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Early Sobriety Tips For Success (Managing Post Acute Withdrawal) Recovery Concepts #17

21 May 2019 · 1 min

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A short advice segment by Amber Hollingsworth advising people in early sobriety/post-acute withdrawal to use simple physical movement (e.g., walking) to improve mood and speed recovery of brain chemistry. The speaker offers small, achievable strategies (short walks, setting minimal goals) rather than intense exercise requirements.

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One of the quickest ways you can feel better when you first stop drinking or using is to get some physical movement. This is not some sort of, like, lecture or preachy session about eating organic or, you know, like, running 10 miles a day. I'm saying if you just walk, like, you don't have to run. You don't have to do anything huge. If you just say, I'm gonna walk around my neighborhood. I'm gonna walk one. Sometimes for me in the morning, I'll just say, okay, I'm just gonna go to the cul de sac and back. Like, I'll make these little, like, deals with myself, because once I go to the cul de sac and back, then I feel better. And then I'll usually walk more. But if I. But I kind of give myself. But I give myself an out if I say, well, if I just do this, let me just do that. So if you want to feel better, move more, it actually starts to fix those brain chemicals faster. So it will help you to feel physically better, feel faster if you get some physical movement. If you're more athletic, then go run your 10 miles or whatever it is, but you got to at least move around. It will make you feel better immediately.