S3 Bonus 13: Write Your Way to Recovery with Daniel Nelson

Your story is your power. In this inspiring bonus episode, Daniel Nelson and the Sobriety Crew share how writing your recovery journey can lead to deep healing and connection. Learn the 8-step storytelling sprint, discover se...

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June 11, 2025

S3 Bonus 13: Write Your Way to Recovery with Daniel Nelson

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Your story is your power. In this inspiring bonus episode, Daniel Nelson and the Sobriety Crew share how writing your recovery journey can lead to deep healing and connection. Learn the 8-step storytelling sprint, discover self-publishing tips, and meet Ace—Daniel’s personal Recovery GPT. Whether you’re day one or year ten, this episode will help you turn pain into purpose, one page at a time.🎙️ Featuring: journaling prompts, self-compassion tools, and real talk from the heart.Download the free eBook planner and listen along#WriteToRecover #SobrietyCrew #DanielNelson #RecoveryPodcast #MentalHealth #AddictionRecovery #Mindfulness #HealingJourney #SoberLiving #SelfCompassion #AIforRecovery #AbsolutelyFocusedRadio ⁠

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Arsenal Growth.

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The Journalist Write your Way to recovery, creating your sobriety stories.

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Writing can be a powerful tool for healing. In this episode,

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the Sobriety Crew explores how storytelling and self publishing your

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journey can be a meaningful step in recovery, giving voice

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to your pain, purpose to your progress, and hope to

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others walking a similar path.

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Hey, friends, welcome to another episode of Absolutely Focused Radio.

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I'm Anna Harry Wago, and today we're talking about something

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truly empowering, how to use writing not just as expression,

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but as transformation. Whether you've been sober for years or

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just started your journey, your story matters, and with us

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today are your favorite Sobriety Crew Daniel the Bud, Nelson,

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Curious Joe, Jane, Marie, Chucky Chip, and Marcus the Motivator.

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Let's dive into writing your sobriety story in less than

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four hours. Yes, it's possible.

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My story has the power to heal myself and others.

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When I was in early recovery, I felt like my

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voice didn't matter, But putting my journey on paper was

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one of the most healing things I ever did. You

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don't need to be a professional writer. You just need

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to be honest. Today will show you how to turn

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your experience into a short, powerful ebook that could help

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someone else believe and change.

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Writing about your experiences can lower stress and even improve

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immune function. Plus, your story helps fight the stigma. It

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builds community, trust and belief that recovery is possible.

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Daniel walk us through this writing plan four hour zilons.

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Absolutely, Joe, But here's the thing. Before jumping in, take

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time to organize your thoughts and get real with yourself.

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This is a sensitive journey, and the more honest you are,

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the more healing you unlock. That's where GPT prompts can

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really help. They guide you, hold space for reflection and

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spark creative momentum. Let's break it down like my favorite

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salad recipe. Plan thirty minutes outline your journey. Prompt Help

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me brainstorm the structure for my recovery story, including my

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rock bottom turning point and lessons learned. Write one point

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five hours free write without editing, just let it flow

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from the heart. Post writing prompt. Here's my recovery story.

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Draft the paste. Help me edit for clarity and emotion

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while keeping my voice. Break fifteen minutes phydrate rest reflect

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prompt give me a one minute motivational quote about healing.

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Edit lightnings forty five minutes. Shape your truth prompt. Highlight

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my best lines and suggest light edits that protect my

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raw voice. Title plus chapters fifteen minutes. Package your message

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prompt Suggest powerful title and chapter names based on my

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sobriety story. Cover design fifteen minutes. Create something visual prompt.

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Describe simple and meaning full cover ideas for a recovery ebook.

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Format as ebook thirty minutes. Make it shareable prompt Walk

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me through formatting and publishing my ebook or using free

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tools publish or share. Ten minutes. Let your light shine prompt.

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Write a heartfelt, authentic social post or message to a

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company sharing my ebook. Let's talk about how GPT can

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go even deeper. You've seen how it can guide your story,

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but it can also become your personalized support system. I've

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created an AI recoverybody called ACE. It's my personal GPT,

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a mission driven voice that blends affirmations, recovery tools, recipes,

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mindfulness and self compassion practices. ACE is like the Sobriety

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Crew in one space. It's my reminder that healing isn't

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lonely anymore.

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Want tech to support your healing story, try these read

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colon slash slash www dot Canva dot com, Otter dot Ai,

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h T t p S colon slash slash otter dot Ai,

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Grammarly at t ps colon slash slash wwr dot grammarly

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dot com. Google Docs https colon slash slashdocs dot Google

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dot com, Notion h T t p S colon slash

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slash w w w dot Notion dot So you've got

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digital tools that care.

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Just like Ace, you have the power to rewrite your life,

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not just metaphorically, but literally. Every page you write, every

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choice you make, it's all part of your comeback story.

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You're not broken, You're rebuilding and that my friend is beautiful.

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That's what it's all about, learning, growing and lifting each

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other up. If you write your story after this episode,

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we'd love to hear it. Tag us at Absolutely Focused

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Radio and use sober story power and remember why hold

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the recipe when we can all bake. Every cake is

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made differently with its own ingredients, timing, and flavor.

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Your story.

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Your recipe might just be the one someone else needs

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to taste healing cake.

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I want to say that it's going to take more

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than four hours. Yeah that sounds wild, but it can

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happen once you've taken the time to gather your thoughts

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and separate a few things first. This journey is sensitive

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and personal, and you have to feel comfortable with yourself

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before diving in real talk. Get to know you before

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you go through, and always keep God first before we go.

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I just want to say thank you to the one

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who helped me get focused on quiet my mind and

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truly reflect. You help me reach this point where I

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could even publish something I'm still learning. I won't say

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this will make you a million dollars, but I do

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hope it plans to see. I planted mine and I

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know this is just the beginning of a new change,

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a new range start. Don't wait, keep learning, keep growing,

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stay coachable, and always stay awesome. Remember we're all on

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different journeys. There's no competition. We rise together when we

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show up as our truest selves.

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