Spirit of Recovery – Details, episodes & analysis

Today’s episode is titled, “What Defects of Character?” We are going to talk about the importance of being willing to acknowledge our shortcomings, thinking here of course of Step 6, and our question for you is, “What is one shortcoming or character flaw that you realized you had and what was it like to finally see it and own it?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many of us, when in early addiction recovery we are not inclined to trust others or other peoples' ideas of how things should be done. But once we make the commitment to clean and sober living, we have an opportunity to learn and trust a recovery process that has worked for many others. We get to decide if it will work for us. Today we want to share our experience, strength and hope on learning to trust the process of recovery on the way to a life that is happy, joyous and free. Find Spirit of Recovery on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you ever feel like life would be so much better if you could just wipe the slate clean and start over? Well, you can do just that! In fact you can start over any time you decide. Our Higher Power gives us the ability to leave behind that which no longer serves us and move ahead in a new and better way. A new beginning! Today we want to share our experience, strength and hope on energizing your life by starting over, anytime. Find Rev Dan Beckett and Rev Michelle Vargas on Facebook Do you need help with alcohol addiction? Alcoholics Anonymous is here SAMSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want what we have, you have to do what we did. 12-step addiction recovery is a program of action based on spiritual principles. The ideas are nice, and anyone can read the steps and see that perhaps they “make sense,” but nothing happens if we don’t take action. Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on putting spiritual principles to work through a program of action, and the amazing changes that take place as a result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.” Thus opens the chapter in the Big Book titled “How It Works.” Although the book goes on to describe the 12 steps in some detail, what might it all look like if we zoom out a bit and talk about “how it works” in a broad sense? Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on working a successful 12-step program and the wonderful things that happen when we do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some of us new to recovery, the whole “God thing” can be a real barrier. We may be carrying old ideas of God that don’t make sense to us. We may not realize that we don’t need to accept someone else’s understanding of God—we can find our own. In fact, we don’t even have to use the word “God” if we don’t want to! Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on making peace with the whole “God thing” on our own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us in active addiction were not looking for a way out of our way of living. But then things got really bad, and we became willing to find a new path forward. We moved from complacently accepting our addiction to actively seeking to move beyond it. Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on forging a new path forward with hope, commitment, and focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In addiction, many of us became down, even perhaps deeply depressed. Now that we’re in recovery, how can we create a new life of vitality and purpose? A life that repairs body and soul and becomes truly satisfying? Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on creating a new life in recovery, a life worth living! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us in addiction recovery are all too familiar with the feeling of fear. Fear of the future, fear of change, fear of pain—you can probably add to the list. The good news is that in recovery, we can learn to manage and transform our fear, moving instead into a life rooted in faith. Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on moving from fear to faith using the power of release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us enter addiction recovery with an excess of energy, not always knowing what to do with it. We can exhaust ourselves overcommitting, trying to make up for lost time, or just generally running ourselves ragged. This has been called “frantic sobriety.” Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they share their experience, strength, and hope on using our recovery energy to create a life of purpose, right here and right now, one day at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices