Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast

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Desires are born in the imagination of men. Desires can be transformed into wants and wants can be spun out of control and be transcribed into needs. Needs are the highest form of request the mind is confronted with. A need is a mandatory requirement and must be completed regardless of the consequences of completing the request. Needs are life preserving requests. Needs are ranked righ...

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Todays world is beset with lies. Each day we must choose between left or right,wrong or right. The truth is at a premieum in the times we live in. For the addict it seems its easier to lie than to tell the truth. What we know is that the liar hates the truth. We also know God is truth. Everything God does is truthful. God cannot lie. Addiction is rooted in the lie. Addicts depend on th...

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Recovery is a extremely personal decision. What works for me may or may not work for you. In recovery there are some commonality. In addiction the pain addicts feel is the same. The dependency of drugs and alcohol remains the same in its effects it has on the human body. The misery caused by making one wrong decision after another is felt exactly the same for every addict. The fact tha...

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Welcome back, Welcome back. I remember singing this in the 70s. Today I say this in my recovery. Recovery means walking again. Living again. Feeling again. Welcome back all the many things I traded away. To feel again, love again to being loved again. Trusting again, being trusted again. Knowing better means making better decisions and getting better outcomes. More rewards and less con...

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In life you reap what you sow.  Low living or living a immoral life garners you the consequences of those wrong decisions. Being a low life steers you away from the success driven path of taking the high road. Inevitably man sins. As sinful men we all fall down. However with the merciful forgiveness we get from God we can receive the help only God can give and recover. God cannot ignor...

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Many say hell is a place you goto when you die. Others know hell can be a state of mind that exist in the here and now. Hell can be a place you find yourself in while living. Hell can be a steep hill or a deep valley you cannot escape from. Hell can be a place you find yourself in because of your poor or bad decisions. Hell can be dark and void of any light. Hell can be a place you put...

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Recovery is a decision to live and not die. It involves making the next right decision. Recovery remains a life seeking truth. Being truthful in all your affairs. Addiction is a disease of the lie. In addiction we begin by lying to ourselves and then we lie to everyone else. The treatment for a disease of the lie is truth. The lie is rendered inert by the truth. Recovery invokes the tr...

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Help is defined as assisting someone to overcome an obstacle or challenge. Enabling, rather, is defined as preventing someone from experiencing the consequences of an action. The difference between these two approaches can be the difference between life and premature death. Helping someone to enter the road to recovery can be life saving. Enabling someone lost in an addictive life cycl...

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Needing help and asking for it is two totally different things. To ask for help, you must first admit you need help. To ask for help, one must first be in a state of submission. Asking for help requires that one be willing to follow the instructions offered by the helper. To ask for help, one must admit you don't have the answers. Just as asking for directions, one admits they don...

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A miracle is defined as a supernatural act performed by God. God does not need the manifestations of the natural world to accomplish his directions. In the beginning, he said let there be light, and light came to be, yet the sun was not created until days later. Proving God does not need the natural components of nature to make real his imagination. He says be, and it becomes. God oper...

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We all should be mindful that you have not lost if you are still running. A setback is a new opportunity just to do better. Doing better requires a consistent and continual evaluation of what is possible. Better is also a decision. To learn, one must accept they don't know. There is a slogan that states 'What's understood need not be explained.' Understanding is the...

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We are finite, meaning we have an expiration date. We are born, we live and then we die. The God we serve however is infinite, meaning has no ending. God is Omnipresent, meaning everywhere all the time. God exists in infinity, never ever ending. God has no beginning and no ending. God knows what we know not. Even time bows to the will of God. God does not measure time in the same compo...

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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 ...