol
- Three powerful tips to begin healing: explore ACA literature, understand survival behaviors, and practice self-forgiveness
Thank you for listening!
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Resources mentioned:
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Adult Children of Alcoholics Book
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Chapters
1. Healing as an Adult Child of Alcoholics w/ Margy Schaller (00:00:00)
2. Welcome to Sober Vibes Podcast (00:00:31)
3. Margie's Story: 20 Years Sober and Hiding (00:08:57)
4. Adult Children of Alcoholics: The Healing Journey (00:20:39)
5. Breaking the Generational Cycle with Children (00:33:01)
6. Finding Forgiveness and Self-Acceptance (00:44:00)
7. Amplify Sober Voices Conference Announcement (00:54:30)
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