Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

Emotional Regulation in Recovery. #addictionrecovery #soberpodcast

17 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of the "Emotional Regulation in Recovery" podcast, the host emphasizes the exhale as the quickest and most accessible tool for managing emotions during recovery. Listeners are guided to put down their phone, take a long exhale, release shoulder tension, slightly open the mouth, and conduct a brief body scan. The speaker frames this breath‑focused practice as a foundational, everyday technique that can be used anytime to bring attention back to the body and calm the nervous system, positioning it as the single most valuable habit for emotional regulation in sobriety.

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Yeah. Well, the fastest, the fastest and always available tool is our exhale. Right. So yeah, just coming to like, set the phone down, take a long exhale, release the tension in your shoulders, right? Like open your mouth a little bit. So like coming back to the body and the exhale and the breath. I think is like a, is a foundational practice that I find myself doing all the time. So, so I think that's like, if I only had one and, you know, that would be, that would be the biggest one is, is coming back to our body and, and the exhale and just like noticing like right now, wherever you're listening to this, like take a quick scan of your body.