Emotional Sobriety

From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance

By: Tian Dayton

Narrated by: Elizabeth Hanley

Do you use substances or engage in compulsive activities to regulate your mood? Do you reach for something sweet, a couple of drinks, or a pack of cigarettes after a difficult day because you can't unwind without them? Do you race to the stores to spend away the day's frustrations or run around in circles taking more time to get less done? If these self-defeating habits sound familiar, Emotional Sobriety will shed light on why and how these coping mechanisms threaten your health and impact resilience. When we manage the stresses of the day by turning to outside 'mood managers' such as food, sex, work, shopping, gambling, drugs, and alcohol rather than healthier forms of 'self-soothing,' it is because we lack emotional sobriety - the state of processing our thoughts efficiently to bring our emotions into balance, says best-selling author and renowned addictions psychologist Tian Dayton, Ph.D. In her latest book, Emotional Sobriety, Dr. Dayton shares compelling, honest tales of her life experiences and case studies of those she has counseled. Illustrating that emotional sobriety is a mind/body phenomenon, Dr. Dayton includes ideas on how to attain emotional literacy - the skill of translating feelings into words so that we can use our thought processes to understand and bring our emotions into balance - and how to calm the limbic system so that we can actually experience what we're feeling. The limbic system processes our emotions and governs our mood, appetite, and sleep cycles. Repeated painful experiences, in childhood or adulthood, over which we have no ability or sense of control or escape can over sensitize us to stress and deregulate our limbic system. Dr. Dayton shows you through concrete examples how to bring your emotions and thoughts into balance and learn healthy ways of 'self-soothing' to relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety, rage, and the desire to self-medicate.

©2007 Tian Dayton (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Amazing

I am so happy this book is in print. This book represents a well-articulated map of the recovery journey - from relational trauma to resilience and balance. This is a valuable resource for anyone making their way back to wholeness or helping someone to do so.

Addicts and Addicts alike will get a lot out of this.

Stellar Book for Children of Addicts and Addicts alike. Very well written and read. Brings a lot of things the light.

This book is next to the Bible for life recovery.

Tian left no rock unturned, being a victim/ victor of sexual abuse and emotional neglect who ended up losing a child to suicide the pages turned and renewal happens. Do the work.

This is THE book !!

If you've any pain in your past...parents, spouses, anyone that made you feel bad... then you MUST read this! Regardless of the catalyst, pain is pain. Don't allow it to hold you back !

This book gave me the insight into my 'woes' and inspiration to become a balanced happier person.

The tools she uncovered were within me all along.

I'm 58 now, twice married (if I knew then...) at least my second husband will not have to bare the burden of my unresolved childhood issues.

I'd love to have the opportunity to thank you in person someday but for now... I hope you can my gratitude.

Perfect for trauma therapists

It s an amazing book🫶 with a lot of information that can help you. It s totally a Tian Dayton book, always at the sunject, with very good informations.