Getting Rest - Recovered 1183
Recovered Podcast
For at least three reasons, people who drink heavily often cannot
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Serenity Prayer - Recovered 1181
Recovered Podcast
Serenity is like a gyroscope that lets us keep our balance no matter what turbulence swirls around us. And that is a state of mind worth aiming for.
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Smartphone Therapy - Recovered 1179
Recovered Podcast
When we stopped drinking, we were told repeatedly to get A.A. people’s telephone numbers, and instead of drinking, to phone or text these people.
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Changing Routines - Recovered 1177
Recovered Podcast
Some of us insist that it was never the availability of the beverage that led us to drink, any more than the immediate unavailability kept us from that drink we really wanted. We live in a drinking society and we cannot avoid the presence of alcoholic beverages forever.
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Staying Active - Recovered 1176
Recovered Podcast
We have found many kinds of activity useful and profitable, some more than others. Here are two kinds, in the order of their effectiveness as we experienced it.
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Living a Balanced Life - Recovered 1168
Recovered Podcast
There are many positive things that you can focus on now that you’re recovering from Substance Addiction. You just need to learn how to find balance so you can fully partake in everything your life has to offer.
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Popsicle Sticks - Recovered 1166
Recovered Podcast
Each stick has a recovery topic written on it. We will take turns, randomly picking a stick and then sharing on that topic that was chosen.
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Service Work - Recovered 1165
Recovered Podcast
Studies have shown that addicts who help others can significantly improve their chances of staying sober and avoiding relapse.
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Self Awareness - Recovered 1163
Recovered Podcast
Despite these challenges, we can all improve our self-awareness and reap the benefits in addiction recovery and in life.
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Perseverance - Recovered 1161
Recovered Podcast
The first key to persistence is to create for yourself a compelling vision for your recovery. Too often, people focus on what they don’t want to happen.
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Many of us have had the privilege to be working in early recovery. But even so, there were some pretty long, vacant stretches of minutes and hours staring at us. We needed new habits of activity to fill those open spaces and utilize the nervous energy previously absorbed by our preoccupation, or our obsession, with drinking.
Tonight, we talk about Staying Active