Bigger Than Me

A segment from John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight, talking about the treatment industry and the “South Florida Shuffle” spurred this week’s episode of Bigger Than Me. Chris Foster and Rocky spearhead this topic as it’s something that both of them feel passionately about. John Oliver highlights so many of the things that are wrong.

This week on Bigger Than Me, Rocky and Bri discuss steps 6 & 7, and character defects. There’s an idea that there is only 4 cardinal character defects dishonesty, fear, resentment, and selfishness. Almost all of our character defects can be narrowed back down into one or more of these 4 defects.

On this week’s episode of Bigger Than Me, Rocky and Bri discuss meditation. Rocky starts off saying that meditation is probably the least done suggestion of all the 12 step fellowships. “So, who is a good meditator? One who meditates” is the quote that started off the blog that Rocky wrote about meditation.

This week Rocky and Bri get into the topic of self-care and recovery. A common misconception of what self-care is the, “Treat yo’self” idea that so many people use. Self-care is so much more than just treating yourself; it’s the small actions that we can do in our daily lives to improve the way we ...

GateHouse Treatment recently opened a women’s program and in light of that Rocky and Bri discuss gender-specific treatment on this week’s episode of Bigger Than Me. Gender-specific treatment has pros and cons just as co-ed treatment does.

This week on Bigger Than Me, Rocky has on a special guest. Justin Kunzelman is a person in recovery who is best known for his non-profit organization Rebel Recovery Florida. Justin’s story is like many of those in recovery in the beginning.

On Episode 10 of Bigger Than Me, Rocky discusses the 3 most important relationships that you need in recovery and life in general. The 3 relationships are with a Higher Power, self and others. It’s a universal truth and it also directly correlates with recovery and a 12 step program.

A segment from John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight, talking about the treatment industry and the “South Florida Shuffle” spurred this week’s episode of Bigger Than Me. Chris Foster and Rocky spearhead this topic as it’s something that both of them feel passionately about.

This week on Bigger Than Me, Rocky tackles a subject that has affected who have dealt with addiction. Whether they be on the side of the addict or the family member, how does the family deal with stigma? It affects everyone from the person who is seeking help, to the family members. How can we overcome the feelings of guilt, shame, and blame?

Anonymous: (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name. The topic of anonymity and social media is the conversation this week on Bigger Than Me with Rocky and the newest addition to the team, Bri. Almost everyone in and out of fellowships has a social media account of some sort.