The Recovery Guy Podcast: Recent Episodes
Robert Pardon
This is the podcast for recoveryguy.org, a sobriety life coach, who uses his 30+ years of recovery to help you go from broken to whole.
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Robert speaks to a roomful of people in Treatment. He shares his story in a compelling way to help others.
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Listen as Robert speaks to a room full of Al-Anons at this conference. There is a great and necessary common bond.
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Join Drewe and Me as we discuss Serving Others as an obligation and a means by which we stay recovered.
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Join Jason T and Me as we discuss the requirements of Steps 1,2,3 as the foundation for recovery.
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Join Justin and me as we explore the universal truths of recovery. Regardless of your addiction or the path you are on, there are some requirements necessary to bring about wellness/recovery.
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Robert shares his 39-year journey of recovery. Join us and share.
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Join Robert again as he tells of his 39-year journey of recovery. This episode is for newcomers who want to learn about the 12 steps of recovery.
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Robert walks us through the steps, explains why steps are important, and talks briefly about each of the 12 steps. Join us as we grow in our understanding
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Join Robert as he shares his story. Robert describes his journey from being a hopeless drunk to a person who has recovered.
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Join Mary as she tells the story from hopeless to recovered.
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Join Jason T as he tells his story of hopelessness to recovery.
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Will is taking his 45-year chip. I am honored to be the opening speaker and give him this wonderful medallion.
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Join us as we listen to Mark’s journey of ODAAT for the rest of his life.
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Join us as we take a listen to David’s story. His journey includes going from a hopeless alcoholic to a person who has recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Won’t you join us?
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Please join Clint and the others as we walk down the path of his journey. Clint’s story of a hopeless alcoholic to recovery is one not to be missed. Thanks for listening.
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One more time Suzy and I share our common Experience, Strength, and Hope. We have been on different paths getting well ODAAT. Join us during our engaging conversation.
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Join us as we travel with Ryan, who shares his experience, strength, and hope. This message will encourage you.
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Join us as we welcome Chaz M. Chaz, who shares his journey from helplessness and hopelessness to a man who can go anywhere and do anything.
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Join Robert as he explores the intent of Page 132 from the Big Book. what does it mean to “absolutely insist on enjoying life? Robert’s journey will help underscore the necessity of this directive.
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Join us as we welcome Denise N. Denise shares her story of hopelessness to recovery. this is a story you won’t want to miss.
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Join us as we welcome Dave M to the platform at SDRC This is a story you will not want to miss.
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Join us as we go on Billy’s journey of sobriety. Billy has walked this path for over 40 years and his story is compelling and worth listening to. Enjoy.
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In this episode, Robert discusses the connection between diethyl ether, the anesthetic, and alcohol. Both substances are designed to reduce pain and discomfort. One is necessary and one only seems like it is.
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Join me as I feature Women of Recovery. Sammie Jo is dynamic and understands what it takes to get and stay sober. Her joy for recovery is something you will not want to miss.
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Join Michelle and Robert as they share their experience, strength, and hope with others. This is an episode you will listen to and share.
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Join Suzy and Robert as they discuss their journeys to recovery. Neither speak for their program, but they share their experience as a result of the programs. Suzy and Robert have both become well. Listen to their stories of wellness and what they do each day to grow their understanding. This is an episode you will want to share.
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Join Drewe and Robert. They combine their voices to create a picture of recovery. Follow their journey from Broken to Whole. This is an episode you won’t want to miss.
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In this episode, Robert discusses losing the right to choose. Once he stopped drinking a new window opened that allowed him to make better choices. Robert can now choose.
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Join Robert as he continues his journey of recovery. Robert’s sobriety date is April 25, 1986. At The Turning Point in Las Vegas, NV, his path from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body to becoming well began. Over 38 years later Robert continues to be a recovered member of a twelve-step program that saved his life.
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Join Michelle and Robert as they travel down the recovery journey. Michelle and Robert share their experience, strength, and hope in a way that makes recovery accessible to all.
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Join Michelle as she takes you on a journey From Broken to Whole. You won’t want to miss a word of her story. Michelle paints a compelling picture of someone who was lost and broken into a Vessel of Honor.
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Join Robert as he paints a picture of his 38-year journey into recovery. Robert talks of his despair and his subsequent recovery from alcoholism. This is an episode you will not want to miss.
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Jason T shares his experience, strength, and hope in a dynamic and foundational way. Whether one is new or has been around for a minute you will not want to miss his story of recovery and hope.
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In this podcast, Mayra shares her experience, strength, and hope. Women helping women is needed in the rooms of recovery. Mayra is an example to all women.
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What does that mean? Does that mean we give up on others? Does that mean we try to determine who might benefit and who won’t? Or does that mean that we continue to do the best we can for ourselves and are best equipped to help someone else when the opportunity is given? If you are a true person of recovery then the answer is obvious. Just as Bill W. discovered many years ago even he couldn’t “save them all”, but somewhere in the trying he was saved.
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In this episode, Robert discusses Page 4 of As Bill Sees It and the ability to choose. The answer is YES!!! We aren’t victims of our Inheritance. We are victors despite where or who we came from. Join Robert as he discusses the journey towards recovery which he claims his power to make life-changing choices.
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In this episode, Robert shares the loneliness and despair he was experiencing as a person of active addiction This loneliness made the camaraderie even more attractive. It was in this environment, that recovery took place. Please listen and share this episode with a friend and loved one.
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In this episode, Robert explores the power of community and why he feels it is essential to a recovered life. Without community, we don’t have a sense of belonging. Without belonging we will NEVER get well and or recover.
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This episode explores Rebecca Elvey’s teachings and compares them to the principles of recovery. How these are things we should watch out for as stumbling blocks and things we should do to promote growth and happiness
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I was very honored to be part of this annual event. Being around and sharing with newcomers and program graduates is the lifeblood of my recovery. Please listen and share this event. We never know whom we are going to help. Be blessed
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In this episode, Robert shares part of his journey. Robert began his recovery journey Feb 9, 1986, After 71 days of being sober and a brief relapse, Robert returned to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous on April 25, 1986. He has been sober ever since. Please listen; hopefully, you will find yourself on both sides of this common journey.
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I had the pleasure of visiting those in recovery at the Renaissance Ranch, in Rupert, ID. This talk is about my time with them. Sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others is foundational to personal recovery. Please listen.
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Experience, Strength, and Hope are what we share. We hope the newcomer is open to a new of living. "We are sure, God wants us to be happy, Joyous, and free. Join and share Robert's recovery journey that has kept him sober since April 25, 1986.
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In this episode, Robert tells of his 37-year journey to recovery. Robert shares his feelings of "being an almost" until he meets King Alcohol. Despite the ups and downs of his life, Robert would find the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and he would never be the same.
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Sharing our experience, strength and hope is how we all learn to live the sober way of life. Robert shares his story from a hopeless alcoholic to a recovered person.
Sharing our experience, strength, and hope
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Al-Anon and AA join together to create a complete story of wellnessAlcoholism is a family disease. More often than not, It is necessary for both the co-dependent and the addict to seek a path to wellness. Using the tools from two different, yet similar, plans of recovery both parties begin a recovery journey. Couples or families that don’t choose this path will not survive or be happy.
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Throughout my life, I heard many things regarding my potential. The word BUT was used as part of my description when I was mentioned. People would often say how wonderful they thought I could be, BUT….. There was always an exclusion of my potential. There was always a conjunction between how I wanted to be seen and how I was seen. This lasted until I first came into recovery when I was 32. It was then that I learned to Drop the But. My journey has been to be as I hoped to be seen, without the word BUT playing a role in that description. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast. Be blessed
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The difference between those who get sober and those who live a life of sobriety is Transformation. When we look at the emotional, mental, spiritual and the physical one is no more important than the other. Having said a well-rounded Transformation is REQUIRED for lifelong recovery. Today’s conversation with Alex covers exactly that.
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In the beginning, all most of us can do is hang onto our recovery chair. After we are sober for a while, we begin to see the areas of our life that went neglected. For most of us, the physical side of our health went ignored. A well-rounded sober journey requires to I become fit in all aspects of my life. This conversation with Leandro is what this podcast is about.
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As you have heard me say, there are four elements or dimensions to our personal recovery. Those four dimensions are, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical. Today we are so fortunate to have my dear friend and fitness instructor in the studio, Vera. We will discuss the facets of fitness, what it is like for a person entering a fitness journey and why it is something to continue moving forward. We will also discuss the empowerment it brings on an emotional, spiritual, and mental level while satisfying physical fitness needs. I hope you enjoy this podcast.
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One of the most important things any of us can ever understand about substance abuse addiction and behavioral destruction is the amount of selfishness and self-centeredness that is at the core of the addiction. One of the reasons so many people stay in addiction, is not because they enjoy the negativity.
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In this podcast Bo and I discuss recovery at large and how we can have a positive effect on others. As we strive to have a positive impact in the lives of other people our personal recovered life is positively affected. The story of Recovery is one of amazing miracles that continue to occur daily. You can reach out to Beau and discover his work at www.BeauPayne.com
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Life is meant to be lived according to a set of rules. I used to conduct my life as a very selfish and self-centered person. Within that self-centeredness, I decided that I would live however I would want to live, and life would have to accommodate me. That is not how it works at all.
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As a people of recovery, we have agreed to go on a journey that is filled with challenges and opportunities. There are times when these realities of life seem overwhelming and difficult to understand or accept. We have a human response to embrace what makes us feel good and reject that which feels terrible. Gandhi said “One cannot do right in one department of life while attempting to wrong in another department. Life is one indivisible whole.” The point is, there will be times when the journey is filled with goodness and at other times sadness will take hold. Either way, it is the same journey
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People are often dismayed and even discouraged that not drinking or using is only the basic requirement for sobriety. Let me assure you. Sobriety ONLY comes over time and when a program of recovery is followed and practiced. It’s not so much as to what plan of success you follow, as much as it is that you follow a plan that has worked for others. Be blessed.
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People are often dismayed and even discouraged that not drinking or using is only the basic requirement for sobriety. Let me assure you. Sobriety ONLY comes over time and when a program of recovery is followed and practiced. It’s not so much as to what plan of success you follow, as much as it is that you follow a plan that has worked for others. Be blessed.
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Positive Affirmation is a topic inspired by my daughter Carol. Sometimes life is very encouraging and sometimes it’s like being a rat on a wheel. Sometimes we feel stuck in the middle of being held captive and being set free. The best safeguard to being in between or feeling like we’re on a roller coaster is positive affirmation
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Being invited to speak in Boise was a wonderful opportunity. Part of my recovery is sharing my experience, strength, and hope. I am blessed to have been given this time. I hope you enjoy this talk. Please share it with someone you care for.
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When it comes to characteristics of addiction there are many aspects and facets that we need to look at to come to terms with our personal condition and move forward in our recovery. Without characterizing our addiction, we will not have a sufficient jumping off place to diagnose or treat the addiction. The same could be said for getting in your car and not having a destination in mind. We could drive all we want, and we would never get anywhere. Enjoy this podcast and please reach out to Alcoholics Anonymous of Greater Detroit in Ferndale MI for more information regarding the information that we discussed today. Also please visit my personal and professional friend Burke brown by going to www.berkebrown.com
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In the beginning I did everything I could not to drink or use. I also found it necessary to not engage in other behaviors that would trigger my drinking, which would trigger my using of drugs. This seems to be the battle in early recovery.
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One of the most challenging things we would ever do in recovery is learn how to control in a healthy manner. One of the things that it says in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous is “lack of control, that was our dilemma.”
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Justin B of Reco12.com Speaker Meeting discuss the importance of recognizing various addictions and behavioral challenges, as we look to become as well as we possibly can become. So many of us have challenges beyond our core addiction. As we overcome that core addiction, we must address the other areas where Wellness is needed. If we do not do this, we will continue to be uncomfortable with who we are and that degree of being uncomfortable will lead to a relapse. We will only be uncomfortable for so long before we revert to the thing or behavior that medicates us against feeling badly. Check out today's podcast and don't forget to go check out Justin B at Reco12.com
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When we first come into recovery we are infants who can barely roll over let alone crawl, stand, or walk. As we move forward in our recovery process and opportunity, we begin to grow a pair of wings which we will use as we learn how to fly. Some will grow a pair of wings and never use them. Others may limit themselves in their flight and or flying experience based on their fear or restrictions that others place on their flying. Learning to fly is about overcoming the perceived laws of aerodynamics and exploring new heights in our personal recovery. If you have not learned how to fly, I invite you to do so. Please let me know what I can do in this area. I wish you well and a happy soaring.
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As a person who has recovered from the bondage of addiction, I now help others find their way to the same freedom. One of the ways I do that is to live aloud and express a sense of happiness, mixed with joy and a demonstration of freedom. As you will learn in today's podcast being happy, joyous, and free is foundational in the life of everyone who lives this life of recovery. I hope you feel the same way. If you do not, I hope by the end of this podcast you find yourself moving in that direction. Be blessed and have a wonderful day.
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As a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous and a recovery speaker, I have always appreciated the opportunity to share my experience, strength, and my hope. It is through this Ave that I seek to teach and learn at the same time. I learn because I am making sure that my own life is in order, as well as updating myself on recovery information, while teaching individuals things that I have learned along my 36-year journey. Join me in this podcast, as I share that experience, strength, and hope, with those seeking to incorporate the common solution into their lives.
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When I was in my addictive condition, I found it exceedingly difficult to celebrate. The more my condition deep and the less I celebrated and eventually I stop celebrating altogether. Coming into recovery I learned that just not drinking and using, while not engaging in the other negative behavior, was the beginning of a new approach to celebrating life. That celebration has continued for over 3 1/2 decades. I learned to celebrate each victory. I learned that celebration was an outward expression to an inward change. Let us look at this word celebration and speak of it in terms of our personal recovery.
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According to Wikipedia, The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one wants to be treated. It is a maxim that is found in most religions and cultures. It can be considered an ethic of reciprocity in some religions, although different religions treat it differently.
As a result of this understanding, those of us in personal recovery, realize that to be served we must first serve. In other words, If I want to stay sober, I must be as concerned toward others as I want others to be concerned for me.
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One of the things built into healthy relationships is making amends. This is universal and something that everyone should keep in mind as we explore a healthy balance in our relationships. If this is true for the average person, how much more is it true for the person who has struggled with addiction and or behavioral challenges.
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Living, interacting and being accountable to these 5 relationships everyday helps give me the direction I need and want. They also serve to give me the personal fulfillment of things I want done for me, but more importantly what I can do for others.
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When it comes to recovery the only way to go up is to have first gone down. Addiction is one of the only diseases known to man that will tell you that you do not have it. We call that denial. While we are negotiating the truth from our position of denial, we hit what we call a bottom. Bottoms are two things. First, a bottom is necessary for every person of recovery. Secondly, bottoms are subjective. Have a blessed day and stay well. http://www.recoveryguy.org
February 19 Salt Lake Alano Club
March 4 www.reco12.com Podcast
March 26 South Davis County Alano Club
April 21 Other Side of Addiction Podcast
April 24 Triangle Club Pomona CA
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My restoration to sanity was my mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical transformation from that mindset. Today I know what to expect when I do certain things. I know what to expect if I behave negatively and I know what to expect when I behave positively. My silver bullet is the answer to all my concerns.
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The greatest gift that my recovery has given me is the Promises. I needed to know that the work I was expected to do for my recovery would revolutionize my life. These are the promises as listed in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Whether you agree with the Big Book or not, I believe you will agree with the principles as they are laid out. The word recover, recovered, and recovery are used throughout the book.
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When it comes to the plan of recovery and most specifically the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, they are divided into three categories. The first category is me, the second being God and the third category being others. Once we solve and reconcile these three areas, we are on the road to recovery. Everything in our life, both important and non-important, will stem from me, God, and others. If I fail to address any of these with a sense of urgency and completeness.
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There is a well-known phrase that reads “Absolute Power, Corrupts Absolutely.” This quote is attributed to Lord Acton. It is stated that John Edward Acton, the first baron, has expressed this opinion in his letter written to Bishop Mandell. The letter was written in 1887. The original statement reads; “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” However, it is stated that Lord Acton is not the primary originator of this quotation.
English politician, William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and former Prime Minister of England from 1766-1778. He is stated to have said in the parliament that “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it”, which is where we get, “absolute power corrupts absolutely”. As we dive into today’s podcast let’s look at what absolute means.
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In this podcast, Robert lends a glimpse into his 35 plus years of personal recovery. Robert shares his journey from childhood to what it's like today. He all talks about his relapse and fortunate return to the rooms of AA. Please listen, subscribe, and share.
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Being teachable is the prerequisite for learning anything. If I am not teachable in an overall perspective or in a specific area I wouldn’t find it necessary to be taught anything. With that, being teachable is to learning what air is to breathe.
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Have you ever heard of The Everlasting Gobstopper? Pulling information from Wikipedia, It is a candy from Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that is intended, according to Willy Wonka, its creator, "for children with very little pocket money". It not only changes colors and flavors when sucked on, but also never gets any smaller or disappears. It is like the gift that is recovery. Recovery is the Gift that keeps on Giving.
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Suzy W and I discuss the importance of addiction as a family disease. The programs of Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous have so much in common. Beyond the addict-codependent connection, it has been our experience that each need to become well. Without each person working on their own recovery, balance will not be achieved.
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Experience, Strength and Hope
In this podcast Robert P. shares his story of recovery and the path he has chosen along the way. For those who suffer from addiction, there is hope for life-long recovery One Day at a Time.
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If recovery were hard very few of us would achieve it. I am so grateful the plan of recovery is designed to be simple. I am not assaying it is easy, I am saying it is simple. The simplicity of recovery makes it accessible to and by everyone. I am not a good artist, but if you arrange the dots in the proper sequence I can draw a horse, a person or anything else you place the dots to portray. That is exactly what was done when the 12 Step Plan of Recovery was laid out. It is my experience that those who do not connect the dots and recovery are those who don’t want to connect the dots. I hope the recovery is for you and you decide to connect the dots as they are laid out.
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One of the most challenging things for any person of recovery is holidays and the triggers that often accompany them. In the beginning, holidays can be the most challenging obstacle to our personal recovery. This is true whether you are the addict or the Co-dependent. Keep in mind that most addicts, are also adult children of Alcoholics, therefore co-dependent as well. Keeping this in mind, there are things that we can look out for that can help us stay insulated against relapse, while enjoying ourselves in this festive and holiday season. Here are a few of the things that we need to lookout for as we approach this time of year.
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One of the things that I have learned in my recovery journey is balancing expectations. I've come to learn that expectations can be positive and negative. Expectations can also be fair or unfair. Oftentimes, expectations will get in the way of our external relationships. Expectations that aren't met can be different to understand and often judged. Therefore, it is better off to balance the expectation with fairness toward others and the uncontrollable. Expectations are best served with understanding.
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In this episode, Robert shares his experience, strength, and hope in an AA Speaker Meeting. Robert talks about his 35 years of personal recovery and what he believes others need to follow to attain live long sobriety.
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As I grew in my personal recovery so did my desire to become “normal.” When we consider the word normal and set it side by side with the word sober, they seem to go hand in hand.
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Accountability simply means that I am subject to the obligation to report, explain or justify something. It means I am answerable. Once again for things that are outside of me that are part of what I do not who I am this is rather easy to do because it’s not personal. So many of us are answerable or we have an obligation to fulfill a particular commitment or process regarding our work.
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I was willing to do anything to have what they had and to become what I saw them becoming. Surrender to win was the path I decided. I hope you decide on this path as well.
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We are NEVER alone anymore. This is what recovery offers us. So, when you choose what recovery path choose wisely. Choose a plan that gives you back to power to choose to wear your shell on your back. A path that has a provision to stay recovered for the rest of your life. A path that doesn’t require me to look backward at my past (except when helping someone). When we do this, we can live the absolute that our recovery is a journey for our lifetime. Here are 3 things I must do to ensure this is true for me.
Stay grounded in the truth that set me free
Be open to adding new elements to my plan
Pray for and assist others along the way
Doing these things will add to the absolute position I decided to take. Thanks for listening and be blessed.
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When we first arrive in recovery we are questioning many things. We are questioning if we’re making the right decision. We are questioning will this work for me. We are questioning if follow through with the path we decided to try.
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In order to give freely we must first take down the walls of personal secrecy and begin to share who we are and not judge what we learn about others. As a word of caution, let me say with some things we may need to be careful to whom and what we disclose, but for the most part we should feel free to “share our experience, strength and hope with each other”.
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On today's show, I have Charlie from The Way Out Podcast. Charlie and I discuss our personal recovery. We dig deep into our common desire to assist others along the way. I hope you enjoy today's program. If you want to reach out to Charlie you can do so by emailing him. His email address is share@wayoutcast.com. You can also find his podcasts on major podcast channels as The Way Out Podcast.
The post Episode #203- Tuesday The Fix: “On a Mission to Serve” Charlie from The Way Out Podcast appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Before we adopt or reject a term, let us find out what it means for us and whether it adds to our life. Others may reject it because of their own inadequacies, and they want us co-sign. Do not let others limit who we want to become.
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This podcast is centered around co-dependency and how addiction is a family disease. Regardless of whether or not the addict seeks help and finds recovery the SO and other family members must. Suzy shares her story of this battle to victory.
The post Episode #201 -Tuesday The Fix – Helping Hands appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Today we are having a conversation with Corey W of 217 recovery. Corey is a great advocate of recovery and wellness and has dedicated his time in recovery to helping others recover as well. Corey has found by sharing his story of hope and wellness he has encouraged others to seek a better way of living. Corey serves his community in various area and is continuing to look for more opportunities
You can reach Corey and his mission by going to www.217recovery.com.
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Early on in my sobriety, I had a friend who would not let go of a particular feeling of being wronged. She suffered daily, over the course of 2-3 weeks. Gradually she stopped going to meetings and stopped coming to the Alano Club. I remember learning one Friday night that she was out with some “old playmates”. I tried to speak with my friend, but she did not want to hear all the reasons she had to be grateful. She seemed to prefer the needless suffering over something out of her control. I finally said to her, “maybe you should go get drunk.” Do you know what? That was the only advice she was willing to take. Fortunately, she came to her senses in a couple of days and was able to make it back to AA. To my knowledge, she is sober to this very day. She was one of the lucky of the lucky ones
The post Episode #199- Tuesday The Fix: Letting Go of Needless Suffering appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I am Responsible
Responsible is a word that only responsible people want to accept. I know that sounds simplistic in its presentation, and it is meant to be. Those who are irresponsible have made an active choice to not accept what their role is in the things that occur to them. More specifically, in addiction, the individual who is addicted is the person responsible for their addiction. Until I am willing to realize I am my own worst enemy I will not recover. If I do have a period of sobriety, more often than not, it will be shallow and short lived. That has been my experience. You can disagree if you like but that would likely mean you are not being responsible.
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Today I am in studio with Justin B of Reco12. we are discussing his personal recovery, exchanging recovery ideas, and sharing how individuals can get in touch with him at Reco12.com. Justin is always willing to share his personal story as well as inviting sober people on as guests. Please reach out to him as a listener or a guest applicant. Go to www.reco12.com where you can email Justin from the website.
The post Episode #197 -Tuesday The Fix – Others are the Key to Sobriety appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Being teachable is the prerequisite for learning anything. If I am not teachable in an overall perspective or in a specific area I wouldn’t find it necessary to be taught anything. With that, being teachable is to learning what air is to breathing.
The post Episode #196 -Friday The Checkup- Are You Teachable appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven “Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run, there’s still time to change the road you’re on.” “Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run, there’s still time to change the road you’re on.” One of the greatest […]
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I was watching the Masters this last weekend and I heard a commercial regarding the universe and a particular perspective. Lack of power was our dilemma. Outer space is so vast that we don't know where it starts or where it ends. The same is true in recovery. We might be able to come close to where our addiction began. We might be able to discern the varying degrees of nature versus nurture, but pinpoint where it begins is near impossible.
The post Episode #194 – Friday The Checkup: No End in Sight appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Traditions are the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information. These travel from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice. They are also long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting.
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“Above all take it one day at a time." - Bill W. page 11 of How It Works
The post Episode #192 – Friday The Checkup: Fear vs. Faith appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When we speak of Principals, we speak of things that come first or are the highest in rank. These are words associated with a high degree of importance and value. They are considered to be foremost in our life. Each of the Twelve Steps have Principals assigned to them.
The post Episode #191 -Tuesday The Fix – Principals to Live By appeared first on Recovery Guy.
One of the most wonderful things about what I do as a person committed to personal recovery is working with others along the way. One of the most important things I convey to everyone is the importance of a firm foundation. If one is to build anything a foundation is required. It has been said “If the foundations are destroyed what can one do.” I’ve also heard “a house divided against itself cannot stand.“ So not only does the foundation need to be firm but an indicator of its firmness is it singleness of purpose. To paraphrase the Gandhi, Life is an indivisible whole and it must lack internal conflict.
The post Episode #190 – Friday The Checkup: A Firm Foundation appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Like any decision we make, certain steps are going to be required to accomplish that decision. Very rarely does anything worthwhile happen through osmosis. The 12 steps of recovery are exactly that.
The post Episode #189 -Tuesday The Fix – Stepping into Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy.
One of the most beautiful things about the plan of recovery are the promises that are made. They are made to give us hope. They are exclusively for those who decide to apply the plan of recovery to their life. I was so encouraged when I came into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous because I was told “that if I worked the plan of recovery as it was outlined, I could expect these things to occur.“ They were 100% correct. I hope you have found this to be true for you.
The post Episode #188 – Friday The Checkup: Promises You Can Count On appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Step Twelve is filled with calls to action. These are three of them.
The post Episode #187 -Tuesday The Fix: Step Twelve – Ready, Set, Go appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When a piece of iron is repeatedly rubbed against another it will naturally become sharper. The more time this iron spends being rubbed, the sharper the object will be. The same principle applies in our lives. We will always seek the level we are on or ascribe to be.
The post Episode #186 – Friday The Checkup: Keep Coming Back appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Step Eleven is the 2nd of the daily maintenance steps in the plan of recovery. Without this step, it is near impossible to gain the spiritual insight needed to live a full life and be of maximum help to others.
The post Episode #185 -Tuesday The Fix: Step Eleven- From Powerless to Powerful appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Recovery is the goal and the process. To be recovered should be the goal of every person who enters recovery.
The post Episode #184 – Friday The Checkup: A Way Out appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The most exciting thing about Step Ten is that it involves an introspective look into ourselves as we would consider our day. Built into the step itself is the spot-check, the end of day checkup and periodic checkup.
The post Episode #183 -Tuesday The Fix: Step Ten – Time to Clean House appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Throughout our life we are given many chances to be something and we chose to be nothing. I used to be a wandering generality, but now I’m a meaningful specific. After all these years, I have come to believe that the life that continually try to choose me, I finally chose back.
The post Episode #182 – Friday The Checkup: Chosen Ones appeared first on Recovery Guy.
We cannot buy our own peace of mind at the expense of others.
The post Episode #181 – Tuesday The Fix: Step 9 – Direct Amends is More Than Sorry appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Remember, it does not matter where we start it matters where we end up. Since this is about the journey not the destination where I desire to end up is on the successful end of another day.
The post Episode #180 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Responsibility appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Step eight is an avenue to forgiveness. It is part of every plan of recovery. Forgiveness will always play a vital role.
The post Episode #179 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Eight – Repairing the Damage appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When we consider what St. Francis is saying, we are encouraged to set self aside we will then grow in ways that we always hoped. May God bless you on your journey.
The post Episode #178 – Friday The Checkup: Prayer Power appeared first on Recovery Guy.
As all the previous steps, this step covers a specific area of need. Step Seven relies on Step Six as do all the Steps rely on the previous one.
The post Episode #177 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Seven – Humility is Key appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Redirecting our thinking is critical to our recovered life and should be a constant. If not, negative thoughts will hijack our moments which can steal our day.
The post Episode #176 – Friday The Checkup: Just Keep Swimming appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The defects are the target of this Step and entirely is the degree by which we are ready to remove them. I invite you to look at the definitions of these words to see how they resonate with you.
The post Episode #175 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Six – Ready or Not It Must Be Done appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I must view myself as one deserving recovery and healthy relationships. Until I see myself in this light, I will not do the things necessary to transform into this person.
The post Episode #174 – Friday The Checkup: How do I Identify appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Granting someone entrance into my life was so refreshing. Step 5 is the first step that directly involves another person. This is so important because I am becoming more accountable in a tangible sense. My active addiction was brought on and deepened by my lack of accountability. The first four steps do not require accountability the way step five does.
The post Episode #173 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Five – Letting Go appeared first on Recovery Guy.
One of the most remarkable things about recovery is personal power. One of our primary missions in life is to find, discover and elevate our own personal power.
The post Episode #172 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Power appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Without Step Four, the likelihood of one being happy, joyous, and free is greatly diminished. You may stay substance or behavior free, but true sobriety will elude you.
The post Episode #171 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Four – We are Only as Sick as Our Secrets appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Baked into the cake of what we do is what we shall receive.
The post Episode #170 – Friday The Checkup: As We Sow So Shall We Reap appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you - until then.
The post Episode #169 – Tuesday The Fix: Step 3 Welcome to Willingness appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Most people who are without hope will not admit how hopeless they are. When you are in a hole and you want to get out the first rule is to stop digging.
The post Episode #168 – Friday The Checkup: Stop the Digging appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Every step has its own premise and importance within the 12 Steps. There is a particular independence each step brings. Having said that, what makes each step powerful is its connection to the other steps.
The post Episode #167 – Tuesday The Fix: Step 2 A Sound Mind Equals Better Decisions appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The state or fact of being restored. It is a return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition.
The post Episode #166 – Friday The Checkup: The Gift of Restoration appeared first on Recovery Guy.
we can all use the steps as a means of taking control back the control of our lives. Having said that, I want you to understand that if there is any step you do as close to perfection as possible, it is step one.
The post Episode #165 – Tuesday The Fix: The Journey Begins appeared first on Recovery Guy.
We are amid a miracle. We are a people, who without intervention of a supernatural or spiritual nature, would be dead. Never underestimate how fortunate we are to consider ourselves in recovery and or recovered.
The post Episode #164 – Friday The Checkup: Redemption appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Without the 12 steps of recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous - and any other 12 step group - is merely a fellowship. A fellowship can be why you are motivated to do something but it is not what we do.
The post Episode #163 – Tuesday The Fix: Steps of Life appeared first on Recovery Guy.
If you do not make a list every day consider starting one today. It will change the way you feel about yourself, others around you, and even the personal situation you are in right now.
The post Episode #162 – Friday The Checkup: Gratitude is a Personal Position appeared first on Recovery Guy.
If making amends is true for the average person, how much more is it true for the person who has struggled with addiction and or behavioral challenges.
The post Episode #161 – Tuesday The Fix: Amends Is More Than Sorry appeared first on Recovery Guy.
What was intended for us was power and love and a sound mind.
The post Episode #160 – Friday The Checkup: A Sound Mind appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The holidays can be fantastic or they can be a trap.
The post Episode #159 – Tuesday The Fix: Holiday Hostage appeared first on Recovery Guy.
For those of you with a 12-step background and certainly Alcoholics Anonymous, you will have heard this countless times in the preamble of AA. These three are foundational to the fellowship of our recovery and at the very foundation of who we are. These three direct us in what to share and what to rely on.
The post Episode #158 – Friday The Checkup: Experience, Strength, and Hope appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Whether they be natural or self-induced, stressors can be like trying to body surf in a riptide. If we don’t get out, we could drown.
The post Episode #157 – Tuesday The Fix: Stressors of Life appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When I was introduced to these points, it was in personal development. I will list a few of the points that I think are relevant to the quality that I find necessary to incorporate into our lives. We can then improve the areas that we are looking to improve.
The post Episode #156 – Friday The Checkup: Recovery and the Quality Movement appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
The post Episode #155 – Tuesday The Fix: Power of Understanding appeared first on Recovery Guy.
We can define our progress by the milestones of life.
The post Episode #154 – Friday The Checkup: Recovery Milestones appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Often, building blocks or simple yet, when combined properly can create something more complex. Just like protein, our recovery and new way of living require building blocks.
The post Episode #153 – Tuesday The Fix: Building Blocks of Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Even though it is not realistic of not reaching perfection, shouldn’t be my reason for not striving toward that ideal. I have previously stated, that the higher I realistically raise the bar the more I will accomplish.
The post Episode #152 – Friday The Checkup: Grow Instead Of Go appeared first on Recovery Guy.
We can hear what we want to hear or not here thoroughly and end up searching in the wrong place. It is only when we look in the right place that the answer is right in front of us. Zig Ziglar said “Do not mistake activity for accomplishment.”
The post Episode #151 – Tuesday The Fix: Not All Searches Net Results appeared first on Recovery Guy.
If there’s anything that I have learned in my recovery it is how I personally identify. I believe that self-talk is the most powerful talk on the planet.
The post Episode #150 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Identity Matters appeared first on Recovery Guy.
To be, or not to be? That is the question.
The post Episode #149 – Tuesday The Fix: Why DO when you can BE appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I must remain hungry. I must be willing to risk if I am to find reward. Risk does not come without its concern and that is the connection to courage.
The post Episode #148 – Friday The Checkup: No Risk No Reward appeared first on Recovery Guy.
We come into recovery and every life-changing opportunity with one common challenge. Regardless of what we are looking to grow in and overcome this one challenge is a constant. This one thing we all must do is “Just Stay”. Since we did not get to our current condition overnight we aren’t going to get to where we want to go overnight. Since there is no quick fix the ability to remain is as powerful as anything that we would do while we remain. They live dependent upon each other. Whether or not you “Just Stay” will likely determine if you get well.
The post Episode #147 – Tuesday The Fix: Just Stay appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
The post Episode #146 – Friday The Checkup: Words to Live By Part 2 appeared first on Recovery Guy.
why is it so many are relapsing or dying before they ever recover? We live this life of self-isolation and despair. You have heard me mention before, “The Hole of No Hope”. Do you know what a rut is? A rut is grave with both ends kicked out. If we don’t get out of it, we die there.
The post Episode #145 – Tuesday The Fix: Death by Terminal Uniqueness appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Being teachable is the prerequisite for learning anything. If I am not teachable in an overall perspective or in a specific area I wouldn’t find it necessary to be taught anything. With that, being teachable is to learning what air is to breathing.
The post Episode #144 – Friday The Checkup: Are You Teachable appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Not knowing how to live kills more people of addiction then I care to count.
The post Episode #143 – Tuesday The Fix: I Don’t Know How to Live appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“If you do what you’re supposed to do when you were supposed to do it, there will come a time when you can do what you want to do when you want to do it.”
The post Episode #142 – Friday The Checkup: Fit For a Lifetime appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Before we can ever meet the need we have to know what the need is.
The post Episode #141 – Tuesday The Fix: Meet the Need appeared first on Recovery Guy.
A profound notion that has been taught in Alcoholics Anonymous is the notion that sobriety is not enough.
The post Episode #140 – Friday The Checkup: The Real Me appeared first on Recovery Guy.
the major difference between a person who is addicted to a substance and one who isn’t is that the non-addicted person has found other ways to dealing with life on lives terms.
The post Episode #139 – Tuesday The Fix: Normalcy appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Recovery is to get back: REGAIN, to bring back to normal position or condition. RESCUE, to make up for.
The post Episode #138 – Friday The Checkup: The Gift that Keeps on Giving appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Are you building your recovery or are you merely stopped drinking, using or engaging in negative behavior? Here is why this question is so important. For many years, you and lived in a negative life of despair we built. If we don’t build a new house/recovery to live in, we stand a good chance of going back to the old house.
The post Episode #137 – Tuesday The Fix: When We Build It, It Will Come appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison. Well, then it isn't one to you, since nothing is really good or bad in itself—it's all what a person thinks about it.
The post Episode #136 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Paradigms appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I have a motto that I have adopted along the way and it is “ sooner is better than later and more is better than less.“
The post Episode #135 – Tuesday The Fix: Right Now appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Prior to my life changing involvement with AA, I was one of the most self-centered people on the planet. I quickly learned that taking and applying the 12 Steps of Recovery would require me to move from Me to We.
The post Episode #134 – Friday The Checkup: We Not Me appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Overcoming shame needs to be both immediate and ongoing. It needs to be immediate becauseit will hold us hostage until it causes or death.
The post Episode #133 – Tuesday The Fix: We Have Met the Enemy and it is Us appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t have to look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with. There’s no place like home.”
The post Episode #132 – Friday The Checkup: Forever Home appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Today’s podcast is from a speaking event on Saturday, August 15, 2020. I was the keynote speaker at the “Old Timers” meeting at the Salt Lake City, Utah Alano Club. I share my story of my personal recovery and my understanding of what the 12 steps of recovery has to offer those willing to work for it.
The post Episode #131 – Tuesday The Fix: Salt Lake City Alano Club appeared first on Recovery Guy.
If you are a person of recovery believing is foundational to everything we have. As a person of deep faith, my belief is not at the core of who I am; it is the very core of me.
The post Episode #130 – Friday The Checkup: Believe in Something or Fall for Anything appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Without inspiration things become old and no longer refreshing. We become stale and stop finding it desirous to grow
The post Episode #129 – Tuesday The Fix: Inspiration that Inspires appeared first on Recovery Guy.
It for this very reason I want to challenge you to elevate your thinking and let you know I have found a way to have the best of all worlds. I can stay in the now/day while at least having a major say if not outright controlling what yesterday and tomorrow look like.
The post Episode #128 – Friday The Checkup: Regaining Control appeared first on Recovery Guy.
One of the most exciting things I have ever read was on page 98 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. It reads “Burn it into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.”
The post Episode #127 – Tuesday The Fix: Being an Exceptional Being appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I look at the moment in time when “I said I can’t do this anymore.” I was literally “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” At that moment, I was reborn for the last time.
The post Episode #126 – Friday The Checkup: Reborn Again appeared first on Recovery Guy.
So, let’s picture ourselves. If I blame someone for my past then they are responsible for my past. There is one main problem with that. If it's someone else's fault that I got where I ended up, do I need someone else to get where I want to go?
The post Episode #125 – Tuesday The Fix: Self Portrait appeared first on Recovery Guy.
letting go is one of the most challenging things we do. What is the connection between something that seems desirable yet challenging?
The post Episode #124 – Friday The Checkup: How to Let Go appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing and that is not why we are here.”
The post Episode #123 – Tuesday The Fix: Lifetime Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Feelings are inescapable. We must deal with and process them so they don’t deal with and process us.
The post Episode #122 – Friday The Checkup: The Inescapable appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The purpose of the mask is to conceal. It is not so much as to conceal who we are as it is how we feel about who we believe we are.
The post Episode #121 – Tuesday The Fix: Remove the Mask appeared first on Recovery Guy.
One might say, If I knew what a synapse was I might be excited about it. I am glad you asked. “Synapses are the gaps between neurons. These gaps allow neurotransmitters to travel from one neuron to another.
The post Episode #120 – Friday The Checkup: B Positive appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Living, interacting and being accountable to these 5 relationships everyday helps give me the direction I need and want. They also serve to give me the personal fulfillment of things I want done for me, but more importantly what I can do for others.
The post Episode #119 – Tuesday The Fix: Who’s In Your 5? appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Where are you at in your Search for the Lost Chord? Are you like the happy wanderer that feels if you find it, you find it? Or are you like so many of us that if you don’t find it you will disappear into further darkness or death?
The post Episode #118 – Friday The Checkup: The Search appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Before you and I came to recovery, it was not often or regular that we had reason to celebrate. Even when we did, it was usually short lived. After that, the reality of the direction our addiction was taking us brought us back to earth.
The post Episode #117 – Tuesday The Fix: Reason to Celebrate appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When we walk in this light and freedom we become convinced that going back is never an option.
The post Episode #116 – Friday The Checkup: Deadly Silence appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When we accept our need to become well and want to incorporate the Steps to Change we will grow and become the best possible version of ourselves.
The post Episode #115 – Tuesday The Fix: Steps of Change appeared first on Recovery Guy.
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment
The post Episode #114 – Friday The Checkup: Acceptance appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I am going to list some names of those who stand out as significant to me in my life.
The post Episode #113 – Tuesday The Fix: Those Along The Way appeared first on Recovery Guy.
“The only constant in life is change”
The post Episode #112 – Friday The Checkup: The Stages of Change appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Happiness never was easy.
The post Episode #111 – Tuesday The Fix: Happiness Doesn’t Just Happen appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Essentially, toxic shame is what happens when feeling badly about aspects or the totality of we are is as if it were stamped into our DNA. This is one of the reasons there is no quick fix, we will likely require the help of someone else and we may not accomplish complete removal in our lifetime. Having said that, there is hope for us. We must first identify Toxic Shame as a block wall in our life. If we don’t go around it or find a way through it, we will spend our lifetime pounding our head against it.
The post Episode #110 – Friday The Checkup: Taming Toxic Shame appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When we do these things, we stand a very good chance the delusion will stay SMASHED. If the psychotic notion of being successful with our negative behavior stays crushed, we will be able to live the life that the addictive lifestyle kept us from.
The post Episode #109 – Tuesday The Fix: Getting Smashed appeared first on Recovery Guy.
How vital is relating in recovery? It has been the experience of countless others and myself that our quality and even quantity of our recovery stands in the balance of how and to whom we relate in recovery.
The post Episode #108 – Friday The Checkup: Relating In Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy.
When it comes to being Wounded No More, I am not saying that we will never be wounded again. That would like saying we cease being human. What I am saying that the wounded feeling does not have to last.
The post Episode #107 – Tuesday The Fix: Wounded No More appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Staying healthy is best promoted by continuing to self-examine. We make adjustments and corrections along the way... (but) If this continues unchecked the likelihood of relapse is inevitable.
The post Episode #106 – Friday The Checkup Signs I Might Need Help appeared first on Recovery Guy.
These feelings serve as important clues about our wellbeing and about what makes us happy and unhappy.
The post Episode #105 – Tuesday The Fix: Sabotage of Self Part 2 appeared first on Recovery Guy.
For today’s podcast, I am using some thoughts and practices by my dear friend Suzy. Suzy and I met through IG surrounding a family challenge she was having with someone in her life. The opportunity with this person didn’t prove productive at the time, but out of it came the relationship Laura and I have […]
The post Episode #104 – Friday The Checkup: How We Heal appeared first on Recovery Guy.
If there is anything I have learned about life is that it occurs with or without my permission. Obviously, if it only occurred with my permission only what I wanted when I wanted would it worked for me. Since that is not the case, I learned early on in recovery that I had to live […]
The post Episode #103 – Tuesday The Fix: Healing While Hurting appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The original quote was “We have met the enemy and he is ours” was from Admiral Perry after his defeat of the British Royal Navy in 1813. The organizers of a 1970 Earth Day Celebration hijacked the quote to meet their purpose as “We have met the enemy and it is us”. Either way you […]
The post Episode #102 – Friday The Checkup: Getting Out of Our Way appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Barrier something material that blocks or is intended to block passagebarricade, fence, hedge, wall Barriers are good except when they allow the rise of boundaries that keep positive people, events or concepts to help us. Boundary something that indicates or fixes a limit or extentcap, ceiling, confines, end, extent, limit, limitation, line, termination Boundaries are […]
The post Episode #101 – Tuesday The Fix: Removing Boundaries/Barriers That Hold Us Back appeared first on Recovery Guy.
The word recovery has different meanings to different people. In the clinical sense recovery refers to a condition that a person experiences when they have overcome a particular mental, emotional or physical diagnosis. When it comes to addiction and other behavioral choices recovery takes on a much more broad definition. There are so many different […]
The post Episode #100 – Friday The Checkup: Recovery comes in many ways appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Follow Robert on his 30 for your journey of recovery as he speaks to a group in the park in Bountiful, Utah. Robert explores all of the ins and outs of his personal journey and what he recommends to others as they seek life long recovery.
The post Episode #99 – Tuesday The Fix: Follow Robert Along His Path to Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy.
I hope you are looking at your recovery as an ongoing project. It has to be ongoing. If we stop doing what we did to get to where we are at we run the risk of falling to where we started and even further back. We must view our recovery as a journey. The minute […]
The post Episode #98 – Friday The Checkup: Random Thoughts appeared first on Recovery Guy.
Staying focused in the now (today) is more challenging than it appears. The easiest thing to do is get ahead of ourselves. Today is the bigger and more important than yesterday and even tomorrow. WE can change anything about yesterday any more than we can predict how tomorrow will turn. That leaves us to TODAY. […]
The post Episode #97 – Tuesday The Fix: Staying Focused in the Now appeared first on Recovery Guy.
As many of you know, I recommend Stephen Covey. I appreciate Stephen’s insight as a source of paradigm modeling that when properly understood and applied can help create the mental map necessary to get us from where we are at to where we want to go. “The ‘Inside-Out’ approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means […]
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Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Every break is unique and instead of repairing an item like new, the 400-year-old technique actually highlights the “scars” […]
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As a person who required and desires a set plan to help be successful, I strive daily to do the things necessary to help ensure my daily success. I hope the things on this list are things that you can incorporate into your life to aid you in elevating your life to make a difference […]
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Emile Durkheim was a French Sociologist and considered “The Father of Sociology”. he analyzed how different aspects of society together formed the whole. Durkheim lectured and published sociological studies on subjects such as education, crime, religion, suicide and other aspects of society. What is addiction if it is not a type of suicide. Depending on […]
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I am convinced that adversity will always play a role in my life. I can’t have light without dark, cold without hot, or good without evil. It is what I do with and through adversity that assigns its value. Adversity; unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: Opportunity; a situation […]
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Social Distancing is adverse to personally connecting in a way that a person of recovery needs. The Social Model approach is one of the most effective ways for people to become well. When we remove this dynamic from the equation we run the risk of a person relapsing or never getting the doors of recovery […]
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As I mention in Part 1, when I allow myself to be distracted by the outside and negative sources it most allows affects me and view of my life. This can be very dangerous for a person of recovery. I need to “take my thoughts captive” and think on the things I can control and […]
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When I allow myself to be distracted by the outside and negative sources it most allows affects me and view of my life. This can be very dangerous for a person of recovery. I need to “take my thoughts captive” and think on the things I can control and the things that support my position […]
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As part of the Mindful and cognitive approach to recovery support, balancing and aligning thought supportive actions is critical. “You can’t think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking.” Is a quote by Bill W. Bill was the co-founder of AA? I agree with this statement. Most of […]
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The goal is to stop the uncontrollable from controlling. Sometimes the best was to respond to the uncontrollable is to make the necessary changes that make those aspects irrelevant in our life. We can diffuse/neutralize or remove them or we can leave them. In the past, we lived a life that was defined by the […]
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We all need a path that promotes wellness and a new way of living. I can’t expect to elevate my life without elevating the path I have been walking. Part of my disappointment and disillusion came from expecting one thing while engaging in thinking that was opposed to achieving it. Mindfulness is a break from […]
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Finding Your Way explores a particular joy that comes when we find out who we are. For those of us who find our way we realize we aren’t what we did. We did what we did because of who we thought we were. We lost our way. Now, we come into recovery and we are […]
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We need to change our thought process and start telling ourselves we can do or be whatever we want. Affirmations is a great way to change that thought process and get ourselves a new belief system that is of great benefit to us – that will make us reach our goals and get what we […]
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In order to give freely we must first take down the walls of personal secrecy and begin to share who we are and not judge what we learn about others. As a word of caution, let me say with some things we may need to be careful to whom and what we disclose, but for […]
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Today’s podcast is called 7 Lovely Logics. These logics are common sense approaches to living a life that makes sense. When we practice these logics we can’t help but be the better version of ourselves. We will ultimately lead more healthy lives and have a greater positive impact on those around us. Below are the […]
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Join the recovery movement at our Patreon Page. The 4 L’s represent the Four Human Dimensions. Those 4 dimensions are the physical, emotional, mental and the highest dimension, the spiritual. These four dimensions produce four actions that are derived from them. They are to Live, Love, Learn and Leave a Legacy. In a quote by […]
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Thank you so much for tuning in to today’s podcast. Today we’re taking a little look back from six months ago when JJ and I first launched Recovery Guy podcast. This podcast is entitled “Introduction to Recovery Guy” and it gives you information about me that you may find valuable. The Recovery Movement is about […]
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Limited No More is a podcast designed to free us of our practical and verbal limitations that have kept us from trying things we would otherwise be able to do. What does all this mean and how does it relate to those of us looking to become well or deepen with recovery we have already […]
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Words we say to ourselves and ultimately to others can set the tone for any power we begin to achieve. We know that negative self-talk keeps us in bondage. Conversely power words can add to our personal power. Maybe you have your own words or maybe you have never considered how important this approach to […]
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“Everybody has goals and desires that are different, but we have the same needs.”
The desire to feel significant or important is one of the most sought after human needs “Let’s talk about one of the most sought after human needs: The need for significance. There’s not a person alive on the planet who doesn’t want to feel important or needed. Why is feeling special such a compelling force? Why does feeling insignificant make us feel so devastated? Once you understand why you’re driven to feel significant to those around you, you can better interpret your own actions and use this desire to help you work toward your goals”. – Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/personal-growth/need-for-significance/
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How do others play a vital role in this need?
They provide an avenue to demonstrate my caring
Validate my feelings by Reciprocating my regard toward them
Help me complete or fulfill my social need(s)
Help me go through challenges in my life
Someone to celebrate the victories and accomplishment
Provide measurement for my personal progress
Sharpen my saw by challenging me
Present me new ideas
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Loyalty is foundational to our personal recovery initially and moving forward. Loyalty is considered to be one of the five core values of who we are as a person. Loyalty is a gateway to our internal transformation that allows us to become the person we have always wanted to become. Without loyalty, we are missing a key ingredient to the change that needs to occur. We become increasingly loyal one step at a time. Loyalty leads to so many things in our life that have eluded us when we were not loyal.
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“This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” ~William Shakespeare
We can trust ourselves so we learn to trust others
We become predictable
We become more approachable by those we want to approach us
We develop a like for who we are
We deepen our regard toward others
We rest better
We enjoy life without waiting for the other shoe to drop
We spend more time appreciating the important things in life because we set aside things that aren’t important
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Faith is so vital to our recovery. Without faith, we will never be free of the bondage that our addiction gripped us with for so many years. We lost so much because our faith was weak and for many of us became non-existent. I hope this podcast and the content below challenge, inspire and grows in ways you have been hoping for.
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Lauren Hernandez of Purdue University May 22, 2018
Faith is a universal human experience- something that touches us all.
Faith can provide inner strength
Faith teaches you to give back and serve the less fortunate
Faith allows you to be selfless and put others first
Faith can help you to discover your purpose in life
Faith helps you overcome stress, anxiety, and fear
Faith can be the pathway to finding solutions.
Faith gives you a sense of hope
Faith is a source of peace and joy
Faith will help you get through the trials of life
Faith can make you a better person
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-benefits-of-strong-faith
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This podcast is designed to encourage you through uncovering and enlarging your celebration for the recovery and the wellness you have been given. Regardless of our length of recovery, we have something to celebrate. If for no other reason, we can celebrate that today it is not necessary for us to die. As we continue to grow in our recovery the things that we are being restored to and the things that are being restored to gives us even more reason to celebrate. Find out what is most important to you in terms of what you can celebrate and ultimately find the power that it lends you as part of that celebration. I am sure it won’t take you long to understand the reasons that you have to celebrate. Please continue to comment, share, and subscribe to this podcast. Also, go to patreon.com/Recovery Guy to join our recovery movement.
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“Things We Discover Along The Way”
This podcast is designed to open up our vision so we can take in all things to evaluate. There is so much around us to learn from. From music to movies, to audio instruction, nature, and written word. Etc. Whether or not a revelation is all around us is already been decided by God. What we do with it depends on us. I have been so blessed to learn and to teach from the many messages I receive. This podcast explores many of those things while focusing on one I saw this last weekend. I have added it down below. Also, please go to patreon.com/recoveryguy to further support Recovery Guy Podcast and our Recovery Mission.
“Four things you can’t recover from”
The Stone after the throw
The Word after’s it said
The Occasion after it’s missed
The Time after it’s gone
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Hello and welcome to Recovery Guy Podcast. I really appreciate you joining us today. Today’s topic is “healing hurts“. So often we go through life and we are hoping to heal past hurts that we have created for ourselves on a personal level and hurts we caused others on an inner personal level. Both of these needs to be addressed and healing hurts will likely be a part of our journey for the rest of our lives. It does not mean that we don’t overcome challenges or the pain/hurt that healing can cause, I just believe that there’s always more healing that can be done. I give examples in this podcast. I share a conversation that I had with my daughter Carol. I am grateful for the insight that she gave me regarding our healing journey together. I hope this podcast encourages you and I hope that you join us in our recovery movement as we look to get well one day at a time for the rest of our lives. Please go to Patreon.com/RecoveryGuy and see how you can further support our mission.
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Welcome to Recovery Guy Podcast. This episode is called “A visit with Steve M”. Steve was one of those amazing people who was already living the road to recovery when I arrived at Alcoholics Anonymous back in 1986. Not only was Steve extremely instrumental in my personal recovery, but to this day I still am encouraged by his love and care he provided for me early on. Steve decided to devote his entire life to serving others and it is no surprise to this day he is still living the recovered life. I hope you enjoy listening to Steve as much as I did spending time with him. I can honestly say that God used him to help encourage me in my early days of recovery. Seeing him, still involved in service, encourages me in my later years as well. Thank you for listening to Recovery Guy Podcast and visiting Recoveryguy.org Also, don’t forget to go to patreon.com/recoveryguy to see how you can become even more involved in Recovery Guy Podcast and Recovery Guy Movement.
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Appreciate The Moment; I Owe It To Myself
This podcast helps us understand why it is so important to realize the moment we are in and appreciate it to our greatest ability. So often we don’t realize the moment we have been given and our opportunity passes as the moment passes. Our responsibility to ourselves is to capture each moment and appreciate it as if it is the only moment that we have left. We owe it to our self to realize where we come from and what were able to accomplish in this life. Please click on the link below to listen to Julianne Hough‘s podcast. You will be glad that you did. Thank you for listening and supporting Recovery Guy podcast.
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“My View of Me and the Power It Has” is a conversation regarding how important our self image is. In this podcast I underscore how we sink to the bottom of how we view ourselves and how we MUST begin viewing ourselves differently if we are ever to become well. This podcast was taken from Quote of the Day guest speaker Marissa Peer and her talk entitled “I am Enough”. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quote-of-the-day-show-daily-motivational-talks/id1163094296?i=1000460048387 I also give a list of the ”MUSTS” in our life if we are to turn our life around and begin developing and maintaining a view of ourselves that promote wellness. I hope you enjoy the content and reach out to me if there is ever anything I can do to assist you on your journey.
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Today’s podcast is a journey and an introduction into 2020. I am looking forward to this next decade and I hope you are as well. Forgiveness and freedom are so reliant upon each other. So often people are wondering why they are in bondage and why they aren’t seeing freedom in areas of their life that are important to them. My initial response is to ask where is the block? Is there an area of your life where you have not allowed forgiveness to be expressed that you can overcome the bondage that exists went forgiveness is not extended period. Please explore areas in your life where maybe you’re holding on to something that you thought was insignificant and yet forgiveness needs to be extended for you to feel the freedom that you hope to feel in your recovery.
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This podcast is designed to encourage and challenge those who listen. So often people of recovery lose their way. Many of those people go back to the destructive behavior that caused their life to be the Trainwreck that it became. I believe they do this because they lose the magic and as it says in polar express “though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe”. Where is your magic? Does the bill still ring for you? Have you lost your belief? If this is true of you I invite you to go back and remember what it was like when you first were introduced to the miracle of recovery. I hope you once again hear the bell and re-join with the excitement in the energy that you were first introduced to as you pursued Recovery.
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2020 Vision for 2020 is designed to elevate and encourage you as we approach to the New Year. Looking inside and understanding who we are helps us makes sense of what we see. Once I have clarity it is easier to manage my life and live according to what I think.
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Today’s podcast helps us understand our responsibility when it comes to others. Being responsible is not anymore than making sure that we are living the type of life that we need to live that would elevate our life that we would become an attractive resource for other people. We are our brothers keeper. We have a moral obligation to do the best we possibly can for our self so that when someone else needs our assistance especially in the area of recovery we are there to meet them. Are you responsible in your recovery? Are we preparing ourselves daily that when that person who needs us comes along we will be more than happy and able to assist them. Please listen to this podcast enjoying the recovery movement. Let’s make a difference in the lives of as many people as possible
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Are we attractive is a challenge for each and everyone of us. This podcast helps explore and examine the areas in which our life as people of recovery is not only attractive to others, but also charismatic to the people we would come across. Our recovery has to be so compelling and so magnetic and so fascinating to others that they will stick around long enough to hear our message we want them to see us as people who are so excited about our personal recovery that they Are we attractive is a challenge for each and everyone of us. This podcast helps explore and examine the areas in which our life as people of recovery is not only attractive to others, but also charismatic to the people we would come across. Our recovery has to be so compelling and so magnetic and so fascinating to others that they will stick around long enough to hear our message. We want them to see us as people who are so excited about our personal recovery that they want that same feeling and life as well. Is your recovery attractive? I hope that it is. I also hope that you are looking to grow in that degree of attractiveness. How we portray our own recovery will help determine if they want what we have.
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As I have previously stated “So as man thinks in his heart so is he”. I believe this to be so powerful that words can shape us either way. As Tuesdays podcast indicated “the power of thinking“ guides us in so many different directions we don’t even understand. Personal confirmation will help reinforce a negative view or it will help solidify a positive view. If we are to live a healthy life it will be by our word choice in how we describe ourselves, our surroundings, our relationships and our life overall. Words to live by is an approach to permanent wellness.
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This podcast is designed to help shift our negative thinking and understand the power that thinking has over us. I will be sharing two sources that I think will help assist you with a meeting support information. The first link is where I originally heard of this talk by Dr. Joe Dispenza and the 2nd is the link to the talk it came from. I sincerely hope you use these links and my podcast to further develop your thinking that will help guide you into a more healthy way of living.
Sean Croxton, Quote of the Day
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quote-of-the-day-show-daily-motivational-talks/id1163094296?i=1000458091590
Dr. Joe Dispenza’s full talk
https://youtu.be/eT7OXkR6rUI
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Finding our way is an instruction designed to guide us through the journey of recovery. Somewhere along the line we lost our way in now finding our way back is a challenge for everyone of us. We can’t find her way and we can be successful along the journey. Not every path is going to work, but we need to find a path that will work for us. This podcast helps break down Finding Our Way is instruction designed to guide us through the journey of recovery. Somewhere along the line we lost our way and now finding our way back is a challenge for everyone of us. We can find our way and we can be successful along the journey. Not every path is going to work, but we need to find a path that will work for us. This podcast helps break down some the challenges while giving guidelines as how to succeed.
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Hope for the holidays is designed to help reshape the thinking of those who feel the holidays are difficult to get through. The holidays are only difficult to get through because we decided to hold on to something we don’t have then be grateful for what we do have. There are so many wonderful things that the holidays bring even though there are many things we are waiting for. Let us not focus on the things that we are waiting for, Hope for the holidays is designed to help her reach shape the thinking of those who feel the holidays are difficult to get through. The holidays are only difficult to get through because we decided to hold on to something we don’t have then be grateful for what we do have. There are so many wonderful things that the holidays bring even though there are many things we are waiting for. Let’s not focus on the things that we are waiting for, but rather appreciate the things we do have. I hope this podcast encourages you to let go of the things that diminish what you have and gravitate toward the things that you do have. As Shakespeare said “nothing is either good or bad. It is our thinking that makes it good or badI hope this podcast encourages you to let go of the things that diminish what you have in gravitate toward the things that you do have. As Shakespeare said “nothing is either good or bad. It is our thinking that makes it good or bad”. I hope you were just your thinking that what you do have is good.
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Keeping family is something we need to do early on in recovery. In my journey of recovery I have found that keeping family helps sustain me as I have continued to grow. And I gain more insight into my recovery the more capable I feel as a member of the my family. The more capable I feel within the more capable I will feel. Family provides a core strength that helps me understand how valuable I am. It is not enough to find family it is in keeping family that sustains me for years to come.
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Today’s podcast is dedicated to those of us who lost the most important aspect of our life. To go from losing family, to finding a new family and then being able to reestablish the connection with your biological family is a blessing I hope everyone can experience.
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Accountability is one of the most important aspects of recovery. My lack of accountability prolonged and deepened my addiction and negative behavior all my parentAccountability is one of the most important aspects of recovery. My lack of accountability prolonged and deep and my addiction and negative behavior. Until I was willing to submit myself to the accountability of others who were not only in authority over me, but had a way for me to go what I’d be open to a plan of Recovery that I had to potential for me to become well. To the degree and depth of my accountability is the degree and depth of my recovery. I cannot have one without the other.
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Finding a proven recovery pathway is the most difficult thing we do. The likelihood is we don’t have the clarity or experience to select something that fits us. Having said that most anything we do would be better than what we have been doing. We must have a plan of recovery to recovery.
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In part two of the Scott Brickner interviews we discuss his early days of recovery, when he came to believe that personal service was the cornerstones of his lifelong journey. We also discussed the nation of Welcome Home Sober Living and how that speaks to the recovery community and what he hopes to do in the future for the reIn part two of the Scott Brickner interviews we discuss is early days of recovery, when he came to believe that personal service was the cornerstones of his lifelong journey. We also discussed the formation of Welcome Home Sober Living and how old that speaks to the recovery community and what he hopes to do in the future with this ministry.
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I had an opportunity to sit down with Scot Brickner to discuss is recovery journey and his starting Welcome Home Sober Living In So. Cal. In part one Scott and I discuss where his recurring journey began and what led to him to believing that service was the most important thing he could do to help ensure his lifelong pursuit of personal recovery. Scott’s story is very compelling and with over 13 years of personal recovery it is obvious he has done what it takes the type of quality necessary to have the quantity.
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Sabotage of self is one of the most unnecessary yet common problems of people in recovery. We expect people who are on a destructive path to continue to sabotage their progress. They are already on a path and negative destruction and sabotage seems to be a part of their daily process. But what about those of us who are in recovery? What about those of us who are on a path to wellness and becoming whole. Why do we act as if we are the enemy as we are trying to be part of the solution. This podcast discusses just that. Please let me know what you think. Your contribution through your comments carries great value to me. I hope you can remove yourself from the sabotage yourself and get on a program that is consistent with the desire you have for your life. I wish you well.
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Today’s podcast is all about making the pursuit of happiness our number one priority. This is not to look for isolated incidents that would give us temporary happiness, but rather a way of living that promotes happiness from the inside out. It is not that anything is wrong with isolated moments of happiness but we cannot let the external be predominant over the Internet. We must make an active decision on a daily to renew the happiness we strive to maintain.
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This podcast explores how giving our self time to grow is the most fair thing we can do. It does not mean that we are lazy and we expect things to happen through osmosis. It just means that we are learning to be patient and not getting too far ahead of ourselves. Certain things in life can be accomplished easily and without much effort. Personal recovery is one of those things. We did not get sick overnight nor do well overnight.
Just as the Chinese bamboo tree takes five years before it breaks ground and grows we need time as well.
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Recovery after coercion is a concept that explores why people come into recovery and why they would ultimately stay. Coercion is a manipulation through arm twisting, duress, external pressure and threats of loss. Everyone I have ever met has come to recovery as a result of coercion. The ones that I have come to know as sticking around were ones that were able to translate for transition from coercion to the plan of recovery. Without this transition people will go backward once that coercion is removed. The people who remain and recover are those who can see that it’s not about getting back things it’s becoming a new person.
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Relapse can be one of the most devastating things to occur in a persons life. In many cases it is worse than the original addiction or behavioral challenge in the first place. What makes Relapse so damaging is that it is not only going back to a normal behavior but one more time it is admitting defeat after a period of success. In this podcast we discuss relapse from the inside out. I first define what relapse is and how it takes hold. I look at the reasons why many people do relapse, the statistics of relapse and then I cover steps to help ensure against relapse.
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In this podcast, Robert explores the ins and outs of Letting Go and why it is essential to our overall wellness. Letting Go is a necessary step in becoming well and recovery. If we don’t learn to let go we will remain in bondage to areas that prevent us from moving forward. We will forever be stunted in our recovery or we will not have any at all. In the beginning, we let go because holding on has become far too painful. As we become more well we let go because of what we are moving to, not what we are moving from. As Gandhi stated “life is one indivisible whole”. Living in pain and pleasure, joy and despair, or hope and disappointment is only an illusion. Let’s learn to “Let Go and Let God”.
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This podcast looks at the importance of keeping everything relevant to the day. We also take a look at the courage to step out into tomorrow and to not be hung up on today. So often we are afraid to look at tomorrow because it’s too far out ahead of where our mind can go. That should be the rule and really the exception in recovery. Once we get past the initial recovery we should be able to move through and beginning the life of a person who is not afraid to plan while maintaining their position. The program of recovery is a program that is to be lived one day at a time for the rest of our lives. I hope you see it that way, but if not please reach out to me that I might be assistance.
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Have you ever heard the Phrase “your opinion of me is none of my business“. As people new to Recovery, we are a people who were always trying to measure up to others. We spent our time worrying about their opinion and we try to own it as if it was our opinion.
For various reasons, we felt their acceptance was based on what we did not who we were. Because we had such a low self-esteem we never thought people would care for us because of who we were.
This type of thinking created an even greater lack of self-esteem because we believed no matter what we did we would never meet their expectations.
So much of personal recovery is based on understanding our value because of who we are not what we do.
As we learn more about ourselves we learned that our personal value is greater than anything we could ever do as we learn more about ourselves we learn that our personal value is greater than anything we could ever do.
This podcast addresses just that and we are given six steps in learning how to overcome that personal viewpoint that others may have of us.
We cannot spend our time worrying about other peoples opinions because we can never please everyone all the time.
I hope you find this approach to your wellness as a help in understanding that other peoples opinion of us is really none of our business.
The only thing we can really own is our personal view of ourselves and the behavior that is based upon that.
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Welcome to the Recovery Guy Podcast of Thursday’s Check Up. In this episode we look at and discuss what I call “Three Agents Of Change”.
Each one of these agents works independently of one another yet or necessary to be combined as the foundation that we would build a recovery from. We look at the need to understand our lack of power. We then need to understand how that lack of power has led to our unmanageability. Finally, we must admit that something needs to be done for our life to move forward to our goal of recovery.
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Most of us come to the decision of recovery or wellness out of need rather than want. Because of that, we aren’t as willing or open as we ought to be. Most of the things we agree with are due to a previous agreement or aspect of living. This works against us because we tend to agree with things that got us to this condition in the first place. Until we break free of the old behaviors and thoughts in favor of new ways we will not be successful.
This is where setting aside all old ways and ideas comes into play. However, we can’t merely let go of the old. We are too conditioned. The way to push out the old is to introduce the new. This is where The Power of H.O.W. comes into play.
H.O.W. stands for Honesty, Open Mindedness and Willingness. Until we fully embrace these three aspects the likelihood is that we will never recover. We might have some brief successes, but long term changes will evade us. Sooner or later, we will slip back into our old ways and subsequently we will go back to the old behaviors.
We MUST become Honest, Open Minded and Willing if we are to stand any chance of lifelong wellness. This podcast addresses H.O.W. one point at a time and ties them all together to make a cohesive design to recovery and wellness.
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Today’s Check Up is entitled “Becoming The Best Version Of You”. In this version we discuss the reasons for self and others that we go down this path. Becoming the best version of who we are allows us to enjoy life greater and to a deeper sense. So, it is not only for the temporary it builds on our future satisfaction.
When it comes to becoming the best version of ourselves with respect to others is when we can have the greatest impact. When we become this version of ourselves and we receive the personal satisfaction of knowing what we have accomplished and then to have that self appreciated by those we help along the way is even a greater reward.
I know for some people this can be a challenge and this is why I’ve created six simple steps yet all of us are capable of understanding, implementing and being successful in. If we do not do these or take the steps it is because we either don’t feel a responsibility to her self or to others, or we just gotten lost along the way.
Either way, to not become the best version of ourselves is to deny the reason for our very existence. This podcast is designed to help you along the way. I hope you find the need, the desire and the energy to take this journey with us.
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Today’s podcast is dedicated to those who have yet to feel complete or whole. There’s so many people who start their day wondering if they matter or if they make a difference.I so remember being that person. In my addiction and early in my recovery, I wondered if I would ever feel as a person of value. It was very discouraging and often very difficult to get through a day. It wasn’t a matter of whether or not I was going to drink or use it was a matter of if that feeling of emptiness would leave me and be replaced with the feeling of value.For those of us who have recovered and gone through that phase of our recovery we completely understand what it’s like to be on both sides of the issue. We know what it’s like to be grateful that others came into our life to help us understand our value and our purpose.Now as a person who has been become whole, it is my opportunity and yours to help those who have yet to feel that and help them to understand their value. Let’s make a difference in the life of other people and as my dear friend and mentor Damen Willis says “let’s leave everyone better than we found them“. Thank you for listening to the podcast and also visiting Recoveryguy.org.
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This episode is part two of my interview with Chaz. In this segment, we discuss his Life since he entered into recovery December 26 of 2016. Chaz walks us through his realization that he could not live addicted anymore and his final decision to enter into treatment. Chaz further goes on to discuss his life as a person of recovery and the things that he does to help ensure his recovery 0DAAT. Thank you for listening. Please continue to listen, subscribe, comment and share. Please refer to RecoveryGuy.org for video segments on recovery and overall wellness.
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In this episode I introduce you to a person named Chaz. Chaz is a person of Recovery who shares his story in a way that will be compelling and encouraging. We will be covering Chaz his life and what led up to his using and when he knew it was time to change something or life would take a downward spiral. Thank you so much for listening and please continue to subscribe, comment, and share. Also visit my recoveryguy.org
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In this episode I take you back to the August 2 launch of Recovery Guy podcast. Since we had so many new listeners since we have launched I thought it would be a great opportunity to reacquaint those who already listened and introduce myself to those who picked up further on. I want to share a little bit of my story with you so you can have an opportunity to relate more to my experience, strength and my hope. Thank you so much for listening and I hope I continue to encourage you as you pursue your personal recovery.
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Social Media Recovery and Accountability.
This episode raises and addresses my concerns over using Social Media as the foundation of recovery, rather then a supplement.
The biggest concern I have is that using social media as a primary platform can leave one without much or any accountability.
One of the greatest advantages a person of recovery (especially new or relatively new) is to relay on a person(s) that they can have a face-to-face conversation with and have a higher degree of accountability.
When there is little to no accountability, such as social media, the person then can more easily rely on the thinking that got them in the condition they are in and reject anything that would cause them to challenge their thinking.
I lay out a couple very good resources from Recovery.org and also soberlink.com. Please check out these resources and come to your own conclusion.
Thank you for joining me on the Recovery Guy podcast
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Look to this day
Today’s podcast is entitled “Look To This Day”. I read an IG post that said “When you feel like quitting think about why you started”. This is a great topic. Who hasn’t questioned themselves? Who hasn’t wondered if they could do it or if there was worthwhile payoff they thought was waiting for them?
It is so important to understand why we started in the first place and the value of each day that we live. How each day can have its own power that we can be fuel us.
I present, breakdown and explore the Sanskrit Poem that so embodies the reasons why TODAY has such value. This poem points out all today can bring us. It explores and points out how today brings a sweet memory of yesterday and can be the reason we look forward to tomorrow.
I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did recording it. Please visit my website at recoveryguy.org and use any of the video segments and information that is there for you. All of my content is free.
Please listen, subscribe, comment and share Recovery Guy Podcast. I hope to hear from you,
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Freedom and Healing go hand in hand.
This Recovery Guy podcast is for everyone, regardless of your background. Everyone, at one time in their life or another (even for those of us who are well) need to examine our freedom and how we are healing. There is a direct connection between being healed and personal freedom. In this podcast I explore the four dimensions of life and their connection to freedom and healing. The 4 dimensions of life are as follows; the physical, mental, the emotional and spiritual. Thank you for tuning in and don’t forget to comment, subscribe, and of course share.
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Thank you for joining the Recovery Guy Podcast. This is Monday and it is The Fix.
Recovery helps create a degree of security and even increase it along the way. As our sense of purpose is revealed and implemented It increases our feeling of security.
Prior to our Recovery we did not feel we had any purpose with any redeeming value. Consequently we were very insecure in most all manners of life.
The quality and quantity of our purpose will either grow or dissipate our level of security. Where we feel we have little to no purpose we are very insecure.
Where we feel we have great purpose our security increases. I hope you enjoy this podcast and that you would not only listen, you would comment, subscribe, and share the episode.
We are on all of the major podcast channels and we look forward to hearing from you.
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Promises During the Process of Recovery
Thanks for joining Recovery Guy Podcast for Thursday’s The Check Up. You can find my podcast episodes on all major channels. This podcast focuses on the process and price of recovery that results in promises that are worth all the effort we exert. At times the road seems too challenging, but then one or two positive things occur and begin to see the fruits of our effort.
Recovery, in many ways, is like everything else in life. When we put together a continuous recommended effort, over time, we can expect positive results. One major difference is that in recovery we are most often overpaid.
I love to reference the Promises as referenced in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. These promises have been coming through for people of recovery even before they were written. Writing them was just a way to label what we could expect. I love how bold the author is when he states “They will ALWAYS material if we work for them”.
This has been true in my journey of sobriety, as well as countless others I have known. This can be true for you as well. Won’t you join us in this journey? Why suffer any longer when the promise of a new amazing life awaits you.
Please listen, comment, subscribe and share. We want to hear from you. All you have to lose is your misery and all you have to gain is everything.
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Can We Chose
Thanks for tuning into this podcast. As we all know, our addicted life left us without any choice. We had become internally convinced that we no longer had any power. Once we came to that realization, our addiction went deeper and deeper. Many of those like us would eventually die as a direct result of our alcohol and drug consumption.
As we entered sobriety and began (little by little) to see through the lens of recovery we began taking things back. We learned to let go of the things that held us hostage and began to choose things that gave us freedom.
In this episode, I explore the ways we can choose and the power we must do so. I utilize the writings of Bill Wilson and his excerpts from As Bill Sees It as my primary source of reference. This book contains such great truths and it is in a topical format. Finding specific information is made easy. You can find this book at https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/aa-literature/b-5-as-bill-sees-it or you can pick one up on Amazon or at your local Alano Club.
“Can We Choose”, you bet we can! The longer we live out our sober life, according to the Plan of Recovery, we make better choices. I love being able to choose, instead of having life choices made for me, don’t you?
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Finishing the special 3 part series with slow will.
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Recovery Guy and Positive Self-Talk
Thanks for joining us for The Check Up. Today we are going to discuss the importance of positive self-talk, as it relates to recovery. My dear friend Wendy gave me the idea for today’s show. Wendy has 2 ½ years of recovery and I appreciate how she can help me remember what it was like as a newcomer.
We come from a place of such negativity and bad experiences, before recovery. Obviously, most of the negativity and bad experiences were of our own making. Nevertheless, we carry so much of the negative emotion and baggage into recovery. We might be getting physically sober and clean, but so much our life can still be filled with a poor self-image.
So much of this comes out as we, in recovery, can remain our own worst enemy. The thoughts of all the people we harmed and things that we did can haunt us well into or recovery. Shaking that negativity perspective can often be as difficult as getting sober, and at times more difficult.
Most all relapses occur because of our inability to let go of yesterday and focus on today. One of the biggest challenges to letting go of the past is how we refer to ourselves. Recalling and even reinforcing past views of ourselves is based upon behavior and choices that are no longer part of our life.
Until we recognize we aren’t the same person and begin referring to ourselves as such we stand very little chance of enjoying this new life we have chosen. We must remember that the person we referred to in such negative thoughts is no longer alive. The sober version of us has emerged and taken its place.
Learning how to recognize the amazing accomplishment we are undertaking in the first step seeing us for who we are not who we were. Once we begin seeing the new man/woman we can then begin referring to ourselves as a person of accomplishment. We can then see ourselves as the person we always wanted to be without the substances.
We begin living in the belief that we have been transferred and we are a person of great value and capable of doing great things. Please let me know how I can further assist you as you begin this journey of recovery and your desire to understand the value and power of positive self-talk in recovery.
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Recovery Paradigms
Welcome to recovery guy podcast. This is an episode from “The Fix” that airs every Monday. Today’s episode is part two of two on recovery paradigms. In this episode, I picked up from where I left off last week. If you remember last week we looked at what is a recovery paradigm, a practical example of the recovery paradigm how paradigms affect us negatively and positively, the need to identify the erroneous paradigms.
We then transitioned into remove or displaying paradigms that are not consistent with our direction, commitment or overall environment. Once we get these things we were able then to discover new recovery paradigms, examine if they would be a good fit, adapting these new positive paradigms while making sure they keep us in alignment with our current or future commitments.
I believe when we do this we elevate our thinking which enhances our behavior. Our new behavior in turn validates this new paradigm or advanced paradigm. The program of recovery is more about the journey than it is about the destination. If we do not allow our thinking to evolve with a new positive approach or a more refined version of what we are currently doing, then we cannot move forward.
To keep an idea that would lack effectiveness doesn’t make sense and would keep me from accessing a higher-level recovery paradigm. The challenge people of recovery staying in the same place will eventually cause us to move backward. I find that very dangerous for a person of recovery, such as myself. Matter of fact, referring to last Thursday’s The Check Up podcast (recovery stagnation) staying in the same place can cause us to become emotionally, spiritually, and or physically stagnant. We won’t stay stagnant for long. We either get better or we get worse.
I hope you enjoy Part 2 of 2 on Recovery Paradigms. Please join us on Podbean, ITunes Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play. We have fresh content every Monday and Thursday
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Slow will part 2 Enjoy!
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How to avoid STAGNATION in your recovery.
Stagnation is defined as the state of being still, or not moving, like a sitting puddle of water where stagnation attracts mosquitoes.
The root of stagnation is the Latin word for "standing water," stagnatum.
Stagnation refers to the failure to find a way to contribute. These individuals may feel disconnected or uninvolved with their community and society.
A rut is often a result of stagnation and is a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive and it is often hard to change.
In recovery over addiction and other behavioral challenges, stagnation can be very precarious.
Most all of us, at one time or another, hit a snag or get slowed down. This is often a temporary event and we get moving again rather quickly.
Stagnation in personal recovery can get dangerous because it can cause emotional pain and mental frustration. When we experience this type of pain/frustration it can lead to a spiral and a subsequent relapse.
How do we get out of the Rut or reverse the stagnation?
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Decide we don’t want to be there anymore
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We need to take our own inventory in the 4 dimensions consisting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. If you find it is more than one dimension focus on the one that will likely influence the other.
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It is often very helpful to bring in a trusted person who can help you stay objective
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Put together a course of action
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Follow said course
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Monitor progress while adjusting as you move forward
When we implement these notions and activate the steps we will have the results we work for.
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Today’s podcast is on paradigms. I was first introduced to this term back in 1993. I was seven years into my personal recovery and was looking for a way to grow beyond the material I was currently involved with. That material was working; it was just I wanted more. I knew there was more out there for me to go get it, I just didn’t know what it looked like or how to find it. A friend of mine had introduced me to Stephen Covey. Stephen had just produced “principle centered leader ship”. It was the first time I had heard about a paradigm. Interestingly enough it was exactly where I wanted to be and what I wanted to understand. I was looking for a new way of thinking. This is what this podcast is all about. In this podcast, I laid the groundwork for next week’s podcast. I asked some questions, I introduce the listeners to terminology and I challenge us to come back with our own answers. Quite simply a paradigm is a standard or a set of ideas a paradigm is simply a way of looking at something the word as I am reading the definition from vocabulary.com it’s that it comes up a lot in academic scientific and business world we’re going to look at it from a psychological, behavior and internal position. I like what Mr. Covey says in that a paradigm is a “mental map”. Like any directions they are best accompanied by a map. The more defined and accurate the map the more likely I am to get from point A to point B. In this podcast, I asked the questions, what is a paradigm, list some practical examples of paradigms, how they affect us negatively and positively, identifying erroneous paradigms, removing/display paradigms that aren’t consistent with our direction, commitment or environment and finally how to adopt new positive paradigms that are in alignment with our direction/commitment/environment. Once we address these we will then have a fuller understanding of Why we are at where we are at with our present thinking, if it’s not where we want to be, then what paradigm change do I need to make to get there. I hope you enjoy the podcast. I hope you have a wonderful day.
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From deep inside the Recovery guy vault.
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Today we cover a tried and true method of ensuring that the check up is thorough.
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Gratitude is the fuel that helps determine the course of my life.
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The key to teamwork is putting the WE before ME.
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Making sure our entire home is in order when it comes to others.
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A universal approach to becoming the best possible version of self.
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Recovery is a life long process. Recovery is not a destination, recovery is a journey.
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Recovery For All | Recovery Guy
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Outline for Lifelong Recovery | Recovery Guy
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SLC Alano Club Speaker Meeting Sept. 2, 2017
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Speaking Invitation – Robert wants to invite you to communicate with him on speaking opportunities. Discuss with Robert the type of topic(s) you want covered. Robert delivers a clear message of hope and change in a dynamic fashion.
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Advice – Slo-Will and I discuss advice we want you to heed. Between the two of us we have 68 years of recovery. We have learned so much along the way.
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This podcast discusses phrases that we hear in the rooms of AA. Slo-Will and I explore their importance and why they are worth keeping alive.
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In this podcast, Slo-Will and I discuss the importance of AA Fellowship and why it is so effective and necessary.
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This is a talk Recovery made in 2011 to a group in Riverside, CA
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Long Term Recovery – In this podcast I discuss some standard things we all need to do and some things I have personally created to increase the quality and quantity of my recovery
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Not Drinking – Just because I don’t drink doesn’t mean I have recovery. It merely means I am sober. Sobriety is critical for me to remain.
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Letting Go – In this episode I discuss how we needlessly suffer why it is harmful to our recovery how to overcome such suffering the positive results we gain
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Need Help?Reaching out was the hardest, yet most necessary thing I have ever done. I knew I needed help, but then again I didn’t. I thought I could do it alone.
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