#138 | Identifying with the Disease | Dave's Warstory

We're back!! After a long hiatus the boys are back with a new look, new episode and new sobriety dates? Listen to find out.

This week we have an awesome story from someone you may all know. Dave from the Dopey podcast got with us to share his experience strength and hope. Here just how dark things can be before the dawn, and know that no matter how far down you fall, you can always get back up if you're willing to accept the help being offered to you. You are sure to get something out of it.

Dave's story inspired the topic, "identifying with the disease." Though some of us may fight it, eventually we begin to make our using and drinking a part of our identity. We find ourselves among great artist and poets who may have influenced us growing up. Unfortunately, building our identity around the addiction can make it that much harder to surrender. After all, without the drugs and alcohol (or food, sex, gambling, etc) who am I? Get sober and find out. Anything's got to be better than the way we were.

Thanks Dave for sharing your story! Listen to the Dopey Podcast anywhere you get your podcast. It's a great place to laugh about the crazy things we used to do!! Glad we're not there today!

Dopey on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917

Dopey on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3woZxvcZy5hpYX1ODKoC1y?si=bb1f424f69de48e8

RESOURCES

Excellent Drugs and Suicide resource from The Recovery Village www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/drugs-and-suicide/

If you have questions about how your condition can lead to suicidal thoughts check this out from The Recovery Village

www.therecoveryvillage.com/co-occurring-disorders/suicide-hotline/

Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings https://aa-intergroup.org/

Narcotics Anonymous online meetings https://virtual-na.org/

Find an Overeaters Anonymous meeting https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/

Refuge Recovery website https://refugerecovery.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health services 1-800-662-HELP

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Suicide prevention hotline 1-800-273-8255

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Domestic Violence hotline 1-800-799-SAFE

https://www.thehotline.org/

National Human Trafficking hotline 1-888-373-7888

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

More information about Human Trafficking within the trucking community can be found here: https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/trucking-and-human-trafficking/

Al-Anon information (support for families) https://al-anon.org/

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