I’m OK Even If…
I'm OK Even If... Dr. Allen Berger on Sober Speak Listen to host John M. interview Dr. Allen Berger on Sober Speak in episode 293, "I'm OK Even if..." LISTEN NOW Listen Now
Nobody’s perfect. Here’s how to be a good influence on your kids anyway.
Taking accountability doesn’t equate to you pushing your child down the same slope. “You don’t have to feel like you’re giving your kid a hall pass to go out and use drugs,” says Allen Berger, a psychologist and the author of 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety. “What you’re doing is sharing your experience that no one’s going to [...]
What I Wish Someone Told Me About Getting Sober at 25
"That’s a common mentality among people who misuse substances because we tend to identify with the disease and lose sight of who we are." Allen Berger, PhD. What I Wish Someone Told Me About Getting Sober at 25 by Jay Deitcher I started drinking and misusing pharmaceuticals and alcohol because I was terrified of interacting [...]
Emotional Sobriety Means Not Being Addicted to Our Thoughts
– An Article for Attorneys
Emotional Sobriety Means Not Being Addicted to Our Thoughts – An Article for Attorneys by Scott Merrill, New Hampshire Bar Association In a special supplement to the New Hampshire Bar Association (NHBA) News - Living Well in 2022: Balancing Your Professional and Personal Growth - NHBA staffer Scott Merrill wrote an article Emotional [...]
12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety – A Book Summary
12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety – A Book Summary by Steve K. I have recently read psychotherapist Dr Allen Berger’s latest book ‘12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety’, which offers a comprehensive interpretation of the various characteristics that comprise the concept of emotional sobriety. According to Dr Berger, the phrase emotional sobriety was first [...]
Treatment Court Program in Washington County New York Embraces Emotional Sobriety
By Melanie Gulde of Treatment Court Program in Washington County New York In March 2020, the world as we know it changed not only for individuals in recovery but also for people working to help them stay sober. Our Treatment Court Program in Washington County New York oversees felony level offenders who have serious addictions. [...]
Jeff Vircoe of Aurora Recovery Centre
By Jeff Vircoe of Aurora Recovery Centre NOTE: Dr. Allen Berger provides training for clinical staff, and provides patient lectures for Aurora Recovery Centre Allen Berger is wandering about the kitchen in a plain black T-shirt and grey sweats. While he talks, the camera shows him chopping veggies, doing a sniff test of a container pulled [...]
Modern 12 Step Recovery
Glenn's new book is an outstanding resource for both counselors and clients. He translates the principles of recovery that were discovered in the 1930s through the 1950s into modern language and integrates them with cognitive behavioral therapy. You will learn a lot if you read this book and walk away with many important tools to initiate and sustain recovery. [...]
Archer Voxx on 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs are Gone
During the past few years, one of the areas I have focused my personal recovery on is emotional sobriety. It is a subject that I am passionate about. The book “12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone” is the best resource I know for developing an understanding of emotional sobriety and obtaining a set [...]
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part three)
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part three) An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing PART THREE | Faith How do we develop faith? For those of us in recovery, faith comes from witnessing the transformation in others who suffer from a [...]
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part two)
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part two) An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing PART TWO | Limbo If we truly accept that we suffer from a fatal illness over which we are powerless, we will experience what is called an [...]
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part one)
Stupid Thing #5: Feeling Special and Unique (part one) An excerpt from 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery by Allen Berger, PhD., Hazelden Publishing PART ONE | Humility Humility is the spiritual foundation of recovery. In order to feel worthy, we do not need to be unique. People who do best [...]