Recovered Podcast

Recovery programs include service as a major component. The reasons why this would be important are numerous. To begin with, helping other people tends to take the attention off of yourself.

“Tragedies hit people in recovery harder than others,”\

One of the reasons for this is that

recovery makes people very open and empathic and they pick up easily on the pain of others and it can trigger their own trauma. “

Preparing ahead of time to deal with horrible news can keep you balanced when it feels like the world is falling apart,”

Perfectionists hold themselves to rigid standards. This often inhibits healthy behaviors resulting in no action because of fear that they’ll mess up. It’s not surprising that perfectionists often procrastinate. Perfectionists might also impose their rigid standards on others and character defects such as anger results when these individuals don’t measure up.

Recently I went on vacation to Ireland. When most people think of vacationing in Ireland they think of Dublin, green landscapes, castles, pubs, Guinness stout, and Irish whiskey. This last part can be a problem for people in recovery from a substance use disorder. However, just because you are in recovery from drugs and alcohol doesn’t mean you can no longer enjoy your travels.

The Spera Recovery Center provides a safe, recovery-friendly environment for detoxification, brief residential treatment, and ongoing recovery support services for individuals and families struggling with addiction.

Prayer and meditation are keys to emotional and physical wellness. While being different in the object of focus, these two practices nevertheless both are spiritual exercises. Prayer and meditation can also get us in touch with our own feelings.

Maplegrove Treatment Facility has a storied history here in the southeast Michigan area in the field of addiction treatment.

Singleness of purpose is essential to the treatment of alcoholism. The reason for such exaggerated focus is to overcome denial. The denial affects the patient, helper, and the community. Unless alcoholism is kept foreground, other issues will usurp attention.

Today, Recovered on the Road is in Ypsilanti Michigan which is a suburb just west of Detroit.  The reason we are in Ypsilanti tonight is because of our very special guest Suzie M. Suzie has a story of hope and we want Suzie to share her story the new person.

This time of year, right after the winter holidays, many of us see an onslaught of newcomers at our meetings. The holidays provide an excellent opportunity for our active disease to take over our lives and the consequences of these behaviors result in us on the doorsteps of AA looking for help. The reality of these events is that we come in but we don't stay in. We relapse.