Better Life in Recovery

Today Josh and David begin discussing the best selling book, "The 4 Agreements," and how it applies to living your life better, happier and more fulfilled. This is part one of their discussion of the book.

Lawren Cramer is a person in long-term recovery who has successful sustained sobriety for the last 20 months.

She remains active in the recovery community by giving her best to New Beginnings Sanctuary, the program that helps her continue to build her foundation, as a House Manager, and working with adolescents struggling with substance use as a CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) for Burrell Behavioral Health.

Lawren loves working with her church family at The Well Aurora and strives to be better than the person she was yesterday, every day... focusing on always doing the next right thing.

Today David and Josh talk about Nichols 4th Law and how it applies to recovery. They also talk a little about how we can use 3 questions and the platinum rule to not only attain our recovery, but maintain our recovery because recovery is amazing!!

Today David and Josh talk about something that a lot of people are impacted by, Imposter Syndrome. Imposter Syndrome makes us feel like we do not belong and are less then. Josh and David want you to know you are kind, smart, intelligent and have earned your place at any table you choose to sit at...……...and gosh darn it, people like you!!

In this podcast David and Josh talk about things that a lot of people they know are going through during the Corona Virus/COVID 19 pandemic. Josh and David want you to know that they are lay people, not experts but today they want to address multiple sides of the shelter in place/quarantine orders many people are trying to make sense of and survive through.

A review of Michael King's article on medium.com entitled, "Passion vs. Commitment: Which is the key ingredient to successful organizing?" David and Josh talk about how commitment is much harder to find than passion within the recovery space!

A lot of people are feeling depressed, anxious, maybe even hopeless because of the current pandemic the world is dealing with. Today David and Josh talk about the importance of self-care, especially in times of crisis!

In this episode David and Josh look at how to share your story in the community effectively. They discuss using it to talk about your recovery, wellness and sharing hope instead of focusing on the illness and negative aspects of your journey.

Kate Schumer manages a NARR accredited Recovery Residence and is a Certified Peer Specialist. In this episode David and Kate sit down and discuss her recovery journey.

In this episode David and Josh talk about stigma; what stigma is, how it impacts addiction/recovery and ways we can reduce it instead of adding to the stigma that already exists