Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast

Man was created as a free moral agent. We are not robots programmed to never make mistakes but rather we have the innate ability to decide wrongly. With this ability to make mistakes, we also possess the creative right to learn from our mistakes and then strive to do better. The ability to recover is a product of God's creative genius. It is recovery that presents itself in man's humanity of making mistakes and wrong deci...

We must never blame our problems on someone else because then they hold the power to solve our problems. The power to solve our problems is within us, with the direction of the GOD of our understanding. The simple fact is only you can fix you. With the help of GOD, all things are possible and achievable. Proof that only  GOD can accomplish together what you can't do alone. We sustain recovery by acquiring hope through the trut...

Willing in recovery means being in the mood of recovery. Ready to precipitate the methods of recovery.   Willing and eager to participate in the process of recovery.  Prepared to actively initiate change. Happy and enthusiastic in meeting the challenges on the road to recovery. Willing means having faith that God can and will assist and guide you through the hills and valleys of recovery. Willing in turn means being reliable, showi...

Time is centrical and always forthcoming. Time is a gift from God. God is not bound by time, he has no beginning or ending. God is timeless. Even time submits to the will of God,  God introduced time into his creation of the world, Every element was created in it's own period of time . Land, water, atmosphere, creatures then man and women all in segments of time. Time is instrumental in understanding. We cannot understand ever...

Within this life of hills and valleys, we all must subcomb to the universal mandate of choices, decisions, consequences, and rewards. This is often overlooked when dealing with the guilt and shame we experience from the bad actions of someone we love. Most often we assume responsibility as if we could stand in their shoes and make the decisions for them. In processing this guilt and shame we must make amends and share the truth of ...

Pain is migratory and transudatory. It can move from person to person. One person's pain can be felt by others who have similar life experiences. Pain causes change and is as such necessary for recovery to initiate and be sustained. Pain in memories refutes triggers as it reminds us of bad past decisions. Pain is a feeling. All feelings are instruments created by God. Thus pain is necessary. Pain warns, and Pain ignites. Pain ...

Analyzing our needs and wants in recovery is essential as overcompensating our wants and underappreciating what we actually need can rapidly lead to unwanted pressure from financial consequences as a result of poor decision-making with regard to measuring our needs versus our wants. Financial calamity is a chief component of many relapse scenarios.  Knowing the difference between a need and a want can easily be determined and measu...

Addiction involves the lie one tells oneself, to further an agenda where the end result is premature death.  Addiction is based on lies.  Fact is no lie can last forever, it must be supported by additional lies. Thus addiction and its lies rise to the level where its needs supersede bathing, food, and self-esteem.  This self-deception changes the internal neural pathways in the brain, thus satisfying the definition of disease.  The...

Life is circular. There is nothing new under the sun. With this, we learn what to and what not to do.  What has been done will be done again, therefore we should plan for what is inevitable. Proper planning makes recovery sustainable. Turning temptations and triggers into testimony. Thus with a mandate to just do better daily, we should plan accordingly for life's common hills and valleys, Cars break down, bad things happen to...

Recovery is one decision after another. With each right decision comes the reward of more decisions...The better decision gets better outcomes. More rewards less consequences.   The more rewards lead to getting your life back. Jobs, family, wealth. The manifestations of life. God rewards whom he chooses. The rewards for being a truth seeker merit more and more accomplishments. These achievements add weight to the recovery scale whi...

Humans are error-prone. Man is not perfect. Mistakes are unavoidable and inevitable. Mistakes however can be bridges to do better. Mistakes create new pathways within our brains when we imagine ways to avoid remaking the mistake or ways to mitigate the harm caused by such mistakes. Recovery is a process to make the next right decision. God showed his genius when he instituted in man a means to imagine how to avoid making the same m...

When life throws at us insurmountable situations and concerns and affairs of others,, we must be mindful of that. we are not GOD. We do not have the solution to all problems, in fact, we control very little in our very existence. We depend on God for the rising and setting of the sun, the fall of rain, and the wind that blows around the earth. God sustains all life and most often we must get out of God's way so God can do what...

Truth in the form of shared stories from one addict to another has the power to save lives. Spoken truth is proof that recovery is possible. What has been proven true for one addict can and does follow suit for others when instructions are followed. If you want what I got then do what I did. The steps of recovery are the same regardless of what you are recovering from. God is truth. When truth is spoken it is God-ordained. Truth is...

Triggers are forever present and triggers have been the root cause for many a relapse. Triggers are forever present and the main reason why we describe addiction as not having a cure. However,  triggers need not be the debilitating device they can be. There is a means to transform your triggers into a vehicle for sustaining recovery. There is a way to transform your triggers into a tool to cement your recovery and use these same tr...

Every person has the right to choose whether to live or die. Not every overdose is an accident. There are those that choose to not recover or die. This is a fundamental right. For these instances, I remind myself that I am not GOD and I get out of God's way and let GOD do what GOD does. God ultimately decides life or death. The fact is not everyone will choose recovery. This too is their right. In recovery we will have to lear...

What makes a true friend. Friends are like diamonds precious and rare, Friends  are gifts from God. A true friend is bonded to a high level of concern regarding  your health and welfare. Friends  are an expression of Gods creating man with an inborn nature with complex nurturing and caring for someone other than ourselves.  Caring about someone without the ancestrial bonds of family. Our creator gave birth to sun ,moon and stars , ...