54: Narcan and The Right To Breath (Sort Of)
10/25/20 What is Narcan? Or Naloxone? How does it work? Is it effective in treating overdose? Is the only reason to provide Narcan ethical? Should Narcan be free? What about […]
53: What Is Relapse and What Can We Do About It? (Sort Of)
10/18/20 What is a relapse? What does it take to avoid relapse? Can we really stop people from relapsing? What can we do after a relapse? Are the 12 step […]
52: Adult Children of Alcoholics – Everything You Wanted to Know (Sort Of)
10/11/20 Ever wondered what the Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACA, ACoA) program is all about? We invite Sarah to tell us all about the ACA program. How […]
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? […]