The importance of keeping mindful of resilience building strategies during a crisis like a world-wide pandemic and any time.

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Recovery Warrior Grit during the Pandemic

When we think of the attempt at control that's central in active addiction we are only scratching the surface of this sabotaging behavior. It will undermine a recovery too but luckily it can be unlearned and uncovered. www.Courage-Recovery.com

E20: Control or Letting Go

Here I dive into frame of mind, context and action steps to deal with shame to keep your recover thriving.   Got to https://Courage-Recovery.com/Podcast for the download link of the show's mind map graphic outline.

E25: The Sabotage of Shame

A brief talk on the concept of what addiction recovery is all about.   www.Courage-Recovery.com  

E24: What Is Recovery?

 Denial is our self-appointed pain avoider and it can sabotage us early in recovery just as easily as it can later down the road. We take a look at how it inhibits a person from being vulnerable and progressing. 

E23: Denial & Vulnerability

We dive deeper into the topic of Triggers in part 2 by looking at the importance of: 1. Rigorous honesty and willingness to take Action 2. Patterns/Routines that drain Emotional Stamina 3. Creation of Routines that build Emotional Stamina   www.Courage-Recovery.com IG @Courage_Recovery

E22: Bringing Triggers Into Focus - Part 2

It's essential to know every source of emotional pain in every category of your life as you build a strong relapse prevention plan.  This two part set of episodes looks at identifying our triggers and how to manage them.   www.Courage-Recovery.com IG @Courage_Recovery

E21: Bringing Triggers Into Focus - Part 1

The tendency to look away from our troubles is an all too real dilemma in any stage of recovery. The small things at first glance might be worth examination if we honestly appraise them to be diminishing our lives in some way.  Recorded out in nature for a change on Lake Washington!   www.Courage-Recovery.com IG @Courage_Recovery  

E19: Facing The Devil You Know

We learn about a 5 minute process to identify feelings, look for triggering patterns, the benefits of a personal inventory and how to customize a coping skill strategy all in the context of today's recovery testing problem you are facing. Bring a bad day and an open mind or just some curiosity. Resources: "5 Minute Tool Kit" found by joining our email list at  www.Courage-Recovery.com   Instagram @Courage_Recovery

E18: How To Thrive On A Bad Day

Identifying as an addict or alcoholic should have meaning for you or why bother with it right? Statements that show ownership of having the disease of addiction have value in a person's recovery. We explore why.   Instagram @Courage_Recovery www.Courage-Recovery.com

E17: Identifying

Whether we fall into drama or are drawn to it, one thing is for certain-it can torpedo our recovery. We look at how this climate of emotional extremes can enter out lives and what we can do about it to regain control and peace.   Instagram @Courage_Recovery www.Courage-Recovery.com

E16: Relapse Prevention Series: Drama

What is Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome? How do we focus in on these symptoms to survive and thrive in our first 365 days of recovery? We will minimize surprise and open our eyes to the huge role our recovering brain plays in our early success in recovery.   Note: Also known by other names like Protracted Withdrawal Book Recommendation: "Staying Sober: A Guide For Relapse Prevention" by Gorski, Miller   IG: @Courage_Recovery www.Courage-Recovery.com

E15: First 365: P.A.W.S.

This brief episode gives an overview of Healthy Boundaries by answering: What they are? Why they matter? How to set them?   www.Courage-Recovery.com IG @Courage_Recovery

E14: Boundaries

What does it mean to enable a person suffering with addiction? Enabling is all about shifting the mirror away from reality towards a never ending blue sky.  How does this hurt them and us? We break the mirror to allow healing for all.   IG @Courage_Recovery www.Courage-Recovery.com

E13: Enabling

Relapse is a condition of addiction and part of the cycle. It's not failure. It's the illness taking deeper root again. We will look at the forces that work against a person getting back into recovery after a relapse.   www.Courage-Recovery.com IG  @Courage_Recovery

E12: Rebound After Relapse

Courage Recovery is an addiction education company founded by Roger L'Hereault in 2016.  Weekly content is published every Wednesday and will be centered on teaching foundational addiction and recovery concepts to benefit addicts, alcoholics and their families wherever they are in the recovery process. Instagram @Courage_Recovery www.Courage-Recovery.com

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