Powerful Words by a Powerful Speaker

Alcohol and drugs took away many years of my life…I thought I was going to lose my life. There are some jokes in this course that made me smile. I like how he says that when something makes you angry, you must look at something in yourself. It isn’t others that make you mad, it is something you believe or think.

He says some say you do the first 9 steps once and live in 10, 11 and 12. When learning the steps, recovering addicts can understand this more. Part 2 explains how this guy went on a vacation where he didn’t go to meetings or AA. There are some people who aren’t able to get to meetings and only can do so a couple times a year. They rely on the belief of the power greater than themselves. This just goes to show that the strength of a Higher Power means so much to recovering addicts. Before sobriety, I would have never believed that something outside of me could help but it does.

Delusions and dishonesty are two more big things recovering addicts must work through. Inventories are great tools for recovering addicts. The stories here really got to me. I had so many selfish and self-seeking behaviors. I still do sometimes. It is saddening but allows me to see that I still have so much work to do.

Near the ending of this course, he speaks of amends. Making meetings to make amends and experience the clean-up of past mistakes. It is all about the approach to make amends. I love the way he talks about this. The 10th and 11th step can be done in different ways. I always thought it had to be done in a simple way and that was it. There is just so much more than the short-form. Realizing this reminds me just how different every person is and how everyone needs to do recovery in their own way.

This is something everyone should hear if they are recovering from an addiction. I would love to hear more from this speaker.

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Audio Program by: Pivotal Recovery | Review by: David Baker