Spirit of Recovery

Have you ever encountered a group or club where other people decided whether it was okay for you to join in and be a part of it or not? Well, we find in addiction recovery that it's just the opposite! Nobody can tell us whether we belong or not, only we can. As we walk our recovery path we see that this has important implications for our journey. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as they talk about the po...

Has your trust ever been shattered? Have you ever felt betrayed by an authority figure? Many of us in recovery will say yes to those questions. But do we want to spend the rest of our lives in distrust and fear? No, we do not! So, then, how do we regain trust if we have lost confidence in another? Join Revs. and Dan as they share the path to regaining trust in our higher power and in others around...

Most people who have suffered from the disease of addiction will describe their experience of life as “standing on the outside looking in.” The spiritual principle of Unity changes us—we rise above our selfishness and come together for the good of the whole. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as they share about the journey from separation to community and the power of the group! Learn more about your ad c...

Did you ever wish you could just start over? Well, good news! You can! In fact, you can start over anytime you decide to. Our higher power gives us the ability to leave behind that which no longer serves us and move ahead with a clean slate. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as they discuss how to energize your life with a fresh start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we begin our recovery journey, we learn that we need a higher power in order to get clean and sober. Later, we realize we need this same power in order to stay clean and sober! But just how do we create and maintain conscious contact with our higher power? And what do we do with those experiences anyway? Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as we share how to lead a God-connected life, a divinely guided...

“Know thyself,” says the ancient Greek wisdom. And for those of us in addiction recovery, doing so may well be a matter of life and death! Fortunately for us, Step 10 teaches us to make self-examination a regular part of our day-to-day lives. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as we share how self-knowledge can bring freedom and joy to your recovery journey, just as it has for us and many others.    Learn...

Those of us in recovery know that even the best of intentions is often not enough. When it comes to repairing the wreckage of our past, we must combine right intention with guidance and wise action in order to get results. But just how do we go about doing that? We’ve turned over a new leaf, so how do we make things right? Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as we share how Spirit has helped us find our way...

While in addiction recovery, it is not uncommon to learn that some of our unhelpful behaviors and thought patterns seem to be set in concrete! Fortunately, once we are a few steps down the recovery path we become prepared to make different choices. But how do we let go of our old ways and move into a new life of freedom and joy? Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as we walk with you into your new life, sha...

It takes courage and integrity to walk an addiction recovery path. Those who have come out of the nightmare of substance abuse know there is a lot of work to be done. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as we illuminate a path through the Shadow into the Light, sharing our own experience, strength, and hope as we go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us in recovery will hold on to old ideas until the pain and confusion pushes us to a point of willingness. I’ve heard it said that we never let anything go that didn't have claw marks on it! However, when we become willing to try a new way, our lives begin to change. When we can truly “let go” and allow a higher power to provide guidance and direction, our lives begin to become amazing. Jo...

We can live lives of peace, comfort, and joy, although that may seem far off when we are in early recovery. We must first extricate ourselves from the confusion, disarray, and insanity of an undirected life. Learn to trust a Presence and Power that brings sanity and hope. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan to learn how to move from disarray to genuine peace, comfort, and joy in your life. Learn more about...

When we take action in our lives, powerful and positive changes begin to happen. In fact, action is essential to addiction recovery and spiritual growth. Our recovery literature states, "There is action and more action,” and in Scripture we read that, "Faith without works is dead." Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan to learn how to take effective action and build a life you love. Learn more about your ad c...

Unity minister and author Rev. Eric Butterworth was fond of saying, "Change your thoughts, change your life." When we bring our mental powers to bear on a topic, one thought feeds another and our lives change. If we direct our thoughts with integrity, our lives come together beautifully. Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan to learn how you can use the power of your thoughts to support health, prosperity, lo...

Revs. Lonnie and Dan explore effective ways to make conscious contact with God as you understand God, and to see concrete, positive results in your life. Am I alone in the universe? I'm supposed to pray, but how and for what, and to whom? I prayed as a child with seemingly no results. What's different now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan to find out who you really are and how your new identity can bring deep meaning to your life and your life’s work. Our former lives in addiction left us feeling at best like bad actors and at worst like monsters. The recovery journey offers an opportunity to grow into an entirely new sense of ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revs. Lonnie and Dan help you find your way to an understanding of God that truly works and can guide you on your recovery journey. Does God exist or not? Many of us denied the existence—after all, how could your life be like this if there is a God? Then again, perhaps you've had a nagging feeling that there’s more to all this than just flesh and circumstances.  Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Revs. Lonnie and Dan explore how to create a life of vitality and purpose—a life worth living! In addiction many of us became down, even perhaps deeply depressed. Now that we’re in recovery, how can we create a new life that repairs body and soul and becomes truly satisfying? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revs. Lonnie and Dan explain how to use your excess energy to create a life that works—right here and now—one day at a time. We enter recovery with an excess of energy, not always knowing where to put it. We can exhaust ourselves by overcommitting and trying to make up for lost time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twelve-step wisdom teaches that we are powerless over our addiction. However, does that mean we are powerless over everything? Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan as they explore ways you can live according to a higher power, yet not lose your personal power in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn to unlock a new way of experiencing life as Revs. Lonnie Vanderslice and Dan Beckett share practical tools and insights. Murphy’s Law seems operable in the life of many addicts—whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. Beaten into submission by the school of hard knocks, we wonder if we have to learn everything the hard way. Spiritual science says, “No!”   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Many of us in recovery have experienced the results of questionable decisions—even some we’ve made repeatedly. How do we move away from these seemingly bad decisions, bad relationships, and bad situations? Revs. Lonnie and Dan share practical ways you can do just that and experience new levels of joy and freedom in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beatles said, “All you need is love.” Is that true for everything? Recovery literature says love and tolerance is our code. Love means different things to different people. How can this relate to our individual recovery process? Join Revs. Lonnie and Dan to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a common experience when getting clean and sober to find your life in some degree of chaos. If you’re feeling topsy-turvy, you’re not alone! Tune in for ways to bring more peace and order into your life while you are on the path to recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quotation of Henry David Thoreau is often paraphrased as "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." Many of us begin the recovery journey feeling stuck and limited. And sometimes even after years of clean and sober time, we can find ourselves feeling aimless. Rev. Lonnie and Rev. Dan share practical ways you can rekindle your dreams and advance confidently toward making them realities! Le...

How do we get from fear to faith? Fear keeps us stuck. Fear of the future, fear of change, fear of pain. Join us this week as Rev. Lonnie and Rev. Dan share steps to learning the essential skill of letting go. In recovery we learn that fear is future-based and of the imagination—so what? A popular 12-step program slogan is “Let go and let God,” but how do we get from fear to faith? Tune in for rea...