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Shaver Cancer Charity ChatDropshot CancerWhat do you get when you turn an old grocery store thathas been abandoned for over 20 years with 2 young guyswho love Pickleball?How about the newest indoor Pickleball facility inShakopee MN and one that wants to help supportMinnesota’s Cancer Community this month.Hear from Justin Hammerback and John Nelson theowners of Dropshot Pickleball and learn about how the#1 sport in America has made a boom in ShakopeeMinnesota! And…how you can help just by play...
2025-01-0324 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 33 - Welcome BackFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
2022-09-2427 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 32 - The Power of ChoiceFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Listen Notes
The Fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.Pg. 24 of The Big Book
This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected!Pg. 24 of The Big...
2022-05-2035 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 31 - Stop Digging!For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
What is Rock Bottom and why do we feel we have to hit it?You don't have to hit rock bottom. You just have to stop digging!Pink CloudWhat is the pink cloud?Pay offThings happen for a reason. If you stick with this program everything is going to be okay!
2022-04-2130 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 30 - Dealing With FearFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
2022-03-2437 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR EP 29 - How It Works - Part 3For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
SHow Notes
At the start of the show I discuss ways listeners can help support the podcastvisit HammeredRecovery.com - Click the Donate tab - Use the Donate button at the bottom of the pageRate the podcast 5 stars and leave a reviewBuy apparel from the Merch shop on the websiteI then continued on with the How It Works series and really concentrated on Step 3Step 3 is more than turning our will and lives over to GodIt's about Self-Centeredness and SelfishnessOur lives had become unmanageable and our best t...
2022-03-1134 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 28 - How It Works - Part 2For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
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!!
2022-03-0133 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 27 - How It Works - Part 1For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
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 g...
2022-02-1034 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 26 - The Walking DeadFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
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, j...
2022-02-0334 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 25 - The GenesisFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
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 G...
2022-01-1437 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 24 - A Christmas CarolFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
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.
2021-12-2328 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 23 - Dealing with ShameFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
Nervous about the Holidays
We start off todays podcast discussing an e-mail I received with 7 tips titled Nervous About the Holiday's?
Hatch a holiday escape planRewrite the holiday story in your headStay helpfulBe mindful of what you are drinkingSome triggers and traps are optionalPractice self careConsider rehab over the holidays
Dealing with Shame
I next discussed how important it is for long term sobriety to deal with shame
Guilt = I did something badShame = I am a bad personThe 3 C's of Al AnonI didn't Cause itI c...
2021-12-1344 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 22 - Navigating the HolidaysFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
SHow Notes
In this weeks podcast I start off by recapping my family vacation to AMI and comparing it to a similar trip last year before I quit drinking. Spoiler, this year was much better!We need to git rid of the thought process that when we quite drinking we lost something. It actually is the exact opposite, we gained EVERYTHING!
Navigating the Holidays
I spent time discussing some of the things you can do to ensure you have a great safe Holiday season:
Drive your own c...
2021-11-2437 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 21 - Steps 8 & 9For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
SHow Notes
I recommend reading the Big Book and 12 & 12, but also do some research online.Article by Jason Wahler – Breaking down the steps.Step 8 & 9 Podcast – The Recovery Show – Mary Pearl T.
We take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault.We make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done.We consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.
This is about cleaning your side of the str...
2021-11-1031 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 20 - Recovery Unplugged w/ Kelly & JustinFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Listen Notes
In this episode we welcome back Kelly Kristo as a co-host to have an open discussion about recovery. Kelly and I are in different stages of our recovery and it was fun to get a new perspective.
We talked about a lot of different subjects, not all recover based, including:
What's happening in the NFL with our favorite teamsMy first Halloween not pulling a coolerHow is this holiday season going to be different for me and different ways to copeHow meetings differ from place to p...
2021-11-021h 04
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 19 - Different Levels Different DevilsFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Listen Notes
Today I started off the show recapping a long weekend with my kids and discussing how quickly they have reverted back to wanting to spend time with me again.
I also discussed an upcoming episode on The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins. I am not quite ready to do a full podcast yet, but I discussed how I am already using the tool to combat my procrastination issue.
Different Levels Different Devils
The main topic of today's podcast is talking about how we all have d...
2021-10-2636 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 18 - Quinn's StoryFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show notes
In todays podcast I welcomed Quinn to tell his story. I meet Quinn when I was just starting out in recovery. In fact, at that time I hadn't even decided to quit drinking yet. He was in my first IOP group, which I eventually failed out of, so I didn't get to know him all that well early on. In fact, we've only met in person one time. That being said he has been a big part of my sobriety. Quinn was the first person I...
2021-10-141h 06
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 17 - The Prodigal SonFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Listen Notes
The social media trap
This weeks podcast starts out with a discussion to be more aware of what makes you happy and what makes you angry.I discuss how I have become more aware of how social media has been affecting my mode in a way I do not like and what my plans are to address it.Why have Twitter likes and podcast become important to me? As we have learned from The Four Agreements a goal needs to be to not takes things p...
2021-10-0743 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 16 - A D.O.S.E. of HappinessFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
Today I want to start out the show by speaking directly to those listeners who have found the podcast and are still drinking.
The most important listener is the listener who hasn’t decided to stop yet or just recently has.
The people, that like me 10 mos. ago are in a very dark place and think there is absolutely no way out.
10mos ago I found the solution of how to get out of the dark place that if you don’t will lead to death...
2021-09-2938 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 15 - The Disease of AddictionFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes:
Joseph Caravelle, MA, LADC – The Disease of Addication
AA Program defines addiction as having three distinct components:The Allergy of the body.Understanding the parts of the brain that are affected by this disease.Limbic System – “Survival Brain”Neocortex – “Thinking Brain”NAc / Survival/reinforcement circuit – “Go” CircuitLeft Orbitofrontal Cortex – “Stop” CircuitThe obsession of the mind.How a memory formedHow do certain chemicals present during the formation of a memory affect how these memories are imprintedThe Malady of the spirit.How eventually we are left broken and what we need to move fo...
2021-09-2244 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 14 - My StoryFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
In this weeks Podcast Kelly Kristo is back to fill in as guest host while I tell my story.
Topics covered include:
Growing up in a small townRealizing I drank differently than mostThe progression of my diseaseFinally admitting TO MYSELF that I had a problem and that I wanted a better life for myselfFinding that Meetings, a sponsor, and working the step was the only thing that worked for me.
2021-09-131h 12
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 13 - Meetings & Mind TrapsFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Types of AA Meetings
Open/ClosedMale/FemaleBig BookStepSpeakerDiscussionCombo
What is a relapse?
Stages of Relapse = TRIGER(Emotional) – THOUGHT(Mental) – CRAVING (Physical) – USE
Like it or not, the first stage of relapse is emotional, so in order for us to become more aware of the warning we need to understand our feelings and emotions a little better.
We may believe it’s impossible to understand, predict or control our emotional responses to people or events, however, feelings and emotions are not magical. They are part of being human and we can...
2021-09-0439 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 12 - Living SoberFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
Family Trip – Glensheen MansionI believe there is a marketing OpportunityIf you do the research I think you can pretty much conclude who did it, but I am not going to get into that since this is not a murder mystery Podcast although if I could figure out a way to tie those together I definitely would.However, I’ll tie it together in this way Sobriety could use a bit of a marketing campaign as well.I think for those starting out they look at it as...
2021-08-2456 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 11 - We Tried an Easier Softer WayFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
Today we discussed:Love Songs for Angry Men, the opening band for the podcastthe similarities between AA and NAAn audio book I listened to this week that didn't quite pan outHow it workshow finding an easier softer way does not work
2021-08-0929 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 10 - Humility & Steps 5-7For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
When I started this podcast one of the things I wanted to do was to chronicle my journey so that others just starting out could benefit from my experience, which admittedly started at Zero
When Anybody asks me How I am doing this I answer them all the say way.
Go to meetingsGet a sponsorWork the steps
And for me, that is the order.
I started going to meetings right out of treatmentIt took me a few meetings before I found my sponsorNot long after...
2021-07-2727 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 9 - Sometimes Shit Just Sucks!For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
A lot of what I am going to cover comes from It’s OK that you’re not OK by Megan Devine.
This is not going to be a deep dive, so I encourage you all to buy and read the book (Website).I also want to point out that this is a book about the loss of a loved one. I fully understand that admitting I am an alcoholic is not the same as my wife drowning in front of me, but this is a book about l...
2021-07-1534 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 8 - Kelly KristoFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
I had so much fun hearing Kelly's story! I look forward to having her back again soon!
2021-07-0153 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 7 – The PromisesFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
The AA Promises:
Promise 1: We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
Promise 2: We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
Promise 3: We will comprehend the word serenity.
Promise 4: We will know peace.
Promise 5: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
Promise 6: The feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
Promise 7: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Promise 8: Self-seek...
2021-06-2532 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastHR Ep 6 - The 4th StepFor more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Update – Part of the point of this podcast to is to share with others my journey. Today is mostly going to be about that, which happens to be step 4.
Go to a lot of meetings.Network to find other meetings and new friends.Find a home meeting.Got a sponsor.Staying connected.Calling people from the meeting/treatment.Meeting Each Friday (The meeting before and after the meeting (fellowship))Going out to dinner.Treated like rock stars for some reason.Know our names what we drink.We are...
2021-06-1644 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastThe Four Agreements Part 2For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Show Notes
The Next three agreements are born from the first agreement.
Don’t take anything personally!
Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally.This is easier said than done. As humans we take everything personally.If we remember back to the 1st agreement… if I walk up to someone on the street and call them stupid that is on me, not them.If someone says the same to us and you take it personally it’s because you agree with what the person has said and a...
2021-06-0837 minHammeredRecovery PodcastHR ep 4 – The Four Agreements Part 1For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
Welcome to the HammeredRecovery Podcast. In this episode we discussed:
I don’t think there has been a book that has changed my life more then this one. I can tell you that my kids are absolutely sick of me quoting The Four Agreements.
The Four Agreements
Be Impeccable with Your WordDon’t Take Anything PersonallyDon’t Make AssumptionsAlways do your best
But before we get to the four agreements we need to understand where they come from.
The Toltec
Anthropologists have spoken of the Toltec as a nation...
2021-05-3130 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastEp 3: Breaking the cycleWelcome to the HammeredRecovery Podcast. In this episode we discussed:
Types of Stinking Thinking
Lip Service
Grandiosity
Corner Cutting
Defiance
How to combat Stinking Thinking
Awareness
Commitment
Action
For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com
2021-05-2123 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastEP 2: THere are 2 days in each week about Which we should not worryThe Hammered Recovery Podcast looks to share my story, and all I have learned, through early sobriety. By no means am I an expert, in fact the opposite is probably closer to the truth, but one thing I have learned is talking about it helps and together we can live our best life Healthy. Happy. Sober.Welcome to the inaugural episode of the HammeredRecovery Podcast. In this episode we discussed:How quickly your life can change if you work for it.Two days in each week about which we should not worry. One of them is yesterday and the other is...
2021-05-2118 min
HammeredRecovery PodcastWelcome to the HammeredRecovery Podcast - Setting BoundariesThe Hammered Recovery Podcast looks to share my story, and all I have learned, through early sobriety. By no means am I an expert, in fact the opposite is probably closer to the truth, but one thing I have learned is talking about it helps and together we can live our best life Healthy. Happy. Sober.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the HammeredRecovery Podcast. In this episode we discussed:
Admitting I was an alcoholicMy Recovery Journey
Intensive Outpatient
Hazelden Betty Ford
AA Meetings
Getting a sponsor
The importance of setting boundaries
For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me...
2021-05-2129 min