What if recovery isn't just about changing your thoughts—but also about learning to work with your body?

In this episode of The Alcohol Recovery Show, we explore somatic practices and how they can support long-term recovery from alcohol dependence. You'll discover what the term "somatic" means, why the nervous system plays such an important role in addiction and healing, and how simple body-based techniques can help you manage cravings, stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions without reaching for a drink.

We'll discuss:

✓ What somatic healing is and why it matters in recovery
✓ The connection between alcohol, trauma, stress, and the nervous system
✓ Why cravings often begin as physical sensations
✓ Grounding techniques to calm the body and mind
✓ Simple breathing exercises and body-awareness practices
✓ Practical tools you can start using today

Whether you're newly sober, sober curious, or have years of recovery behind you, this episode offers gentle, practical ways to reconnect with yourself and build emotional resilience.

If you'd like to explore some of these techniques mentioned in this episode in more depth, check out:

📖 Mindfulness for Alcohol Recovery by Lewis David and Antonia Ryan

📖 Mindfulness for Stress and Anxiety by Antonia Ryan

Both books are available from Winspress and offer practical exercises, reflections, and mindfulness techniques to support emotional wellbeing and recovery.

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Learn about an emotion that alcohol obliterated and more improatnatly learn about how to reconnect with this feeling that is a key element of recovery.

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Many of us used alcohol as a shortcut to confidence — to feel braver, calmer, more social, or less afraid. But real confidence isn’t found in a drink. It’s built through self-trust, courage, and learning to face life as you truly are.

In this episode of The Alcohol Recovery Show, we explore how self-doubt, fear, and overthinking can keep people stuck in the drinking cycle — and how recovery gives us the chance to build lasting confidence from the inside out.

We also discuss the excellent book Stop Doubting Yourself by Lewis David, a practical guide to overcoming fear, making decisions, trusting yourself, and building resilience.

Available here:

📘 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
🎧 Audible Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/

If you’re tired of second-guessing yourself and ready to grow stronger in sobriety, this episode is for you.