Ep 71: DeAnna Jordan Giving Advice on What to do When You Quit Alcohol And Your Partner Doesn’t

DeAnna Jordan Giving Advice on What to do When You Quit Alcohol And Your Partner Doesn't Welcome to Episode # 71 of The Alcohol & Addiction Podcast the show designed to help you quit alcohol and change your life one story at a time. DeAnna Jordan serves as the clinical director at New Method Wellness where she supervises a team of caring, well-trained clinicians who provide continued support throughout a client’s stay at New Method Wellness. Jordan has over 20 years of experience working with clients in recovery and is a marriage and family therapist (MFT), specializing in the maintenance of healthy relationships. As a result of her expertise, Jordan has been featured on “Dr. Phil,” “Jane Valdez-Mitchell,” National Geographic’s “Taboo,” and has been published in Elle Magazine as well as The Huffington Post. Currently, Jordan is a contributing author for publications including Renew Everyday and U.S. News and World Report. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from University of California in Irvine, Jordan did post-graduate work at Centaur University where she graduated in the top of her class with a CAADAC certification in Centaur’s chemical dependency program. Following her time at Centaur, Jordan received her Masters in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a current PsyD candidate, studying depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. As a recovering addict, Jordan brings a breadth of personal recovery experience to her clinical leadership and believes a comfortable, structured and supportive environment is an essential part of maintaining long term sobriety. In addition to her passion for recovery, Jordan is extremely involved in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). As a current Woman of the Year candidate, Jordan is campaigning to raise funds for LLS blood cancer research in honor of local children who are blood cancer survivors. In this episode we talk about her 27-years of recovery condensed into her top five tips; the work of Carl Jung, stress tolerance, relapse prevention, cognitive behavioural therapy, and advice and tips relating to my blog post - 10 Reasons Your Marriage Fails After You Quit Alcohol (http://www.needyhelper.com/10-reasons-your-marriage-fails-after-you-quit-drinking-alcohol/) Podcast Takeaways “Five Minutes Off” Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2UKw8tFYyY) Feeling Good with David Burns (https://feelinggood.com/) Triple Column Work (CBT) (http://sourcesofinsight.com/how-to-use-the-triple-column-technique/) Outro Thanks for listening. Before you go, if you have any questions for DeAnna or me, then please leave them in the comments section on the blog, or you can message me at needyhelper@gmail.com. If you find the AA Podcast a valuable resource, then please tell your friends about it and share the love. You would make me a very happy man indeed if you could rate us on iTunes. This podcast would not be possible without the sterling efforts of Neil Chow and Liza Lim, so big hugs and kisses to them, and also to you, the listeners, without whom this podcast wouldn't be possible, so thanks for giving me your ear to bend. Talking about community, how would you like to become a member of the Needy Helper Hub? It's a new idea to create a connected community, with support and a continual personal improvement process forever. It's my intention to be online as much as I can to answer any questions you have about your addiction and to continually update the Hub with training tools, tips and techniques to help you create a whole new life. If that interests you, then click the link below to find out more - www.needyhelper.com/the-needy-helper-hub/