Stop Those Nightmares & Change Your Drinking

Last month Dr. Bruce Dow coached two survivors with nightmares on air about how to use the dream revision technique to change, reduce and hopefully eliminate the content and frequency of their bad dreams. Today, he returns for a follow-up check-in with, Kim, one of the women he coached. During our conversation we discussed working with your dreams during the day and nighttime, the part of your brain that helps make new habits, and how to use your own inner self as well as others in the process.

In our second segment Kenneth Anderson joined me to discuss alcohol addiction – and how to overcome it. A former alcoholic himself, he candidly spoke about his process out of addiction, his book, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR DRINKING, and the program he runs that helps facilitate success for so many people struggling with a drinking problem. We covered:

• The HARM Reduction Approach
• the link between trauma and addiction
• the problem with most addiction treatments, plus the current sea change in approach
• the value of self-compassion and how to use it in addiction recovery
• techniques, resources and other areas of focus in recovery

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