HammeredRecovery Podcast

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes In today's podcast I continue walking through How It Works from the Big BookI discuss how my life is going a year after checking into HazeldenHow quickly time goes by once you have made the decision to stop drinkingThe importance of being picky and putting in the work before you:Pick a sponsorPick a meeting(s)Pick a treatment centerPick and IOP groupPick a churchYour life is about to get a whole lot better. Enjoy it!!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes In today's podcast I continue walking through How It Works from the Big BookI discuss how my life is going a year after checking into HazeldenHow quickly time goes by once you have made the decision to stop drinkingThe importance of being picky and putting in the work before you:Pick a sponsorPick a meeting(s)Pick a treatment centerPick and IOP groupPick a churchYour life is about to get a whole lot better. Enjoy it!!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] SHow Notes Super bowl I start off the show talking about the upcoming Super bowl and the fact that I was in Hazelden for the Super bowl a year agoI've always made a big deal out of big sports events for my family, so this was a big change for me, but I knew it was what I had to do and it was worth it.; I discussed a line from the walking dead that I thought was relevant to sobriety: Rick, your world is about to get a whole lot bigger! HOw it works This is part one of a series of podcasts I am going to do on chapter 5, How it Works from the Big BookI discussed varies lines form pages 58-59Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our pathPeople who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program... are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselvesThey are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honestyWhat we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like knowAt some of these we baulked. We thought we could find an easier, softer wayWe beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very startWe let go absolutelyWe deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerfulThere is One who has all power - that One is God. May you find Him nowHalf measures availed us nothing If you follow this simple program... Rick, your world is about to get a whole lot bigger!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] SHow Notes Super bowl I start off the show talking about the upcoming Super bowl and the fact that I was in Hazelden for the Super bowl a year agoI've always made a big deal out of big sports events for my family, so this was a big change for me, but I knew it was what I had to do and it was worth it.; I discussed a line from the walking dead that I thought was relevant to sobriety: Rick, your world is about to get a whole lot bigger! HOw it works This is part one of a series of podcasts I am going to do on chapter 5, How it Works from the Big BookI discussed varies lines form pages 58-59Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our pathPeople who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program... are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselvesThey are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honestyWhat we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like knowAt some of these we baulked. We thought we could find an easier, softer wayWe beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very startWe let go absolutelyWe deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerfulThere is One who has all power - that One is God. May you find Him nowHalf measures availed us nothing If you follow this simple program... Rick, your world is about to get a whole lot bigger!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes: Dealing with unforeseen circumstances I start off this weeks podcast talking about getting COVID and how dealing with being sick can be different for alcoholicsHow will you deal with isolation?Going back to the basicsOne day at a time The Walking Dead Like many, one of the things I did to help pass the time was binge watch TV. My show of choice happened to be Th Walking Dead and I found many parallels to alcoholism:Wandering around with no purposeNot using our thinking brain, just acting on instinctI found three reoccurring themes around how people were able to persevere:Always have a positive attitudeFind a teamRely on your Higher Power No matter how bleak things may seem at the time, with these three things we can always find the power to move forward!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes: Dealing with unforeseen circumstances I start off this weeks podcast talking about getting COVID and how dealing with being sick can be different for alcoholicsHow will you deal with isolation?Going back to the basicsOne day at a time The Walking Dead Like many, one of the things I did to help pass the time was binge watch TV. My show of choice happened to be Th Walking Dead and I found many parallels to alcoholism:Wandering around with no purposeNot using our thinking brain, just acting on instinctI found three reoccurring themes around how people were able to persevere:Always have a positive attitudeFind a teamRely on your Higher Power No matter how bleak things may seem at the time, with these three things we can always find the power to move forward!

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] SHow Notes The Genisis Today I start out the podcast recounting that it was one year ago today I checked my self into HazeldenI recount the days leading up to checking in and the process of checking into HazeldenI discuss that Hazelden was my Genesis and where my story beginsI briefly recapped everything I have learned in the first year and the podcasts I have done A message from my higher power I discussed the message from my church last Sunday and how the message was from GenesisI went over the message and now it so perfectly fits with sobrietyStop the HidingStop the BlamingStop the Controlling Once you do this you can start living your best life. Healthy. Happy. Sober.

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] SHow Notes The Genisis Today I start out the podcast recounting that it was one year ago today I checked my self into HazeldenI recount the days leading up to checking in and the process of checking into HazeldenI discuss that Hazelden was my Genesis and where my story beginsI briefly recapped everything I have learned in the first year and the podcasts I have done A message from my higher power I discussed the message from my church last Sunday and how the message was from GenesisI went over the message and now it so perfectly fits with sobrietyStop the HidingStop the BlamingStop the Controlling Once you do this you can start living your best life. Healthy. Happy. Sober.

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes In todays episode I read from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol*. I wanted to do an episode that resonates with the Christmas Spirit, and this story fit the bill. If you have heard this story a hundred times, or if this is the first, listening to it from a place of recovery gave it new meaning to me and I hope it does the same for you. Merry Christmas!! *this condensed version of the story was read from Sparknotes.

For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com  or e-mail me at [email protected] Show Notes In todays episode I read from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol*. I wanted to do an episode that resonates with the Christmas Spirit, and this story fit the bill. If you have heard this story a hundred times, or if this is the first, listening to it from a place of recovery gave it new meaning to me and I hope it does the same for you. Merry Christmas!! *this condensed version of the story was read from Sparknotes.