The 12th Step Podcast

Step Two

Step Two is a step of hope, faith and realization. It is a big step towards God or your Higher Power. In spite of all of the failures in our own lives - all of the broken promises, hard feelings, disappointments, failures, destructive behavior, hatred, anxiety, depression or guilt in our lives - there is still hope. There is hope because there is a Power greater than ourselves. And this Power has the ability to restore our lives to a life where there is freedom from the insanity of addictive behaviors.

Difficult Conversations

Join us as we discuss practical strategies for handling difficult conversations with grace and agility while achieving productive results. This is a conversation for anyone who desires to help confront someone with addiction or is struggling to have an important conversation with their sponsor, therapist or someone they care about.

Boundries

Personal Boundaries are important because they set the basic guidelines of how you want to be treated. Boundaries are the guidelines that people create to establish how others are able to behave around them. Setting boundaries can ensure that any relationships can be mutually respectful, appropriate, and caring. Join us as we talk about boundaries and hoe they can help your recovery.

First Step

For most addicts our addictive sexual behavior increased our loneliness and insecurity, damaged our self-worth, estranged us from our spiritual nature, and often resulted in emotional trauma. We often neglected our responsibilities and put off doing things that we didn’t want to face. Our disease left us with little time, energy, or money for anything else. No matter how many promises or resolutions we made, no matter how strong our efforts and our determination, the behaviors eventually returned, along with their painful consequences. Join us as we talk about our First Step and how in taking the First Step, we admit that our addiction was destroying us, and that we were unable to stop it.

Provisional Beliefs Part 2 of 2

Join us and our special guest and therapist Shane Harmon as talk about provisional beliefs and how they can help you in your recovery. Significant change requires making an internal "paradigm shift." In recovery, this means changing the basic beliefs we carry that supports our addiction. Embracing this provisional beliefs will help you through the challenges that come as we change our behavior and help you to repair the damage caused by your addiction.

Provisional Beliefs Part 1 of 2

Join us and our special guest and therapist Shane Harmon as talk about provisional beliefs and how they can help you in your recovery. Significant change requires making an internal "paradigm shift." In recovery, this means changing the basic beliefs we carry that supports our addiction. Embracing this provisional beliefs will help you through the challenges that come as we change our behavior and help you to repair the damage caused by your addiction.

Spirituality Part 2 of 2

Join us as we talk about the topic of spiritualty as requested by one of you our listeners. Using spirituality to rediscover our authentic self apart from addiction is a powerful tool. Surrender and acceptance are the building blocks of recovery, and through spirituality, we can let go of self and find this sense of interconnectivity and belonging. Spirituality helps us live in the moment and become mindful of self and our impact on our environment and those around us.

Spirituality Part 1 of 2

Join us as we talk about the topic of spiritualty as requested by one of you our listeners. Using spirituality to rediscover our authentic self apart from addiction is a powerful tool. Surrender and acceptance are the building blocks of recovery, and through spirituality, we can let go of self and find this sense of interconnectivity and belonging. Spirituality helps us live in the moment and become mindful of self and our impact on our environment and those around us.

Personal Craziness Index

Join us as we talk about the Personal Craziness Index. The PCI is a tool that can be use in order to assist you to stay on track and maintain various life changes you have made. This tool also helps to create a self-regulating system that signals when things are getting “out of whack.” It is well known that when we enter burn-out we are more likely to return to old, unwanted, and potentially destructive patterns of behavior.

Sponsors and Sponsees

Anyone who is moving along the journey of recovery from an addiction could be a sponsee. Sometimes, a sponsee is new to sobriety and the 12-Steps and needs a little guidance from a mentor in order to understand the challenges and expectations of the recovery process. While the entire 12-Step group claims responsibility for helping keep its members on a path towards recovery and continued sobriety, sponsor/sponsee relationships can be extra resources, help, and comfort for those who believe they need it. Join us while we discuss the importance of this relationship.