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Liz McKean & Bryce Cobb III: Social Media and the Power to Click

The Phoenix Sober Active Community Season 1 Episode 107

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#107: Bryce and Liz are back this week to discuss a topic that carries both positive effects and negative drawbacks: social media. If the opposite of addiction is connection, then social media can be a tool to connect us, like it connected Bryce to this podcast. For Liz, social media is how she discovered The Phoenix, as well as other recovery communities and yoga spaces. 

But just as social media can be positive, it can also negatively impact our mental health and become an escape. To that, Bryce reminds us of the "power to click" and allowing yourself to pause. Check out the episode to hear from Liz and Bryce as they dive into this topic and more, including:

  • Bryce's experience working through some recent anxiety, and the beauty he witnessed after sitting through it.
  • The moments of lightness and joy that lead us to make a change. For Liz, this moment was on the yoga mat. 
  • The gift of pause in recovery and filling the void with things that will make you feel better.

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If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health or substance use related crisis, the following resources can provide immediate help.*

If you are experiencing a medical/mental health emergency, dial 911.

  • Dial 988 for the SAMSHA Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.  Available 24/7
  • Text “HOME” to 741-741 for the NAMI Crisis Text Line.  Available 24/7
  • Dial 1-800-622-2255 to connect with a nearby treatment center & community resources through NCADD Hope Line. Available 24/7
  • Call/text 1-844-326-5400 for The GSCA CARES Warm Line.  Answered by Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialists with lived experience of SUD.  Available any day of the year, 8:30am-11pm EST


*Note: The resources listed are provided for informational purposes only.  This list is not comprehensive and does not constitute an endorsement by The Phoenix or the Rise Recover Live Podcast.

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