Shame - Recovered 1457
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Chapeters 02:27 Topic 51:49 This Week in Recovery 57:00 Phone Calls Summary In this episode, we explore the complex emotion of shame, its impact on recovery, and how the 12 steps, community support, and spiritual practices can help overcome it. Our guests share personal stories and practical insights to help newcomers and experienced members alike navigate shame and build resilience. Keywords shame, recovery, 12 steps, community support, sobriety, emotional health, spiritual growth Key topics The difference between shame and guilt How...
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Resilience - Recovered 1455
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Chapeters 02:27 Topic 51:49 This Week in Recovery 57:00 Phone Calls Keywords resilience, recovery, 12-step program, community support, personal growth, emotional health, sobriety, service work, spirituality, overcoming fear Summary In this episode of the Recovered Podcast, the hosts delve into the theme of resilience within the context of recovery. They discuss the importance of community support, personal experiences, and the tools that help individuals navigate life's challenges. The conversation highlights the significance of service work,...
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Step 12 - 1453
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Chapeters 01:59 Topic 47:36 This Week in Recovery 54:00 Phone Calls Keywords Step 12, recovery, spiritual awakening, service, honesty, principles, helping others, sobriety, 12-step program, personal experiences Summary In this episode of the Recovered Podcast, the hosts delve into Step 12 of the 12-step recovery program, emphasizing the importance of spiritual awakening and the necessity of carrying the message to others. They discuss personal experiences with recovery, the gradual nature of spiritual change, and the significance of service in maintaining...
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Step 11 - Recovered 1451
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Summary In this episode of the Recovered Podcast, the hosts delve into Step 11 of the recovery process, focusing on the transition from making amends to cultivating spiritual awareness through prayer and meditation. They discuss the importance of improving conscious contact with a higher power, the challenges of distractions, and the significance of living the program in all aspects of life. The conversation emphasizes the need for stillness, surrendering outcomes, and recognizing the strength provided by a higher power to carry out God's will. Listeners are encouraged to remain open-minded...
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Step 10 - Recovered 1449
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Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Step 10 02:53 The Importance of Staying Present 06:06 Practicing Rigorous Honesty 09:05 The Role of Support in Recovery 12:11 Step 10 as a Spiritual Barometer 15:05 The Impact of Prompt Action 18:05 Navigating Complex Emotions 20:57 Tools for Maintaining Emotional Sobriety 24:00 Long-term Sobriety and Step 10 27:08 Advice for Newcomers 29:57 Listener Feedback and Community Engagement We are a self-supporting community. Join us in the following ways: - Join by making monthly donations for one year. You will receive...
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Step 9 - Episode 1447
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Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Step 9: The Transformative Process 03:00 The Courage to Make Amends 05:59 Navigating Complex Emotions in Step 9 08:47 The Importance of Rigorous Honesty 12:02 Facing the Past: Personal Stories of Amends 14:51 The Role of Fear and Shame in Recovery 17:52 Setting Things Right: Taking Responsibility 21:00 The Exception Clause in Step 9 24:11 The Impact of Amends on Relationships 27:01 The Spiritual Experience of Making Amends 30:04 Final Thoughts on Step 9 and Recovery We are a self-supporting...
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Interview with Ted from Rochester - Recovered 965
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Interview with Kurt S. - Recovered 707
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Introduction Kurt…. I had the privilege to meet you relatively recently I think I first met you you at Gregg and chrissy’s house last year You are Russ’ sponsor, right? Since then, the three of us have tried to get together on a monthly basis and I use you guys as a sort of steering committee for this show. For this I am grateful for your wisdom and insight. Let’s start where we always start. Kurt, what is your sobriety date? Who is your sponsor? Where is your homegroup? Call us at 1-734-288-7510 or tap Join the Chat Room, Tap email at mark@recoveredcast.com Subscribe to Get...
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The Recovery Topic is The Orange Papers. We will study the words of the author and talk about what he has to say and what we can learn.
In the Introduction page of the website, the author writes “The Orange Papers is “an attempt to clarify my own thinking about A.A., and to explain to others why I felt that there was something wrong with people trying to shove Alcoholics Anonymous on patients”.
You thoughts on this purpose statement, specifically the word “shove”
What can we learn from this purpose statement?
The author was required to attend treatment. In the author’s words, “Most of the "course of treatment" consisted of compulsory attendance of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous 12-step meetings, and "group therapy" sessions where xeroxed copies of A.A. and N.A. literature was handed out and discussed by a 12-step true-believer group leader, someone who just assumed that of course everyone who recovers will do it at 12-step meetings.”
What can we learn from this?..
The author states, “I started out with a very positive view of Alcoholics Anonymous. Like most people, I had only heard good things about A.A., and thought that it was just a wonderful self-help group where alcoholics got together to give each other moral support and advice in quitting drinking.”
Your thoughts and what can we learn?
The author writes, “I mentioned the fact that a dozen years earlier, I had quit drinking, all on my own, and stayed quit for over three years. The counselor declared that I had not had a period of "recovery,"”
Thoughts and what can we learn?
The author continues, “They (AA members) will always declare that you are not "in recovery" if you are not attending their Twelve-Step meetings and doing their Twelve Steps. You are "only abstaining" from drinking alcohol, or "only dry", but not "sober".
Thoughts and what can we learn?
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The author writes, “I came to the conclusion that Alcoholics Anonymous is really just a cult religion, one that passes off its proselytizing under the guise of alcoholism treatment, in just the same way as the Church of Scientology sells its cultish psycho-babble and techno-babble nonsense as self-improving psychotherapy.
Thoughts, what can we learn?
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The author writes, “Bill Wilson talks at length about the need to be freed from ego, the need to be freed from "the bondage of self." But Mr. Wilson's methods are ineffective and harmful to people. He makes students wallow in guilt and shame, and grinds their faces in the mud.
Thoughts, what can we learn?
The author writes, “Wilson repeatedly declared that all alcoholics must be rid of selfishness: "Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles." But you will find out that what Wilson really means by that is that you must spend all of your time recruiting and indoctrinating new members for Alcoholics Anonymous.
Thoughts, what can we learn?
"Spiritual, not religious," but it is really "Superstitious, not religious."
Thoughts, what can we learn?
The author writes, “A.A. assures the students that they will get good results from working the program, if they are willing to go to any length to get sobriety, and if they really try, but the truth is that they almost invariably will not get the promised results. A.A. has a failure rate that ranges from 95% to 100%. “
Thoughts, what can we learn?
The author writes, “One young was having a problem with "giving herself completely" to the 12-step program, one of the resident true believers announced that the answer to all such problems is "Do The Twelve Steps, Get A Sponsor, and Read The Big Book." Well, it didn't work. She relapsed repeatedly, and they kicked her out of the program.
Thoughts, what can we learn?
The author writes, “I just can't help but think that there must be some better way to handle such problems than a method that is obviously not working, the currently-used 12-step program. I can't help but think that a lot of people might be better off if they got some other treatment or therapy besides cult religion and voodoo medicine.”
Thoughts, what can we learn?