This is another group session and one member of our group brought the topic for discussion. Charlie suggests that social media can be a place that fuels the emotions that cause people to hurt and want to numb. Listen as the guys in our group discuss whether or not social media can lead to relapse and if it is the new drug, the new mind altering experience!

In this episode we look at what it means to be a peacemaker. Then we discuss how to be a peacemaker with ourselves. With our past, with our present and with our future. What fears are you still holding onto that keep you from being a peacemaker? Also nite the new Q&A option on Spotify to send your feedback.

This episode is another group session. Our guys in recovery give their responses to the statement "Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside!" They focus on finding the keys to open the door to recovery, healing, faith and hope. Can you see as they did that the longer you keep secrets hidden inside, the longer you stay in isolation, you are basically trapping yourself in a self made darkness ? I believe you will be inspired to find the keys to hope and submission so you can release yourself from your inner prison and begin walking free.

Today's episode is a group session where it guys in recovery respond to the statement "You never recover until you know what you're recovering from!" The guys share their ideas around admitting you have a problem, seeking help, the triggers of the ghosts from our past, having the right tools for a sustainable recovery and finding the deeper root causes of your addiction.

That's the question! Did you dance today? Using quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche we view four reasons why we should be dancing in recovery, in our situation or circumstances. Whether or not people think we are crazy or insane for dancing, it's important to dance everyday. As Nietzsche said "We should consider everyday lost in which we have not dance at least once!"

If I chose a subtitle for this episode it would be Stayin' Alive. Today we look at recognizing the death and destruction of addiction and choosing life. Then we build a plan for removing those things from our past which would impede our new life and to work closely with a coach, mentor, sponsor to see clearly those things we need as a foundation as we rebuild and seek to restore our original plan and purpose in our life.

Today's episode is about rage. You know when we look like a snapping turtle out of water ready to attack anyone who comes near us or gets in our way. Using the LIFEMORTS mnemonic by R. Douglas Fields, an American senior researcher at the National Institutes of Health, we look at the nine triggers to rage which may have people always telling us "you need to take an anger management course bro!" Listen and see how your stressors in life may be the hair trigger of your snapping turtle!

This episode is another group meeting with our guys in recovery from the US, South Africa and Australia. Today's topic is about how we have changed in recovery. We are not the same man we were in addiction. The guys look at three quotes about change. One deals with people thinking it's easy to be in recovery. The second talks about finding strength in the depth of a winter season in life. And the third talks about going back to the old places that are still the same to see how much you have changed. Listen, enjoy and share with your friends.

This episode is about making amends to our spouse, partner, grown children and possibly our parents. You may want to listen to episode #41 which deals with making amends to a variety of people that we have harmed in our addiction. Here we are dealing with accepting the reality that in some cases "That Ship Has Sailed" and we are never going to fully reconcile with certain loved ones. In this tough reality we discuss turning our focus on our own transformation, character development and new life.

In this episode we look at the link between the character development stage of recovery and the development of our identity. Too often addicts stay stuck in a lifeless form of recovery because they feel their addiction and behavior in addiction defines their identity. We look at questions like: who are you? Who do you want to be? What are the doubts stuck in your head? How do rewrite your story? And we review the four statuses of Identity Development as outlined by American psychologist James Marcia.