Emotional Sobriety

Emotional sobriety is an ongoing part of recovery, including for those of us who have been sober for many years. These recordings and resources grew out of the Emotional Sobriety webinar hosted by Freethinkers Living Sober beginning on August 29, 2020, and continuing each month with the workshops that followed.

Freethinkers Living Sober is a secular A.A. group based in the Verde Valley of Arizona. We welcome exploration of emotional sobriety through different experiences and perspectives.

Emotional Sobriety recordings

Watch the recordings on our YouTube channel. The original webinar is in two parts, followed by later workshops and a separate Spiritual Bypassing presentation.

Original webinar, Part I · Part II — August 29, 2020, with Allen Berger, Marya Hornbacher, Joe C., and John R.

Workshop II — November 29, 2020; find the recording on our channel.

Workshop III: Sober Enough — Joe C. on an antidote to perfectionism, January 31, 2021.

Workshop IV: Emotional Range — Marya Hornbacher on navigating highs, lows, and in-betweens, March 28, 2021.

Workshop V: Interpersonal Relationships — John R. on relationships as a pathway to emotional sobriety, May 30, 2021.

Spiritual Bypassing — John R.’s separate presentation, including material not included in Part I of the original webinar.

Supplemental ES documents

View the presenters’ slides and notes to accompany the recordings.

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