Self-love. It may not come natural to most of us. In fact, usually the opposite is true. But once we begin to clear away the wreckage of our past and establish some new healthy practices, we can find acts of self-love everywhere.

In this episode Willy and Cameron get into self-love. When we’re on top of our game and firing on all cylinders it can be easy to love ourselves. But what about when we’re struggling? Is it possible to love ourselves when we aren’t living up to our potential?

The truth is self-love is learned. Just like anything else in that regard, it gets better with practice. Just ask this week’s war story. Scott shares with us his amazing tale of recovery and the journey he has been on since learning how to love himself after finally getting clean. Though he was always quick to show and express love to those around him, the one person Scott struggled to love was himself. From the schoolyard to the jailhouse, into the courtroom and on to multiple treatment centers, hear what it took for him to finally get some solid footing beneath him and begin being more of the man he always knew he could be.

Scott and his wife Olivia are the hosts of Choosing Recovery, a YouTube channel sharing people’s stories of recovery, along with other conversations around addiction. You can also find their videos along with their blogs at www.choosing-recovery.com. A lot of great stories shared here including our own Cameron and Willy!

Follow Scott and Olivia on Tik Tok at @choosingrecovery.

Like and subscribe to their YouTube channel to show your support and get amazing inspiration from others in recovery! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPrP4q8Yb7AN5uOIRDAYl7A

Thanks for sharing your stories!

RESOURCES
Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings
https://aa-intergroup.org/

Narcotics Anonymous online meetings
https://virtual-na.org/

Find an Overeaters Anonymous meeting
https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/

Refuge Recovery website
https://refugerecovery.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health services
1-800-662-HELP
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Suicide prevention hotline
1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Domestic Violence hotline
1-800-799-SAFE
https://www.thehotline.org/

National Human Trafficking hotline
1-888-373-7888
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

Al-Anon information (support for families)
https://al-anon.org/

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