Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast

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Recovery exist by Gods permission. Recovery is at Gods will. His plan, his infinite imagination. The God of my understanding is the heart beat maker, the thought provoker. He is the ship captain, the airplane pilot, the script writer, the movie director. It is thru his infinite imagination that we draw a map of the path we follow. His will, his way. Thru recovery we prove the existence...

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Isolation is a decision to extract oneself form the community. In addiction isolation becomes a self induced  criteria for living. The result of bad decision making forces one to hide from the community due to shame and guilt. It is only with the light of recovery we can regain our moral footing and remerge ourselves back into our community. Listen as Trent reveals his travels from iso...

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The similarities between a hero and a coward are that they are both scared to death. However, the hero decides to move forward where as the coward moves backward. Recovery requires hero like actions in that one must leave behind ones totally life and move forward based on faith. Recovery requires admitting one was wrong. Recovery demands we ask for help and then follow instructions. Re...

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Life is a culmination of ups and downs , a eternal circle of choices decisons consequences and rewards. We live today at the mercy of the God of our understanding. Nothing is guaranteed. It is my acceptance of these facts that propels my recovery. It is my internal gratitude that makes me wake each new day with joy and a true measure of happiness. Being content with a life of purpose a...

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Step 1 of the 12 steps instructs us to admit we are powerless over the disease of addiction. This step is mandatory in order to recover. One must admit and thus submit to the power greater than us. God does not force his will on anyone. He must be invited in. We must willingly submit to his will. Only by this submission can we recieve the power from a all powerfull God. A God who can m...

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My past relationshiops were all doomed to fail due to my lack of knowdkege about women. Women are unique and special creations from God. Women have a inner make up that makes them unique and superior in many respects. Women have an inate capability to process life thru their emotional engine. Their emotional well is so deep that they can be studied there entire life and still not fully...

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Life is circular. What has been will be again. Change is essential for sustained recovery. By remebering our bad past decisions we can use them to avoid making the same mistakes again. Our past can become a shield of protection for our future decisions, if we remember and use this knowledge. Wisdom is defined as knowdledge put into practice in our lives. Wisdom keeps us living. With wi...

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My life is a lesson of what to and what not to do. I am a imperfect man. Ladened with faults and failures. In recovery I have learned to accept all my failings and imperfections. It is my belief that the God of my understanding forgives unconditionally. He grants us life as a display of his immense mercy and unconditional compassion. His love for me is demostrated in his permitting my ...

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Someone once said, 'If you want to change the world, you have to start with the man in the mirror and make that change.'  For me, the man in the mirror is me. In recovery, I had to change myself. From the inside out. For me, recovery was truly an inside job. If I wanted to change my world, I had to begin with the man in the mirror. Recovery required that I change the man in t...

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Healing is defined as moving into a state of balance. This balance is reached mentally,physically,emotionally and spiritually. In order to heal one must reveal. Revealing ones past bad decisions rids one of the extreme shame and guilt often carried around because of bad past decisions and suffering consequences. To reveal one gains a sense of inner peace. A moment of sanity. A requsite...

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Life is short we just dont know how short. Life is a complex expression of co existing organisms. Life is a reward from the God of our understanding. Our lives are a demostration of his emense love for mankind. Our very next breath is dependent on the God of our understanding. We all benefit from the mechnisms of an incredably brillant and imaginative God. We see in color , we touch in...

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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...