Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast
A weekly episode released every Friday. Recovery is a process in fact it is a process of decisions. Deciding to recover is to decide to live and not die. Every day choices become decisions, since recovery is a daily process recovery is a process of decisions. This podcast visits all things recovery. We Deep dive into the recovery lifestyle and how it is maintained. To live life without a drink or a drug. How to recover from life's many hills and valleys. We all live under the universal mandate choices , decisions, consequences or rewards. How to make better decisions and get more rewards and less consequences. We can only do what we know, to do better we must learn better. Find better teachers. In recovery the best teachers have lived experience. Teachers who have walked the walk and now talk the talk. Thus speaks Trent Thomas, a certified peer support specialist. Follow Trent on his YouTube channel Recovery is a process of decisions. Feel free to leave your inspirational comments on Transnetrecover.com/podcast
Episodes
86 episodes
The true power of GOD
The existence of God is often questioned. For me the more I studied me the more in focus I became with the relationship between me and God. The more I studied the internal workings of my body. The how and why of my very existence, the more conv...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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12:00
Please, thank you, I'm sorry words that are worthy
Recently, at the funeral of Pope Francis, I learned that he expressed that three sayings were his favorite. These words were, please, thank you, and I'm sorry. When I heard this, a thought came to my mind that these three expressions could be b...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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9:04
Discerning marriage in recovery
Marriage is a union of two separate lives under the umbrella of unity, where two plans for life become one. Where the inclusionary spirit must exist when drafting the all-for-one plan of the marrying parties, a marriage is a living entity and r...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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10:30
Recovery is a understanding that failure is necessary
Success is built upon the failures of the past. Life's success is built upon the lessons of what to and what not to do. We can learn from our own failures or the failures of others, but learn we must. The trials and errors of life permeate our ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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5:04
A Man in Recovery
Man is the highest form of creation on this planet. Man was proclaimed to the entire universe as GOOD. One of God's greatest creations was the completed entity of man and woman; together, they form the complete man. As a completed unit, God dec...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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11:51
The beauty of getting family back in recovery
Addiction often destroys the bonds of family and reduces them to nothing, the bonds that hold the family together. Far too often, Addictive bad decisions cost families their trust and eliminate their trustworthiness. Gone are all the joy-filled...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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5:42
Acceptance of consequences is not enough to stop the disease of addiction
Addiction is defined as the interplay and continuance of activity in spite of suffering the damaging consequences. This literally means losing your job, your marriage, your children, your friends even your life is not enough to stop the continu...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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7:17
Recovery and dealing with the rewards of success
In recovery, it does get greater later. This can mean we begin to reap the rewards of making better decisions. Thus, we get more rewards from better decisions and fewer consequences from bad decisions. These successes can put us in a funhouse o...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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6:40
Dealing with our past in recovery
Recovery requires we share our past bad decisions with someone other than ourselves. To heal we must reveal. Some consider this a wall, for me, it was a door. A door that opened with gratitude. A door that revealed how grateful I was for being ...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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7:17
CONFIDENCE IS A MUSCLE
Confidence is the belief in someone or something that can be relied upon. A firm trust. Self confidence is the belief in ones self affirming strong character and being trustworthy. Belief is based upon truth. If you are in fact trustworthy and ...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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6:06
Willing to recover
In recovery, we must participate in our own recovery. We must be willing to submit to change everything. It is our willingness that presents our submission to the GOD of our understanding for his help and guidance. It is our willingness that pu...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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6:01
Acceptance keeps me sober
Early in recovery, I did not know recovery even existed or was possible. I did not know how to live a sober life. I had to learn. I learned in 12-step meetings from people I did not know, that these individuals were willing to teach me how to l...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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7:01
When using is no longer an option
Living life on life's terms often means dealing with unexpected hurtful, and even painful situations. These situations remain outside of our control and we lack the power to change or abate them. We can and should deal with them in their entire...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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9:23
Dealing with death in recovery
Death is a part of life. It is an eventuality we all must succumb to. In death we are remembered for the life we lived. With recovery, we ensure we are remembered for the giving we did in our community. In recovery, we are mandated to mak...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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9:49
To heal I must reveal
Recovery is an inside job. One must participate in one's own recovery. In order to truly heal our inner mind, we must uncover the deep-seated source of pain. Often this internal pain is caused by intense feelings of guilt and shame. Guilt...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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7:43
Recovery is selfish
Recovery requires a selfish mandate to treat the disease of addiction before anyone or anything. This selfish desire protects one's self-esteem, self-control, self-hood, and self-worth. All because one decides to selfishly treat the disease of ...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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7:49
Recovery means respecting myself
Self Respect is how one sees one self. How we present ourselves daily is a reflection of our inner confidence or lack there of. Our neat and well groomed appearence demostrates our inner well being. What we eat and how we feed are minds ...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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7:12
Change is inevitable in recovery
Change is indeed inevitable for life is dependent on change. From the air, we breathe to the movement of the earth we live on. Change is constant and necessary for life. From the change of night to day and sunshine to rain change is mandatory. ...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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7:35
God knows what we know not
There is no recovery without God. God is omnipotent everywhere all the time, all-powerful. God is truth. Everything God does is truthful. God cannot lie, God has no beginning and no ending. Time bows to God. God knows our past, present, and the...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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6:23
Recovery is a everyday battle
Life never stops throwing life at you. We must live life on life's terms. With the disease of addiction there is no cure and as such this disease never stops submitting its claim for your early death. It relentlessly strives to submit to you a ...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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8:42
Know one to blame but me.
My recovery my respondsibility. I must participate in my own recovery. I cannot blame anyone for my decisions. Recovery is a decision to live and not die. I can choose to recover or not recover. Every person has the right to decide to live or n...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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6:33
Change or die in recovery
Change is constant and inevitable. Everything in the universe is in a consistent state of change. The very ground we stand on is in a steady state of change as the planet we live on is in a revolving state of motion. What we are empowered...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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8:25
Defining manhood in recovery
A boy does what he is told yet a man does what he has to do. With understanding and wisdom, a man makes life decisions. Somewhere I heard a man does not cry, I know you are not a man until you learn how to cry. Being a man is taught...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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15:54
Adjusting attitude in recovery
We do not have control over what others do or say. However, we do control our attitude response. Our response is primarily linked to our attitude, how we view life our perspective is prominent in...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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10:24
Forgiveness is your lifesaver in recovery
Forgiveness is an I attribute. You cannot project forgiveness on an another. If I forgive you, I am saving my own life. Forgiveness stops the negative feelings of stress caused by the actions of a perpetrator. You will always be hel...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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6:46