The 1% in Recovery Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction
Stopping Gambling and Alcohol Addiction!! Gambling Addiction is the new epidemic. Learn with a Recovery Expert, Hugo V and his knowledgeable Guests. Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction. Become The 1% in Recovery and Achieve Total Freedom. This podcast talks about recovery, healing, working The Steps, gambling, drugs, alcohol, and emotional intelligence. We solve the emotional disease of addiction. Your EQ is Your IQ. Empowering People Through Self Awareness. Live Your Best Life!!
Episodes
205 episodes
The Essence of Step Three - Acceptance
What if the turning point in recovery isn’t willpower, but acceptance? We go straight to the heart of Step Three and unpack how acceptance transforms vague intentions into tangible progress. Instead of forcing surrender, we build a path from ch...
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Season 7
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Episode 205
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10:31
The Essence of Step Two - Safety
Safety isn’t soft—it’s the engine of change. We take a fresh look at Step Two and flip the script: before debating beliefs or defining a higher power, build the conditions that let honesty and help actually land. When your nervous system feels ...
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Season 7
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Episode 204
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12:08
The Essence of Step One - Change
Change starts the moment someone you trust looks you in the eye and says, you can’t keep living this way—and we choose to listen. We take Step One out of the narrow box of “just stop” and turn it into a practical, courageous shift toward honest...
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Season 7
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Episode 203
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13:31
Recovery Is Peace
We reframe recovery around peace and practical steps that build you up instead of tearing you down. We break down why traditional language can push people away and how “12 Steps Explained” uses clarity, help, responsibility, and self-forgivenes...
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Season 7
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Episode 202
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11:51
Live in Philadelphia Collegiate Recovery Conference at Saint Joseph's University
Gambling addiction is silently devastating college campuses across America. From the Collegiate Recovery Conference at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, we witness firsthand how sports betting has become an epidemic among 18-24 year old ...
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Season 7
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Episode 201
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6:03
Grief Counselor, Alcoholic, Recovery, Ivy League Talk with Joseph O in Philadelphia
Grief drives many toward substances that temporarily numb overwhelming emotions, creating cycles difficult to break without proper support. In this revealing conversation with Joseph, a grief counselor with 14+ years of sobriety, we explore the...
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Season 7
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Episode 200
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26:10
Money, Follow the Money, Gambling, Sportsbetting - The Money Tells The Story
Money always tells the story—especially when it comes to gambling. As football season kicks off, the staggering prediction of $30 billion to be wagered this fall reveals America's dangerous relationship with sports betting. This raw, honest dis...
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11:51
Live from United 93 Memorial: Let's Roll, Let's Recover, Living Each Day Fully
Standing at the Flight 93 Memorial in western Pennsylvania, I felt a profound connection between these American heroes and our recovery journey. Tom Beamer's famous words—"Let's roll"—carry a message that transcends that tragic day and speaks d...
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Season 7
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Episode 198
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5:39
How The Steps Stop Addiction!! Recovery can be Long Lasting and People Can Regain their Lives
The gambling industry's tentacles reach deeper with each passing football season. This year, as betting platforms multiply and advertising saturates every media channel, we're witnessing a perfect storm for addiction. Sports channels, streaming...
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Season 7
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Episode 197
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12:10
Treatment Center Researcher & Expert Joanna Talks Numbers, Success Rates, Family Tips
Addiction treatment hasn't improved in thirty years. This sobering reality forms the backbone of our eye-opening conversation with Joanna, founder of VISTA Research Group and Conquer Addiction, who shares her journey from desperate mother to pi...
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Season 7
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Episode 196
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27:48
Houston Black Gambler Marque Talks 12 Steps, Diversity and the New Personality of a Gambler
The landscape of addiction recovery is constantly evolving, particularly as gambling itself transforms in the digital age. What happens when betting moves from the buzzing energy of casinos and racetracks to the silent isolation of smartphone s...
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Season 7
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Episode 195
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21:32
Live from Yale University: Gambling's Connecticut Triangle -> Foxwoods, Senator Blumenthal & ESPN
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Season 7
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Episode 194
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9:12
Live from New Haven, CT: Pizza is Recovery, Discover How the Perfect Pizza Mirrors Lasting Recovery
We explore the surprising parallels between pizza and recovery, using the iconic pizzas of New Haven, Connecticut as our inspiration. Through this unexpected metaphor, we reveal how the components of a great pizza—from burnt spots to golden cru...
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Season 7
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Episode 193
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6:08
Austin Texas Gambler John G, 30 Years, Talks 12 Step Rooms, Depression and Live Sports Betting
Recovery from addiction takes many forms, but as our guest John G explains after 30 years without placing a bet, the journey follows distinct layers. First comes arresting the illness through changing daily behaviors and becoming accountable. T...
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Season 7
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Episode 192
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23:01
New Jersey Alcoholic Ron R, 32 Years, Goes from Rock Bottom to Leadership and Recovery
From rock bottom to keynote speaker, Ron's remarkable 32-year sobriety journey reveals the transformative power of recovery when proper foundations are laid. After treatment at Carrier Foundation, Ron followed crucial advice that changed everyt...
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Season 7
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Episode 191
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24:26
Gambling and Government: The Big Beautiful Bill
Recent tax changes in the "big beautiful bill" affect how gambling winnings are taxed, but this misses the larger issue of gambling becoming a serious public health crisis in America. The gambling industry continues to profit while individuals ...
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Season 7
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Episode 190
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10:52
Orgasms in Recovery, Stopping the Loneliness
We explore the concept of "orgasms" beyond the bedroom as metaphors for peak experiences of joy and contentment in everyday life. By understanding these intense feelings of pleasure, we can transform our approach to recovery and pursue greater ...
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Season 7
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Episode 189
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10:00
Jacquie from Florida Talks about Trauma, Abuse, 12 Step Rooms, Healing and ACA
"Healing is possible, but time alone won't heal trauma – emotional work does." This powerful insight frames our conversation with Jackie, who brings 28 years of sobriety and hard-won wisdom to the discussion of trauma recovery.What happ...
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Season 7
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Episode 188
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25:50
Retreats, Spiritual Retreats: Finding Your Three Key Relationships and the Secret to Stopping Addiction.
Spiritual retreats offer a transformative opportunity to strengthen the three relationships essential for recovery: with yourself, your higher power, and your recovery community. By unplugging from daily distractions, we create space for self-d...
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Season 7
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Episode 187
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9:58
Elaine, Alcoholic Talks about Peace, Grief and Community. Recovery Rocks!!!
Elaine, Alcoholic Talks about Peace, Grief and Community. Recovery Rocks!!!24 Years in Recovery. LinkedIn: Elaine Williams | LinkedIn
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Season 7
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Episode 186
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25:11
Live at Peace & Justice Memorial in Montgomery, AL!! Find Your Peace and Freedom, Heal from Our Past.
Live from Peace & Justice Memorial in Montgomery, AL!! Find Your Peace and Freedom. Heal from our Past. Embrace History and Your Story.
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Season 7
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Episode 185
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8:39
Live in Oxford, MS - Rowan Oak!! Finding Peace Among the Oaks, Elms and Magnolias.
Live in Oxford, MS!! Rowan OakThe Trees provide Peace and Serenity. The Oaks, Elms and Magnolias.
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Season 7
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Episode 184
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4:17
Live in Beverly Hills!! Contentment - The Goal in Life and Recovery. Buddha had it Right.
Contentment is the only Feeling you can have Daily. Elevate all Areas of Your Life - Emotionally, Spiritually, Mentally, Physically, Financially and Socially. That is FreedomThat is Living Your Best Life
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Season 7
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Episode 183
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6:22
Live in Barbados!! Wealthy & Free: Health is Wealth, Defining Success and Freedom from Addiction, Barbados Live
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Season 7
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Episode 182
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8:59
Part IV: Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Link in Recovery
Emotional intelligence transforms recovery from a daily struggle into a journey of self-discovery and healing. Most of us enter recovery as emotional children in adult bodies, capable of identifying only the most basic feelings while missing th...
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Season 7
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Episode 181
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11:22