Gratitude, can indeed be something we can cultivate in our lives with intention and purpose.  Gratitude is a powerful emotion we’ve all hopefully experienced on some level through various points in our lives, but we often think of Gratitude as something that happens to us, as if we don’t have any influence on whether it occurs or not.  Gratitude, rather, can indeed be something we can cultivate in our lives with intention and purpose.  During our discussion I sprinkle in 31 unique ways gratitude can improve our lives; but I’ll give you one right now.  Gratitude, when cultivated intentionally, has the same positive effect on our well being as doubling our income!  We discuss how to cultivate gratitude, as well as what life like was when we were devoid of this powerful life enhancing emotion.  Plus, we take calls from The Way Out Podcast Listeners.  Listen Up.

We discuss perhaps one of the most important & profoundly impactful topics in Recovery – acceptance as well as it’s yang to the yin – Denial.  Without question a hallmark of active addiction and alcoholism is behavior marked by and rooted in denial.  We explore why denial is so prevalent in active addiction & alcoholism and how acceptance is the true antidote to the many denial mechanisms that plague us pre and post sobriety.  Plus we take calls from Felix from Brooklyn New York and Rachel from Oakdale Minnesota. Listen Up.

Forgiveness in the context of Addiction and Alcoholism recovery is an essential and transformative process which in classic paradoxical fashion actually releases the Forgiver  - providing the crucial freedom from the bondage of often long held and seemingly justifiable resentments.  We provide good working definitions of Forgiveness and it’s inversely connected condition – the state of resentment.  Plus we take calls from The Way Out Podcast Listeners.  Listen Up.

Emotional sobriety strikes at the very core of what it means to be an addict and alcoholic.  We bring you an engaging and enlightening discussion on what Bill W of Alcoholics Anonymous dubbed the next frontier of AA – Emotional Sobriety.  Emotional sobriety strikes at the very core of what it means to be an addict and alcoholic and what separates simply being sober from being in Recovery.  We reveal to you what emotional sobriety is and what the reverse state is, emotional inebriety.  You’ll learn how to identify if you have emotional sobriety and how to tell if you don’t.  Perhaps most helpful, we’ll discuss how to become emotionally sober and why it’s so important in Recovery.  Plus we take calls from the way out podcast listeners!  Listen Up!

We’re breaking down perhaps one of the most, if not the most important elements in sustaining meaningful recovery.  The Way Out Podcast is on right now.  Along with my cohosts Jordan and Jason, I’m Charlie and this week we’re breaking down perhaps one of the most, if not the most important elements in sustaining meaningful recovery – the act of Service in Recovery.  The practice of altruistic service has been a part of civilization since the dawn of man; and the benefits of this selfless form of service are well supported by every major wisdom tradition including 12-Step organizations, all major religions, and even the tao de ching dating back more than 2500 years.  We’ll enlighten you and distill the benefits, the forms of service, and the how and why of it all right now.  Listen Up.

This week we’ve got a special interview with a fellow recovery Podcaster John from Sober Speak.  I never cease to be amazed at the power and spiritual truth that comes through each & every recovery journey & John is no exception to this rule.  John’s story is marked by profound turnarounds in the most unlikely situations, especially his relationship with his mother, a woman whom suffered mightily, for many years from a mental health perspective.  John’s story is one of pain & struggle transmuted into Recovery & Service and you won’t want to miss a minute.  Listen Up.

We answer crazy important questions like what in the actual EF is this Gift of Desperation? .  I’m Charlie and this week Jason, Alex and I discuss a phenomenon in recovery often referred to as the Gift of Desperation.  We give you a good working definition of what it is and we answer crazy important questions like what in the actual EF is this Gift of Desperation? Why is it even called a gift?  Is it a prerequisite to recovery?  Why do some people receive this so called gift and some people don’t?  Plus, we take calls from The Way Out Podcast Listeners!  Listen Up!

Chris’s journey to recovery from over-eating and alcoholism was remarkable and will with out any doubt ring true with any one of you whom are struggling with or in recovery from alcoholism and/or addiction.  Chris’s story and his point of surrender is a must listen; and so is his original music which we’ll feature in uninterrupted fashion on this very episode.  Listen Up.

We discuss the spiritual axiom of surrendering to win.  I’m Charlie, and this week my co-host Jason and I are bringing you an incredibly useful and enlightening discussion on Surrender.  More specifically we discuss the spiritual axiom of surrendering to win and how that principle is uniquely applicable to Recovery as well as other aspects of life such as in relationships, work, and even sport!  Surrender often has a very negative connotation, but we’re flipping the script on Surrender and giving you the ability to apply the surrender to win principle in your own life and recovery!  Plus, we take calls from Buddy, Ev, John, and Jack!  Listen Up!

The difference between sobriety and serenity.  We’ll learn what serenity means, why it’s important in Sobriety, and what we can do to achieve this seemingly elusive and abstract goal of recovery.  We break down the serenity prayer in an instructive and enlightening way; and discuss the difference between sobriety and serenity.  This week we’re in the enviable position of having literally too much show, so much show in fact we plum don’t have space for a Recovery Revealed segment.  This whole dang episode is the incarnation of Recovery Revealed.  We take calls from Troy, Brenda, Dan, Chris, and Annie who share some serious truth with us on Serenity in Recovery, so Listen Up.