Emotional Sobriety in Practice: Using the Emotional Sobriety Inventory
Emotional Sobriety in Practice: Using the Emotional Sobriety Inventory
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An Extended Learning Workshop ยท 3 Hours
Emotional Sobriety in Practice
Using the Emotional Sobriety Inventory
With Dr. Allen Berger
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About the workshop
Something happens. Someone disappoints us, things don't go the way we hoped, or we find ourselves caught in a reaction we can't quite let go of.
The Emotional Sobriety Inventory gives us a way to slow that down and look at what may be happening underneath it.
In this three-hour workshop, Dr. Allen Berger will guide participants through the inventory. We'll look at the expectations and emotional dependencies that may be shaping our reactions, and begin to ask what it would mean to hold on to ourselves differently.
Allen's teaching will be paired with guided practice using the inventory, along with time for reflection, questions, and discussion.
The aim is not to stop having reactions. It's to understand what they may be showing us, and to move toward greater emotional autonomy.
You're welcome to download it here and look it over before our workshop. If you wish, bring a situation you'd like to ask Allen about. There's no preparation expected either way.
Times by region
This three-hour workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time (PDT), that's:
| Central US (CDT) | 11:00 a.m. |
| Eastern US (EDT) | 12:00 p.m. |
| UK & Ireland (BST) | 5:00 p.m. |
| Berlin (CEST) | 6:00 p.m. |
Tip: On this website, add your city and hover over PDT โ 9:00 a.m. to see what time that is where you live.
Practical information
๐ฅ Recording access
You can add recording access for $3 at checkout (ticketing fees apply). We will email you the access link one week after the workshop, and you can watch it for 180 days (we can extend this if you need more time). To keep the live session private and safe, we do not share the recording publicly.
๐ธ Refund policy
Need to cancel? You can get a full refund up to one week before the workshop. After that, we may not be able to offer a full refund, but we are flexible. Just reach out to us and we will figure something out together.
๐ Scholarship spots
We want our workshops to be as accessible as possible, and we understand that cost can sometimes be a barrier to participating.
For each workshop, we set aside a limited number of scholarships at 20%, 30%, and 50% off. These scholarship places reflect the level of support we are able to offer while also helping us sustain the workshops and continue making them available to our community.
If cost would otherwise prevent you from attending, you're warmly invited to apply. You will receive an email from us within an hour.
About the presenter
He is widely regarded as one of the clearest voices on emotional sobriety, an idea Bill Wilson first raised in a 1953 letter to the AA Grapevine and one Allen has spent decades turning into something usable. He is the author of the 12 series, including 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery, 12 Smart Things to Do When the Booze and Drugs Are Gone, and 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety, and he founded the Institute for Optimal Recovery and Emotional Sobriety.
emotionalsobriety.info
Recovery Reimagined workshops and community gatherings are educational and recovery-supportive spaces. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, professional mental health care, therapy, treatment or an individual's existing recovery program. Personal reflection and questions are welcome, but participation does not create a therapeutic or clinical relationship with Recovery Reimagined or a guest presenter.