Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard

Send us Fan Mail The stages of the focus of recovery as described by someone who has been working on recovery for the past year are great words of wisdom. Listen to learn what they are. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you ask for salvation you must be ready to do the work that results in salvation.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When you have been working on the big things in recovery sometimes you can lose sight of the small things that make a big difference. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Is picking a sponsor a seemingly difficult or impossible task for you? Well get some advice on how to do it and who to pick. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Stoic philosophy can be applied to recovery.,  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail How we get past the use of arrogance to get into recovery is through connection and trust.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Being magically stuck in a position where you won't move to get the help and get into recovery is a tough place to find yourself. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Having a troubled past will lead you to destruction. Getting into a group environment can help you when you are trying to work through your old issues that seem to linger in your present.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you go back out what can you expect, and just what did you do? Was it an accident, and experiment, or a full on relapse?  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Will power is not what will get you into recovery, determination is the real driver.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Accountability and responsibility are two very different things but in recovery they sometimes get confused to mean the same thing.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Is Step Five really the most difficult step? Deflation of the ego is a necessary step and yes it is difficult.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Some would say that addiction is you just choosing to use. Others say it is beyond your control. I say life is about decisions and you can make a different decision today to do something else.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When you are working on recovery you will need to go through memories of all the stuff you did. How do you do that without weaponizing those memories to attack yourself. By using purposeful remembering.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There are several stages of denial when you are working on your recovery. So what are those stages? Good question, listen and find out.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Right fighters are a problem in recovery. Are you one? Are you fighting for the right to party (yes 1990s reference millennials)? Let's find out why and what to do about them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hear some words of wisdom from someone who survived the 1960's and lived to tell about it.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today has taken a wondering path to recovery that has included may twists and turns.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail After you get out of rehab what's next? The aftercare program kicks in. Or at least it should. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What's the difference between abstinence, sobriety, and recovery?  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Why are boundaries important and just how do you place, maintain, and keep them? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Why you can't think your way out of addiction. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Destruction of relationships due to enmeshment requires more than just words or behavior for addiction it is an entire relationship culture that needs to change. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Is the opposite of addiction sobriety or being clean? I don't think so.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It seems like the world is blowing up and that can be a threat to your recovery. Do something to help your self cope.  Support the show