Michael E. on Emotional Sobriety, Character Defects, and the Next Frontier – Micheal E.
About This Speaker Tape
A bathroom in Georgia, a secret phone call, and a marriage on the brink of collapse. Micheal E. doesn't offer a polished lecture; she speaks from the wreckage of four failed marriages and a childhood she once used to justify a lifetime of self-pity. For Micheal, emotional sobriety isn't a Hallmark card—it's a war against "emotional intoxicants" like anger and jealousy. She describes the "human hurricane" of rage and the "slobbering, blubbering temper fit" of the self-pity bar.
She rejects the idea that faith and fear cannot coexist, arguing instead that you don't need courage unless you are afraid. From panic attacks at LAX to the trauma of her daughter's kidnapping, Micheal describes a Higher Power that doesn't remove defects by magic, but through the grit of Steps 6 and 7. She warns against "spirituality by injection," insisting that the only way out of the mental dump is through the relentless action of helping others.
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