Should you marry another person in recovery?  Or someone outside the recovery fellowships? Very much a part 2 to our relationships episode, we take on what it's been like being married to persons inside or outside our recovery fellowship/lifestyle.  Does it seem more beneficial one way over the other?  Is it easier to hit meetings with your partner, or harder because one of you has to be home with the kids? What about your partner drinking? We share some of our experiences and perceptions about the subject.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  or find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

All Paths Recovery includes MAT, Medical Cannabis, and any other path toward recovery you might be on.  We have Matt on to tell us about the meeting and how he sees a need in the community that he is trying to help meet by striving to make recovery available to all.  We find out more about what that looks like right now, if there are any guidelines, and how this program is working in the community.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  or find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

One is never enough! We enjoyed the comments about our Step 6 episode on social media so much that we had to recognize and talk about them.  So we continue the discussion on the 6th Step about becoming entirely to have our defects of character removed.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  or find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Step 6.  Were entirely ready to have god remove all these defects of character.  We discuss aspects of becoming entirely ready, share our experience with working the step, and talk about the practical ways this presents itself in our daily lives.  We attempt to explain what step 6 would look like for someone who is not in recovery.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Cliches in 12 step programs seem to make people love them or hate them.  Some complain that they are too often said, and oversimplify the situation.  Others feel that cliches are simple reminders of important concepts.  We start to examine cliches and sayings of the programs, deciding whether they hold value or not.  We look at "first things first," "let go and let god," "one day at a time," "life on life's terms," and more.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

We have Jenny on the show to tell us about the program of Recovery Dharma.  We ask questions to better understand what the Recovery Dharma program is, and how it could help someone on their journey in recovery.  We ask what Recovery Dharma is, how they define addiction, how they treat addiction, and what the program can do for you. And check out Recovery Dharma - How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction. When you sign up for a free 30-day trial using our link, we earn a small commission! Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RecoverySortOf or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_sort_of/.

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So some people put the shopping cart back into it's return location, and some people leave it wherever they are when they are done with it.  What makes these two people different?  If we are what we put into us, why are so many of us only putting one side of information into us?  How do we use the knowledge of us being what we put into us to our advantage? We also loosely address claiming greatness for things that come naturally, parenting, governmental responsibility, people's rights, and goldilocks thinking.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RecoverySortOf or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_sort_of/.

Quarantine is slowly starting to begin it's ending.  Areas are starting to open up again.  When is the right time to reopen face to face meetings in your area?  How should you reopen meetings?  Are there changes to the meetings that need to go into effect?  What is the responsibility for the experienced member in this process, and in home groups in general?  We tackle these questions in a mother's day edition that involves Billy's wife, Jen.  Also some recap on Step 5.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RecoverySortOf or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_sort_of/.

If you want to skip to Step 5 go to around the 45 minute mark.  We discuss what exactly is the "exact nature of our wrongs."  From there, we talk about character defects, the reasons we did the things we did in addiction, and what's behind the patterns of our acting out.  We discuss the importance of admitting our wrongs to 3 distinct entities.  We further explore if all actions come from either love or fear.  Also some recap from last week and some conversation about breaking quarantine.  Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RecoverySortOf or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_sort_of/.

In this episode we talk about how the current quarantine is affecting our recoveries, and by proxy, our lives.  Are we finding more time to put into our recovery efforts, disconnection from humanity, or something in between?  We also answer some questions a non-12 step member has about 12 step programs and recap last week's episode.    Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at [email protected],  find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RecoverySortOf or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_sort_of/.