The Recovery Guy Podcast

If you are a person of recovery believing is foundational to everything we have. As a person of deep faith, my belief is not at the core of who I am; it is the very core of me. The post Episode #130 – Friday The Checkup: Believe in Something or Fall for Anything appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Without inspiration things become old and no longer refreshing. We become stale and stop finding it desirous to grow The post Episode #129 – Tuesday The Fix: Inspiration that Inspires appeared first on Recovery Guy .

It for this very reason I want to challenge you to elevate your thinking and let you know I have found a way to have the best of all worlds. I can stay in the now/day while at least having a major say if not outright controlling what yesterday and tomorrow look like. The post Episode #128 – Friday The Checkup: Regaining Control appeared first on Recovery Guy .

One of the most exciting things I have ever read was on page 98 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. It reads “Burn it into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.” The post Episode #127 – Tuesday The Fix: Being an Exceptional Being appeared first on Recovery Guy .

I look at the moment in time when “I said I can’t do this anymore.” I was literally “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” At that moment, I was reborn for the last time. The post Episode #126 – Friday The Checkup: Reborn Again appeared first on Recovery Guy .

So, let’s picture ourselves. If I blame someone for my past then they are responsible for my past. There is one main problem with that. If it's someone else's fault that I got where I ended up, do I need someone else to get where I want to go? The post Episode #125 – Tuesday The Fix: Self Portrait appeared first on Recovery Guy .

letting go is one of the most challenging things we do. What is the connection between something that seems desirable yet challenging? The post Episode #124 – Friday The Checkup: How to Let Go appeared first on Recovery Guy .

“Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing and that is not why we are here.” The post Episode #123 – Tuesday The Fix: Lifetime Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Feelings are inescapable. We must deal with and process them so they don’t deal with and process us. The post Episode #122 – Friday The Checkup: The Inescapable appeared first on Recovery Guy .

The purpose of the mask is to conceal. It is not so much as to conceal who we are as it is how we feel about who we believe we are. The post Episode #121 – Tuesday The Fix: Remove the Mask appeared first on Recovery Guy .

One might say, If I knew what a synapse was I might be excited about it. I am glad you asked. “Synapses are the gaps between neurons. These gaps allow neurotransmitters to travel from one neuron to another. The post Episode #120 – Friday The Checkup: B Positive appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Living, interacting and being accountable to these 5 relationships everyday helps give me the direction I need and want. They also serve to give me the personal fulfillment of things I want done for me, but more importantly what I can do for others. The post Episode #119 – Tuesday The Fix: Who’s In Your 5? appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Where are you at in your Search for the Lost Chord? Are you like the happy wanderer that feels if you find it, you find it? Or are you like so many of us that if you don’t find it you will disappear into further darkness or death? The post Episode #118 – Friday The Checkup: The Search appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Before you and I came to recovery, it was not often or regular that we had reason to celebrate. Even when we did, it was usually short lived. After that, the reality of the direction our addiction was taking us brought us back to earth. The post Episode #117 – Tuesday The Fix: Reason to Celebrate appeared first on Recovery Guy .

When we walk in this light and freedom we become convinced that going back is never an option. The post Episode #116 – Friday The Checkup: Deadly Silence appeared first on Recovery Guy .

When we accept our need to become well and want to incorporate the Steps to Change we will grow and become the best possible version of ourselves. The post Episode #115 – Tuesday The Fix: Steps of Change appeared first on Recovery Guy .

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment The post Episode #114 – Friday The Checkup: Acceptance appeared first on Reco...

I am going to list some names of those who stand out as significant to me in my life. The post Episode #113 – Tuesday The Fix: Those Along The Way appeared first on Recovery Guy .

“The only constant in life is change” The post Episode #112 – Friday The Checkup: The Stages of Change appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Happiness never was easy. The post Episode #111 – Tuesday The Fix: Happiness Doesn’t Just Happen appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Essentially, toxic shame is what happens when feeling badly about aspects or the totality of we are is as if it were stamped into our DNA. This is one of the reasons there is no quick fix, we will likely require the help of someone else and we may not accomplish complete removal in our lifetime. Having said that, there is hope for us. We must first identify Toxic Shame as a block wall in our life....

When we do these things, we stand a very good chance the delusion will stay SMASHED. If the psychotic notion of being successful with our negative behavior stays crushed, we will be able to live the life that the addictive lifestyle kept us from. The post Episode #109 – Tuesday The Fix: Getting Smashed appeared first on Recovery Guy .

How vital is relating in recovery? It has been the experience of countless others and myself that our quality and even quantity of our recovery stands in the balance of how and to whom we relate in recovery. The post Episode #108 – Friday The Checkup: Relating In Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy .

When it comes to being Wounded No More, I am not saying that we will never be wounded again. That would like saying we cease being human. What I am saying that the wounded feeling does not have to last. The post Episode #107 – Tuesday The Fix: Wounded No More appeared first on Recovery Guy .

Staying healthy is best promoted by continuing to self-examine. We make adjustments and corrections along the way... (but) If this continues unchecked the likelihood of relapse is inevitable. The post Episode #106 – Friday The Checkup Signs I Might Need Help appeared first on Recovery Guy .