51: Step Ten – Continued to Take Personal Inventory and When We Were Wrong Promptly Admitted It (Sort Of)
10/4/20 Step 10 conversation that gets to the reasoning for doing the 10th Step. Why do we continue to look at ourselves, actions, emotions and attitudes regularly? How do we […]
50: Celebrate Recovery – Everything You Wanted to Know (Sort Of)
9/27/20 We have Josh from the Unashamed Recovery Podcast on to tell us about the Celebrate Recovery program. We talk about how the program works, any differences that might exist […]
49: What The Program’s Really Saying In Its New Informational Pamphlet About Mental Health (Sort Of)
9/20/20 IP 30: Mental Health in Recovery seems to be a controversial informational pamphlet. We explore what it really says in this pamphlet and what implications is has for the […]
48: The Disease Doesn’t Discriminate, But Does Recovery? (Sort Of)
9/13/20 Racism, discrimination and oppression are a part of our world. Since recovery is a subset of the same people that are in our world, it makes sense to conclude […]
47: Step Nine – Made Direct Amends to Such People Wherever Possible, Except When to Do So Would Injure Them or Others (Sort Of)
9/6/20 We talk step 9 and everything we know about the amends process. The 9th step involves lots of creative thinking about how to repair the harm we have done […]
46: How to Avoid Dangerous Situations That Can Lead to Relapse (Sort Of)
8/30/20 What kind of dangerous situations are there in recovery? Do we just need to avoid people, places and things associated with our using? Do we just need to change […]
45: The Many Freedoms We Are Not Promised (Sort Of)
8/23/20 One promise, many freedoms. The 12 promises. Recovery programs have different ideas of what else is offered beyond freedom from active addiction, or using. But what are those freedoms? […]
44: The Pain of Addiction Doesn’t End (Sort Of)
8/16/20 Addiction is full of pain for everyone. The suffering is great, and doesn’t end when someone transitions. The pain carries on to the next generation in a cycle. Our […]
43: Honesty, Is It Really The Best Policy? (Sort Of)
8/9/20 We talk about honesty and how we may not be applying it in ALL of our lives. Maybe we are willing to lie to institutions. Maybe we are willing […]
42: Step Eight – Made a List of All Persons We Had Harmed and Became Willing to Make Amends to Them All (Sort Of)
8/2/20 Step 8 Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all (Sort Of). We talk about the 8th step in […]