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- Danger of Relapse During the Holiday Season
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr discuss relapses during the holiday season. They discuss ways to avoid relapsing during the holidays.
Other topics include:
- Ed and Mike discuss the book Good Cop, Good Cop available at goodcopgoodcop.com
- Relapse is part of recovery
- Ed discusses why it may be beneficial to do rehab in an area away from where you live
- Relapse can start months before actually using
- First the insanity of addiction returns and then we drink
- If you go to holiday parties, it can help to set a time limit for how long you’ll stay
- There are many options to get help
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message23 min - High Stress Jobs and Addiction
Mike Miles welcomes Joe Rizzuti to talk about high stress jobs and addiction. Any job with high stress can cause someone to self-medicate.
Other topics include:
- Joe is a retired Revere police officer
- History of recovery in law enforcement
- Other people often try to convince you that you don’t have a problem
- Genesis House specializes in helping first responders
- The average life expectancy has gone down due to the opioid crisis
- On average police officers die within 5 years of retirement
- It’s important to find the right therapists for the family
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message26 min - Good Cop, Good Cop
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr discuss the book Good Cop, Good Cop by Brian Casey. Other topics include:
- The book is available at goodcopgoodcop.com
- Are police officers more reluctant to react to situations?
- Genesis house has a program for first responders
- Are addicts and alcoholics only hurting themselves?
- Mike celebrates 32 years of sobriety
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message22 min - Recovery, Families and the Search for Sponsors
Recovery, Families and the Search for Sponsors
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr, sit down to talk about a variety of topics:
- Helping families understand the challenges
- There is more to it than just making a phone call to a recovery center
- Why can’t addicts just stop?
- Addiction is more life threatening with the new drugs
- Am I only hurting myself?
- The suicide rate is up 30%
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message22 min - Step 6 in Recovery
Mike Miles and Richie Lombardi discuss Step 6. We also have a Syncere Moment with Shanti Syncere Slade. Today’s topics include:
- Step 6: were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
- In what ways are basic human defects distorted?
- Turning liabilities into assets
- Learn how to let go
- HOW – honesty, openness and willingness
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message27 min - Veterans Assisting Veterans
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr welcome John MacDonald candidate for State Senate 1st Middlesex District in MA. We also have a Syncere Moment with Shanti Syncere Slade. Today’s topics include:
- John is on the board of a group called Veterans Assisting Veterans (VAV)
- 22 Veterans a day commit suicide with the largest percentage being Vietnam Vets
- Many suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Ironstone Farms in Andover provides programs
- Not enough resources are being dedicated to mental health
- Recovery is not limited to drugs and alcohol
- John is running for State Senate in MA – votejohnmacdonald.com
- 800 273-8255 is the number for veterans suicide hotline
- John is passionate about putting people before politics
- John is for term limits
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message34 min - Breaking the Fear of Recovery
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr are joined by Richie Lombardi to discuss fear and recovery. Today’s topics include:
- Breaking down the wall of fear
- Biggest excuses are family and work
- Let someone else do the thinking for you
- Once you break through the fear, you can begin to make progress
- External negativity can build the fear
- Fear that everyone will know you’re an addict
- What do I tell my employer?
- Employers don’t want to lose good employees
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message35 min - Circle of Addiction
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr welcome Joe Rizzuti ( [email protected] ) and Tom Greenhalgh, ( [email protected] ) to talk about cops helping cops. In the second segment, they are joined by Pierce VanDunk( [email protected] ) who is a chaplain at the Middlesex House of Correction. We also have a Syncere Moment with Shanti Syncere Slade. Today’s topics include:
- Officer in Weymouth killed in the line of duty
- Public safety suicide rate
- Greater Lowell Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team
- MA was one of the leaders in establishing programs for stress management
- Discussion of MA State Peer Support Network
- Families also have access to the program
- Five year window after retirement
- Suicide ideation
- Badge meetings
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message36 min - Yoga and Recovery
Mike Miles and Ed Chionchio Sr, talk to Stephanie Dodge about yoga and recovery. We also have a Syncere Moment with Shanti Syncere Slade. Today’s topics include:
- Genesis House has incorporated yoga for a long time
- Yoga creates space in the body
- Yoga calms the body and brings peace
- Yoga helps with introspection
- There are many different styles of yoga
- The body needs to be strong first
- Yoga is for everybody
- Connection of yoga to meditation
- Learning how to focus
- Yoga predates Jesus
- Do good, be good and seek good
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message36 min - Step 5 in Recovery
Mike Miles and The Step Guy Richie Lombardi discuss Step 5 in Recovery: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
We also have a Syncere Moment with Shanti Syncere Slade. Today’s topics include:
- We’re only as sick as our secrets
- Step 5 is cathartic
- Tremendous sense of relief from Step 5
- Living in denial
- The truth will set you free
- There’s good in all of us – even the worst of us
- Attitude of gratitude
- Addressing the wreckage of the past
- Relearning trust
If you or a loved one needs help reach out to our panel at [email protected]. There are also many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member. This and every Friends in Recovery Podcast is recorded live at the Studio 21 Podcast Café, is hosted on the United Podcast Network and is brought you by Genesis House.
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