The Recovery Pod

In this episode I return to rant with poor audio quality and unfiltered thought. Discussing the many revelations of my recent awareness journey and some ways I’ve found helpful to live with serenity today. Appreciate all who listen.

From the depths of the sea, back to the block We back. We’re just getting started. Season 2 on the way

Welcome back! In this episode we discuss how limiting beliefs can stunt our growth in recovery, and ways we’ve found helpful in overcoming them to live the full life we deserve to live and don’t feel a need to escape from! This leads us into the topic of vulnerability, where we discuss our own personal challenges with becoming willing to share our true selves with the world. Join us on another epi...

When you feel yourself slipping in your recovery program, you have two choices: either continue down the path back towards self destruction and complacency, or identity the problem and get back to work! It’s so easy to slip into our old routines, and in this episode we talk about our own experiences with slipping in our programs, and what we do to get back on track. From meeting attendance droppin...

It’s our 4 year podcast anniversary!!! In this episode we kick it off talking about the energy of “taking” and how detrimental it can be for our recovery. Not only did we take drugs, but we took time, money and attention as well. This energy can keep us stunted in our growth in our recovery, and we also discuss some healthy solutions to this. We also deep dive into more biblical topics like how Go...

In this episode we topic-hop from talking about our experience with nature and higher power, interconnectedness and presence. We then dive into concepts with authenticity, childhood and how our attitudes in recovery shift throughout our experience in sobriety. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the content.

Old timers. Taking each others inventory. Meeting etiquette. Program structure. So many ways we look at another’s way of living and create conflict within ourselves, our relationships and our fellowship because someone isn’t doing something the way we would. Join us as we discuss these things in length and ways we’ve found helpful to navigate through it successfully.

In this episode we talk A LOT about unconditional love - what it is, what it ISN’T, challenges in feeling it, ways of showing it, and using it as a tool to use with intent to get out of a funk. We talk about self love, boundaries, friendship and family, as well as intimate relationships and drama. We even talk about dealing with that pesky cashier that you can’t seem to help giving your serenity t...

In this episode we discuss the tendency we have to progress and stray from our growth in recovery, and the effects it has on our spiritual health as well as others in our lives. We share our personal experience with complacency and tools we’ve found that help guide us back to thriving.

I promise this won’t be the only content we create from now on 😅 we’ve just been enjoying this game and feel it helps bring random topics that inspire our truth to come out- which is what recovery is all about!

We are back at it with another round of answering deep, personal questions with each other while playing this game Conversations With Your Inner Self from TikTok shop. Come join us as we discuss trauma, anger management, and colors of emotions…

We bring the boys back for an updated discussion about surrender, turning it over to a higher power, where we’re at in our recovery, and much more!

We got this game Conversations With Your Inner Self off the TikTok shop and played together. This game is designed to ask questions that evoke a deep response that points you towards your shadow work. We took turns answering some questions that took us through concepts like our inner-child, thoughts of envy, what makes us defensive and how we cope with anger. I highly recommend this game to play e...

In this episode we discuss a universal law that we CANNOT avoid the lessons our higher power gives us for growth. We share our own personal experiences and discuss how these challenges can turn from a negative to a positive and some tips to help with recovery.

In this episode we discuss how motivation and complacency can hinder our growth in recovery, and how getting too comfortable can stop our progress. Join us for an in depth discussion on working through barriers to growth in recovery and spirituality.

In this episode we discuss how different addicts share their stories of recovery, the effects of childhood trauma and how we go about sponsoring other addicts. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook by searching The Recovery Pod and join our Facebook group to engage with our community ❤️

If you view addiction through the lens of banking, where dopamine is currency and drugs are the lender, creditors and debt collectors, you will see how it is a never ending money pit that leaves you spiritually bankrupt. We discuss this concept and more on this episode of The Recovery Pod.

Inner work vs outer reality. Expectations, commitment, and serenity levels. Do you measure your recovery by what you achieve on the outside, or how you feel on the inside? Can we have it all and still feel empty? Can we lose some things and keep our peace? Listen for a solo perspective on this episode of The Recovery Pod, and check out our other podcast Messages of Hope for more individual perspec...

What does it mean to trust the process? How do we know when we are living in alignment with a higher power?? Why does it seem so difficult to trust God or the universe when things go so unplanned??? We discuss all these and more on this episode of The Recovery Pod! Thank you all for listening and we hope you gain something from our discussions.

In this episode we discuss higher power, and how we believe that it really doesn’t matter what you call it, but it can make a difference how you connect to it. Listen in and let us know what you think! Find us on Facebook and say what’s up! Facebook.com/therecoverypodcast

In this episode we share some must have tips for surviving the traps of focusing too much on our partners and causing issues. Come listen for some key components of working the it’s not you it’s me- program

In this episode we discuss entitlement in relationships, parenting, recovery and life in general. Join us for an interesting perspective on the dangers of entitlement and some practical ways to counter this issue.

In this episode we discuss the choices we have in recovery to reduce harm, remain purely abstinent, or choose to grow and thrive in recovery. We talk about the ways in which we hinder our growth and cap our progress, and the challenges we face when taking making these efforts.

In this episode we talk about how our brains develop and why we make some of the decisions we do in early life and addiction, as well as why it seems as tho we are constantly catching up with ourselves in recovery.

In this episode we discuss some of the more sciencey things about addiction and early recovery, as well as the subconscious lower brain functioning we tend to experience during intense trauma triggers. Join us as we continue to discuss all the things that we need to be aware of to live a happy and healthy life in sobriety.