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
109 episodes
Tomorrow is not guaranteed in recovery
Life is short we just dont know how short. Life is a complex expression of co existing organisms. Life is a reward from the God of our understanding. Our lives are a demostration of his emense love for mankind. Our very next breath is dependent...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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9:21
Dealing with desire in recovery
Desires are born in the imagination of men. Desires can be transformed into wants and wants can be spun out of control and be transcribed into needs. Needs are the highest form of request the mind is confronted with. A need is a mandatory requi...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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14:26
The battle for truth in recovery
Todays world is beset with lies. Each day we must choose between left or right,wrong or right. The truth is at a premieum in the times we live in. For the addict it seems its easier to lie than to tell the truth. What we know is that the liar h...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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10:14
What works for me works for me
Recovery is a extremely personal decision. What works for me may or may not work for you. In recovery there are some commonality. In addiction the pain addicts feel is the same. The dependency of drugs and alcohol remains the same in its effect...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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8:00
Recovery means dreaming the possibilities
Welcome back, Welcome back. I remember singing this in the 70s. Today I say this in my recovery. Recovery means walking again. Living again. Feeling again. Welcome back all the many things I traded away. To feel again, love again to being loved...
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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9:35
How low can you go?
In life you reap what you sow. Low living or living a immoral life garners you the consequences of those wrong decisions. Being a low life steers you away from the success driven path of taking the high road. Inevitably man sins. As sinfu...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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7:44
Exiting hell with hope
Many say hell is a place you goto when you die. Others know hell can be a state of mind that exist in the here and now. Hell can be a place you find yourself in while living. Hell can be a steep hill or a deep valley you cannot escape from. Hel...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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9:05
Recovery is a lifestyle of living and not dying.
Recovery is a decision to live and not die. It involves making the next right decision. Recovery remains a life seeking truth. Being truthful in all your affairs. Addiction is a disease of the lie. In addiction we begin by lying to ourselves an...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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9:51
Seeking the difference between helping and enabling
Help is defined as assisting someone to overcome an obstacle or challenge. Enabling, rather, is defined as preventing someone from experiencing the consequences of an action. The difference between these two approaches can be the difference bet...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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10:10
It takes courage to ask for help
Needing help and asking for it is two totally different things. To ask for help, you must first admit you need help. To ask for help, one must first be in a state of submission. Asking for help requires that one be willing to follow the instruc...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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6:11
The Miracle of Recovery
A miracle is defined as a supernatural act performed by God. God does not need the manifestations of the natural world to accomplish his directions. In the beginning, he said let there be light, and light came to be, yet the sun was not created...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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7:34
Facing setbacks in recovery
We all should be mindful that you have not lost if you are still running. A setback is a new opportunity just to do better. Doing better requires a consistent and continual evaluation of what is possible. Better is also a decision. To learn, on...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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8:17
The measurement of time in recovery
We are finite, meaning we have an expiration date. We are born, we live and then we die. The God we serve however is infinite, meaning has no ending. God is Omnipresent, meaning everywhere all the time. God exists in infinity, never ever ending...
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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5:59
What help looks like in recovery
Help is defined as assisting someone with resources in attempting to do something. Help requires submission. Needing help is not the same as asking for help. Because of the selfish characteristics associated with the disease of addiction, many ...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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8:46
The need to help someone other than myself
Life is circular. What is will be again? We all fall down and at some point need help. Asking for help when needed is a sign of intelligence. In order to help someone, we must be in a position to help. To help someone, we must first help oursel...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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8:02
Why revealing is so healing
In AA, there is a slogan that states that to recover, one must uncover. This translates to in order to heal, one must reveal. Truth is the remedy to the lie. Addiction is a disease rooted in self-deception, a lie. To treat this disease, one mus...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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8:27
Being a father in recovery
A father has a specific definition in the family unit. A father has a specific designation in the community. What constitutes a father is deliberate and dynamic. A father garners recognition when he carries his life out according to a specific ...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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5:14
What it means to turn my will over to the God of my understanding.
My will is my will. I can't turn it over to someone else, I can't absolve it. We are all free will creations. Free to decide for ourselves what to and what not to do. We were created unique and special in the entire universe, both known a...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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8:30
Relapse presents a decision provoking death
Relapse presents a decision to die and not live. With relapse, gone are the sure-fire dreams of success. Gone is the newfound cohesion between family and friends. Gone is the financial security and rewards of recovery. Gone is the journey to ge...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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7:46
Declare that GOD is
It is not my intention to prove GOD exists. I would rather declare through demonstration of how GOD has manifested his existence through the assistance and guidance he has applied to my life, how he has restored a wretch like me to sanity, how ...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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6:17
GOD'S immense capacity for forgiveness
God's capacity for forgiveness is unlimited. There is no limit to God's ability to forgive. God cannot hold a grudge. His unlimited love for mankind permits his often immense outpouring of forgiveness. This creates his inexhaustible capacity fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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7:46
From parents we learn what to and what not to do
There are no perfect parents. As such, the child outcome is as varied and radical as the means by which instruction is handed down. From parents we learn what to and what not to do. We learn as much, if not more, from mistakes as we do from suc...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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6:31
Recovery means removing the lies
Addiction is a disease built on lies. Addiction is a disease of self-deception. The remedy for the lie is truth. Addiction is considered a disease of no spirituality. This is since with addiction, you get the presence of lies. A lie is the oppo...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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7:08
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