Discipline - Recovered 1159
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Self-discipline is the willingness to put some limitations on behavior in order to gain something or make life better.
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Humility - Recovered 1157
Recovered Podcast
Ultimately, when we are humble we are willing to seek and receive help, support, guidance and direction with our lives. The result is that we are not alone anymore.
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Willingness - Recovered 1155
Recovered Podcast
Your life belongs to you, right? Sure it does, but look at where your actions got you. Your life became unmanageable because of your addiction. You need to be willing for a lot of things, especially accepting help.
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Integrity - Recovered 1152
Recovered Podcast
Sobriety helps us reconnect with our true selves and become reacquainted with our inner light, our life’s mission, and our purpose.
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Courage - Recovered 1150
Recovered Podcast
Any challenges life throws your way, you now know how it feels to look fear in the face and remember how capable you are of walking through it.
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Faith - Recovered 1148
Recovered Podcast
In order to keep going and develop sobriety the individual needs to have faith that things are going to keep improving.
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Hope - Recovered 1146
Recovered Podcast
Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see a path to a better future
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Honesty - Recovered 1144
Recovered Podcast
It is normal to struggle with owning up to dishonesty, but the key is to acknowledge when it occurs as soon as possible. If not, you could struggle with feelings of guilt and put your sobriety in jeopardy.
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Popsicle Sticks - Recovered 1142
Recovered Podcast
Here in our virtual studio, we have a can full of popsicle sticks. 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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Reaching Out - Recovered 1140
Recovered Podcast
If you have a problem with alcohol or drugs, reaching out for help can be hard. You’ve probably tried several times to handle this by yourself, but the problem is just too big to tackle without help.
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Appreciation, Value, and Self Worth
To get the show started I have a clip and a survey on tonight’s topic.
First the clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba0ZUgtaMd8
I asked our listeners to tell us what they appreciate most in recovery, and here are the results.
Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/ofTuOFSPvwbJWECaT0gmFLu_2FoTEUsSSQbOT0pOW7oyY_3D
When I was in my disease almost everything was disposable, including my relationship with my sons and wife. I couldn’t stop using, my disease was demanding all my attention. I could not recognize nor appreciate the value in relationships. It was impossible to value simple things like a sunrise. At the end, holding a job or having money in our bank account could not be appreciated, my disease was everything.
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Chrissy, let’s start with you
What were your first thoughts when you came up with this topic?
Before program, what did you give away?
Why didn’t you value the thing that you gave away?
Today, do you appreciate the thing that you lost?
Have you tried to get that thing back?
Is there a grieving process?
Do you value different things today?
What do you value today?
How do you show your appreciation for these things?
Other than drugs and alcohol, what do you value less today than before program?
How does depression affect your ability to appreciate things?
How do you fight depression?
Did your disease take your dignity?
How was this lost?
How has the program (steps, prayers, service, sponsor, higher power) helped?
How has the program (steps, prayers, service, sponsor, higher power) helped with self esteem and self worth?
Guilt is a powerful and dangerous emotion. What do you do if you don’t yet believe that you have self worth?
Is it possible to value things/people if you don’t value yourself?
If you feel disposable, is everything in your path is disposable?
We have Calls
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Mystery
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Mike
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Buddy
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What would you say to the new guy?