10: Coping with Alcohol, Food, and Shopping: Moving from Unhealthy to Healthy Coping Strategies

Many of us use unhealthy coping strategies as a way to avoid feeling our feelings. In today’s episode, Amanda answers questions about three different unhealthy coping strategies – using alcohol, food, and shopping to cope with difficult feelings.

 
 

She also discusses how to become curious about why we may be using these unhealthy coping mechanisms and how to start finding healthy ways to engage with life and process our feelings.

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • Why so many of us use unhealthy coping strategies

  • Why many coping strategies are short term fixes, not long term solutions

  • How to become sober curious

  • How to start healing your relationship with food

  • Why shopping is not going to bring you long-term happiness

Episode References:

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Journal Prompts: Coping Strategies

Check out my list of journal prompts to help you to start looking at your coping strategies and becoming aware of why you use them and where they stem from.

This list is here to help you, don’t feel like you have to do every question, chose one or a few that work best for you.

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 Intro

  • 8:01 Listener Question 1

  • 23:00 Listener Question 2

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