Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast

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Help is defined as assisting someone with resources in attempting to do something. Help requires submission. Needing help is not the same as asking for help. Because of the selfish characteristics associated with the disease of addiction, many times an individual in need of help is not ready to be helped. Assisting an addict often can be more destructive than constructive. Because of t...

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Life is circular. What is will be again? We all fall down and at some point need help. Asking for help when needed is a sign of intelligence. In order to help someone, we must be in a position to help. To help someone, we must first help ourselves. In order to love someone, we must first love ourselves. In order to teach, we must first learn. Today's learning becomes tomorrow&apos...

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In AA, there is a slogan that states that to recover, one must uncover. This translates to in order to heal, one must reveal. Truth is the remedy to the lie. Addiction is a disease rooted in self-deception, a lie. To treat this disease, one must apply the remedy of truth. God is truth, everything God does is truthful, and God cannot lie. To depart from the words of God is the very defi...

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A father has a specific definition in the family unit. A father has a specific designation in the community. What constitutes a father is deliberate and dynamic. A father garners recognition when he carries his life out according to a specific criterion. A father has a place, generates respect, and is worthy of imitating. The greatest compliment for fatherhood is to be copied.  A fathe...

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My will is my will. I can't turn it over to someone else, I can't absolve it.  We are all free will creations. Free to decide for ourselves what to and what not to do. We were created unique and special in the entire universe, both known and unknown. Our will is not instinct or mandated action, but rather is completely under our control. We possess a moral capacity that place...

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Relapse presents a decision to die and not live. With relapse, gone are the sure-fire dreams of success. Gone is the newfound cohesion between family and friends. Gone is the financial security and rewards of recovery. Gone is the journey to get better. Relapse presents an illusion of one more trip on the drink and drug carousel. Relapse instead delivers instant guilt and shame. Relaps...

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It is not my intention to prove GOD exists. I would rather declare through demonstration of how GOD has manifested his existence through the assistance and guidance he has applied to my life, how he has restored a wretch like me to sanity, how he has granted me a life of serenity. A life abundant in joy and complete with the rewards of making better decisions. A life of serenity where ...

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There are no perfect parents. As such, the child outcome is as varied and radical as the means by which instruction is handed down. From parents we learn what to and what not to do. We learn as much, if not more, from mistakes as we do from success. With this in mind, we can learn just as we learn what not to do. Either way, we learn. In this, if you don't like what a parent did, ...

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Addiction is a disease built on lies. Addiction is a disease of self-deception. The remedy for the lie is truth. Addiction is considered a disease of no spirituality. This is since with addiction, you get the presence of lies. A lie is the opposite truth. All truth begins with GOD. GOD cannot lie. Everything GOD does is truthful. GOD can't lie. With the truth that comes from GOD, ...

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Recently, at the funeral of Pope Francis, I learned that he expressed that three sayings were his favorite. These words were, please, thank you, and I'm sorry. When I heard this, a thought came to my mind that these three expressions could be best used in a conversation with God. Please, a statement of submission and acceptance, thank you, a saying denoting gratitude as well as gr...

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Marriage is a union of two separate lives under the umbrella of unity, where two plans for life become one. Where the inclusionary spirit must exist when drafting the all-for-one plan of the marrying parties, a marriage is a living entity and requires the respect and nurturing cohesiveness of both parties if the union is to stand the test of time or the sandstorms of life. Marriage req...

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Man is the highest form of creation on this planet. Man was proclaimed to the entire universe as GOOD. One of God's greatest creations was the completed entity of man and woman; together, they form the complete man. As a completed unit, God declared to the known and unknown universe that this creation was in fact special and unique, and with such submission comes the reward of ser...

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Addiction often destroys the bonds of family and reduces them to nothing, the bonds that hold the family together. Far too often, Addictive bad decisions cost families their trust and eliminate their trustworthiness. Gone are all the joy-filled meetings of joyous union. Frequently replaced with hate, distrust, and emptiness. However, recovery brings the shine back. Returned to luster i...

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Addiction is defined as the interplay and continuance of activity in spite of suffering the damaging consequences. This literally means losing your job, your marriage, your children, your friends even your life is not enough to stop the continuation of addictive behavior. Death is the only function that ends the addictive mindset. Recovery from addiction begins with a decision to live ...

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In recovery, it does get greater later. This can mean we begin to reap the rewards of making better decisions. Thus, we get more rewards from better decisions and fewer consequences from bad decisions. These successes can put us in a funhouse of deception. We can very easily fall victim to the self-deception of we deserve a break or we can indulge in just one because of our success. We...

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Recovery requires we share our past bad decisions with someone other than ourselves. To heal we must reveal. Some consider this a wall, for me, it was a door. A door that opened with gratitude. A door that revealed how grateful I was for being given another day to just do better. Revealing my past relieved me of the guilt and shame that had infested my very being. Revealing my past aff...

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In recovery, we must participate in our own recovery. We must be willing to submit to change everything. It is our willingness that presents our submission to the GOD of our understanding for his help and guidance. It is our willingness that puts us in a position to be used by GOD as a tool for him to use to present truth and light to those who are seeking help. The more we give the mo...

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Early in recovery, I did not know recovery even existed or was possible. I did not know how to live a sober life. I had to learn. I learned in 12-step meetings from people I did not know, that these individuals were willing to teach me how to live a sober life by sharing their past bad decisions and some of the most embarrassing moments in their lives. Their truths taught me what to an...

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Living life on life's terms often means dealing with unexpected hurtful, and even painful situations. These situations remain outside of our control and we lack the power to change or abate them. We can and should deal with them in their entirety. The pain, the loss, the isolation, the exhilaration, the joy, the laughter. All of life's ups and downs feel what we need to feel ...