James Swanwick

Alcohol-Free Lifestyle

Victoria English

  • How To Release The Need To Control Everything

How To Release The Need To Control Everything

Tuesday 13th February 2024

Coach Victoria English shares a simple tool to help high performers manage their need for control and find peace in alcohol recovery.
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Mastering Control: A Tool for High Performers in Alcohol Recovery

Episode Overview

  • Identify what you can control, what you have some control over, and what is completely out of your hands.
  • Apply the three-circle exercise to situations that trigger you to drink.
  • Learn from relatable examples like the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Understand how misplaced efforts to control can lead to frustration and increased drinking.
  • Gain insights from Victoria's personal experiences with control issues.
It's amazing how much more controllable life becomes when we aren't drinking.
High performers often struggle with the need to control everything, and this episode of the Alcohol-Free Lifestyle podcast tackles that very issue. Coach Victoria English dives into the common desire for control and how it can be particularly challenging for those striving to reduce or quit alcohol. Victoria shares a simple yet effective exercise involving three concentric circles to help you identify what you can control, what you have some control over, and what is completely out of your hands.
She uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a relatable example to illustrate how misplaced efforts to control uncontrollable factors can lead to frustration and increased drinking. By applying this exercise to your own life, especially to situations that trigger you to drink, you can find more peace and better manage your responses. Victoria also opens up about her personal experiences with control issues while raising teenagers, providing a heartfelt and relatable perspective.
This episode is a must-listen if you're looking to gain long-term power over alcohol and improve your mental well-being. Are you ready to find some peace by letting go of what you can't control?
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