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The Recovery Guy Podcast Episode #290 The Fix: Robert P at the Palace April 27, 2025 Robert shares his 39-year journey of recovery. Join us and share. The post appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2025-05-1252 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #289 The Fix: Robert at SDRC April 26, 2026 Join Robert again as he tells of his 39-year journey of recovery. This episode is for newcomers who want to learn about the 12 steps of recovery. The post Episode #289 The Fix: Robert at SDRC April 26, 2026 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2025-05-0549 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisdoe #288 The Fix: Robert P at Cirque Lodge 4.25.2025 The post Episdoe #288 The Fix: Robert P at Cirque Lodge 4.25.2025 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2025-04-2654 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #287 The Fix: One Step at a Time with Robert P Robert walks us through the steps, explains why steps are important, and talks briefly about each of the 12 steps. Join us as we grow in our understanding The post Episode #287 The Fix: One Step at a Time with Robert P appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2025-02-2839 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #286 The Fix: Robert in Boise, ID Feb 15, 2025 Join Robert as he shares his story. Robert describes his journey from being a hopeless drunk to a person who has recovered. The post Episode #286 The Fix: Robert in Boise, ID Feb 15, 2025 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2025-02-2356 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #276 The Fix: We Absolutely Insist Join Robert as he explores the intent of Page 132 from the Big Book. what does it mean to “absolutely insist on enjoying life? Robert’s journey will help underscore the necessity of this directive. The post Episode #276 The Fix: We Absolutely Insist appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-12-0732 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #272 The Fix: Feeling is a Better Way to Live In this episode, Robert discusses the connection between diethyl ether, the anesthetic, and alcohol. Both substances are designed to reduce pain and discomfort. One is necessary and one only seems like it is. The post Episode #272 The Fix: Feeling is a Better Way to Live appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-10-2630 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #270 The Fix: Michelle K and Robert P Salt Lake Alano Club Sept 28, 2024 Join Michelle and Robert as they share their experience, strength, and hope with others. This is an episode you will listen to and share. The post Episode #270 The Fix: Michelle K and Robert P Salt Lake Alano Club Sept 28, 2024 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-09-3043 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #269 The Fix: Al-Anon and AA with One Voice Join Suzy and Robert as they discuss their journeys to recovery. Neither speak for their program, but they share their experience as a result of the programs. Suzy and Robert have both become well. Listen to their stories of wellness and what they do each day to grow their understanding. This is an episode you will want to share. The post Episode #269 The Fix: Al-Anon and AA with One Voice appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-09-141h 06

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #268 The Fix: Dope Ass Speaker Meeting at the Triangle Club 8.30.2024 Drewe and Robert Join Drewe and Robert. They combine their voices to create a picture of recovery. Follow their journey from Broken to Whole. This is an episode you won’t want to miss. The post Episode #268 The Fix: Dope Ass Speaker Meeting at the Triangle Club 8.30.2024 Drewe and Robert appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-09-021h 09

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #267 The Fix: We Can Make A Choice To Choose In this episode, Robert discusses losing the right to choose. Once he stopped drinking a new window opened that allowed him to make better choices. Robert can now choose. The post Episode #267 The Fix: We Can Make A Choice To Choose appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-08-2530 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #266 The Fix: Robert P at SDRC 8-03-2024 Join Robert as he continues his journey of recovery. Robert’s sobriety date is April 25, 1986. At The Turning Point in Las Vegas, NV, his path from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body to becoming well began. Over 38 years later Robert continues to be a recovered member of a twelve-step program that saved his life. Screenshot The post Episode #266 The Fix: Robert P at SDRC 8-03-2024 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-08-0651 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #265 The Fix: Michelle K and Robert P at Wasatch Crest Recovery 8-2-2024 Join Michelle and Robert as they travel down the recovery journey. Michelle and Robert share their experience, strength, and hope in a way that makes recovery accessible to all. The post Episode #265 The Fix: Michelle K and Robert P at Wasatch Crest Recovery 8-2-2024 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-08-0356 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #263 The Fix: Robert P at The Palace 7 21 2024 Join Robert as he paints a picture of his 38-year journey into recovery. Robert talks of his despair and his subsequent recovery from alcoholism. This is an episode you will not want to miss. The post Episode #263 The Fix: Robert P at The Palace 7 21 2024 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-07-2248 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #259 The Fix: Recovery is a Choice In this episode, Robert discusses Page 4 of As Bill Sees It and the ability to choose. The answer is YES!!! We aren’t victims of our Inheritance. We are victors despite where or who we came from. Join Robert as he discusses the journey towards recovery which he claims his power to make life-changing choices. The post Episode #259 The Fix: Recovery is a Choice appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-06-2027 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #258 The Fix: Join Us In this episode, Robert shares the loneliness and despair he was experiencing as a person of active addiction This loneliness made the camaraderie even more attractive. It was in this environment, that recovery took place. Please listen and share this episode with a friend and loved one. The post Episode #258 The Fix: Join Us appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-06-1333 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastThe Fix: Episode #256 Community The recovery community is the reason I stuck around long enough to get well. In this episode, Robert explores the power of community and why he feels it is essential to a recovered life. Without community, we don’t have a sense of belonging. Without belonging we will NEVER get well and or recover. The post The Fix: Episode #256 Community appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-05-2331 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastThe Fix: Episode #253 Cirque Lodge March 22, 2024 In this episode, Robert shares part of his journey. Robert began his recovery journey Feb 9, 1986, After 71 days of being sober and a brief relapse, Robert returned to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous on April 25, 1986. He has been sober ever since. Please listen; hopefully, you will find yourself on both sides of this common journey. The post The Fix: Episode #253 Cirque Lodge March 22, 2024 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2024-03-2350 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastThe Fix; Episode #250: South Davis Recovery Club, August 5, 2023 Experience, Strength, and Hope are what we share. We hope the newcomer is open to a new of living. “We are sure, God wants us to be happy, Joyous, and free. Join and share Robert’s recovery journey that has kept him sober since April 25, 1986. The post The Fix; Episode #250: South Davis Recovery Club, August 5, 2023 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2023-08-0652 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #249 The Fix: Speaker Meeting- June 24, 2023 n this episode, Robert tells of his 37-year journey to recovery. Robert shares his feelings of “being an almost” until he meets King Alcohol. Despite the ups and downs of his life, Robert would find the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and he would never be the same. The post Episode #249 The Fix: Speaker Meeting- June 24, 2023 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2023-06-2644 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #248 The Fix: SLC Speaker Meeting 7/20/2022 Sharing our experience, strength and hope is how we all learn to live the sober way of life. Robert shares his story from a hopeless alcoholic to a recovered person. Sharing our experience, strength, and hope is the path to recovery The post Episode #248 The Fix: SLC Speaker Meeting 7/20/2022 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2023-02-2752 min

Coffee with CurtisGuy Gordon - Brand Strategist & StorytellerRobert is joined by Guy Gordon on this episode of Coffee with Curtis. Guy is a brand strategist and storyteller, and who can resist a story told in an Irish accent. Guy shares his methodology when approaching how companies develop their brand and gives outstanding examples from his two decades in the sector working with some of the biggest names like Saatchi and Amazon. We hear about his favorite campaigns, the campaign he'd most love to work on, and the humanizing of a brand using personal branding opportunities through social media. A jam-packed episode.2023-01-301h 08

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #218 Tuesday The Fix- Norco Speaker Meeting 12/29/2021 Recovery is a Journey, not a Destination In this podcast, Robert lends a glimpse into his 35 plus years of personal recovery. Robert shares his journey from childhood to what it’s like today. He all talks about his relapse and fortunate return to the rooms of AA. Please listen, subscribe, and share. The post Episode #218 Tuesday The Fix- Norco Speaker Meeting 12/29/2021 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2022-01-0443 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #217 Tuesday The Fix: Are You Teachable Being teachable is the prerequisite for learning anything. If I am not teachable in an overall perspective or in a specific area I wouldn’t find it necessary to be taught anything. With that, being teachable is to learning what air is to breathe. Most all of us have heard of Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein was literally a genius. His IQ was 160. That put him in the top 99%. Albert has more life quotes than most people and one of his most famous quotes is “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we crea...2021-12-2830 min

The Trauma TherapistEpisode 568: Marine Colonel to Mental Health Advocate with Robert MacphersonMy guest today Robert Macpherson (no relation to myself!) was a career infantry officer in the U.S. Marines with service in Vietnam, Iraq, and Somalia. After retiring as a Colonel, he enjoyed a second career with the humanitarian organization CARE. Now Robert is a mental health advocate particularly for humanitarian aid workers and those who work on the frontlines.After Robert was diagnosed with PTSD, he received a gift. He reached out to the Southeastern Guide Dogs in Florida and was partnered with Blue. Robert and Blue will be featured in the cover story, America’s Best Pe...2021-12-1626 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #214 Tuesday the Fix Special: Yana Club Talk w/Robert P. Dec. 5, 2021 Experience, Strength, and Hope In this podcast, Robert P. shares his story of recovery and the path he has chosen along the way. For those who suffer from addiction, there is hope for life-long recovery One Day at a Time. The post Episode #214 Tuesday the Fix Special: Yana Club Talk w/Robert P. Dec. 5, 2021 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2021-12-1043 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #210 Tuesday- The Fix: South Davis Recovery Club Nov 13, 2021 Experience, Strength, and Hope empower us all In this episode, Robert shares his experience, strength, and hope in an AA Speaker Meeting. Robert talks about his 35 years of personal recovery and what he believes others need to follow to attain live long sobriety. The post Episode #210 Tuesday- The Fix: South Davis Recovery Club Nov 13, 2021 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2021-11-1659 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #196 -Friday The Checkup- Are You Teachable Being teachable is the prerequisite for learning anything. If I am not teachable in an overall perspective or in a specific area I wouldn’t find it necessary to be taught anything. With that, being teachable is to learning what air is to breathing. Most all of us have heard of Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein was literally a genius. His IQ was 160. That put him in the top 99%. Albert has more life quotes than most people and one of his most famous quotes is “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we crea...2021-04-2330 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #191 -Tuesday The Fix – Principals to Live By When we speak of Principals, we speak of things that come first or are the highest in rank. These are words associated with a high degree of importance and value. They are considered to be foremost in our life. Each of the Twelve Steps have Principals assigned to them. AcceptanceHopeFaithCourageHonestyWillingnessHumilityResponsibilityLoveDisciplineAwareness/GrowthService Would You Like to Receive a free Daily Topic Email with the most popular AA Resources, distributed daily, accompanied by a secret Facebook group for discussion? Go to www.DailyAAEmails.com for more information! Don’t forget to share DailyAAEmails.com with friends, in meetings, and wi...2021-04-0642 min

The Trauma TherapistEpisode 486: Robert Greene. A Healing WarriorRobert is a US Navy Veteran (Hospital Corpsman) who was diagnosed with PTSD in Jan 2016. After a long battle with his internal demons, he decided to immerse himself in ancient practices as a means to master his mind. During his time on active duty after deployment, Robert attempted suicide 2 times and was placed on anti-depressants and sleeping medications. After battling an addiction to alcohol and sleeping pills when as he was coming off active duty, the thought that he had a serious problem didn't really cross his mind. At that point, Robert fell into the toxic p...2020-10-2637 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #149 – Tuesday The Fix: Why DO when you can BE One of them great privileges of doing what I do is the people I interact with. It is not only the number of individuals; it is the varied type of individual. I get to speak with young an older, male and female, straight and gay, well to do and getting by, those new to recovery and those who have been around for a while. Because of my varied background, I speak to people who have had behavioral issues with pornography, gambling anger as well as those suffering from food alcohol and drug addictions. The list goes on and on...2020-10-2028 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #148 – Friday The Checkup: No Risk No Reward I have a tattoo on my left arm of a lion. I love the lion because of the representation of courage that the lion invokes. To take it one step further above my lion is the name, Sundiata. Sundiata is a West African name of a legendary person. Sundiata means “hungering lion“. I love the connotation of this name because it represents a person always moving forward. I want my recovery to be representative of always growing and striving to become more well. To accomplish this I must remain hungry. I must be willing to risk if I am to f...2020-10-1636 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #141 – Tuesday The Fix: Meet the Need One of the most relevant and important things we will do on our journey to recovery is to meet our needs. Before we can ever meet the need we have to know what the need is. This podcast discusses those things from the standpoint of Abraham Maslow who developed a concept called the hierarchy of needs. please go to the wiki page and discover more about Dr. Maslow and his concept. Also consider supportingus through the Patreon site. The post Episode #141 – Tuesday The Fix: Meet the Need appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2020-09-2233 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #140 – Friday The Checkup: The Real Me One of our most important opportunities in our personal recovery is discovering who we are. Regardless of what we are using, we go through life sideways and the result is the same. We lose sight of who we are and at the end of it all we don’t have an identity. I think this a big contributor as to why people relapse. We’re not sure who we are. If we think we know, we don’t like who we are. A great example of this is during Father Martin’s chalk talk. In this example Father M...2020-09-1831 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #139 – Tuesday The Fix: Normalcy Normal: conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern: characterized by that which is considered usual, typical, or routine. It is because of this definition; I believe the major difference between a person who is addicted to a substance and one who isn’t is that the non-addicted person has found other ways to dealing with life on lives terms. So, how do people of recovery reach a state of normalcy? Make a daily commitment to your recoveryTake time to pray/mediate to ask God for directionFind and stay close to people who are co...2020-09-1529 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #138 – Friday The Checkup: The Gift that Keeps on Giving Have you ever heard of The Everlasting Gobstopper? Pulling information from Wikipedia, It is a candy from Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that is intended, according to Willy Wonka, its creator, “for children with very little pocket money.” It not only changes colors an flavors when sucked on, but also never gets any smaller or disappears. It is like the gift that is recovery. Recovery is the Gift that keeps on Giving. Let’s look at both words, define them and see how they apply to our purposeful life. As a noun a gif...2020-09-1129 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #137 – Tuesday The Fix: When We Build It, It Will Come As you all know, I love movies, shows, nature, relationships. I draw so many comparative examples from the things I experience and enjoy during my life. As a person who lived disconnected for so long, I love finding a connection in many varied things. Have you ever seen the movie Field of Dreams? It is a 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner and he plays the role of Ray Kinsella an Iowa corn farmer. Isn’t recovery the place where dreams come true? Isn’t recovery about coming in with little to no hope, living a shattered life (some more...2020-09-0828 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #136 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Paradigms “Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison. Well, then it isn’t one to you, since nothing is really good or bad in itself—it’s all what a person thinks about it.” This is from Shakespeare’s Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2. Little did I know that the above statement fits perfectly into today’s podcast. Today’s podcast is entitled Personal Paradigms. Paradigms was first introduced to me back in 1993. I was seven years into my personal recovery and was looking for a way to grow beyond...2020-09-0427 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #135 – Tuesday The Fix: Right Now In the last couple days Laura and I started watching a new series on Netflix called Rectify and it’s a very interesting story about a man who was in prison for almost 2 decades and DNA subsequently cleared him and now he is out and he’s free and he’s trying to make sense of this world around him. During one of the episodes he is having an imaginary conversation while he is in a coma. As part of the conversation the one thing that rings true is his struggle of finding his way in this life he never...2020-09-0128 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #134 – Friday The Checkup: We Not Me Today’s podcast is entitled “We not Me”. My hope and desire for us today is to understand our personal power, personal responsibility and how it affects our personal performance. When we come into that understanding and those areas are in alignment the ME translates to the WE. Prior to my life changing involvement with AA, I was one of the most self-centered people on the planet. I quickly learned that taking and applying the 12 Steps of Recovery would require me to move from Me to We. Every Step is about We, Us and Our. AA’s Traditio...2020-08-2826 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #133 – Tuesday The Fix: We Have Met the Enemy and it is Us It seems that no matter how badly we want to break free from addiction, shame wants to hold us down until we drown. My original sobriety date was February 9, 1986. I was clean and sober for 71 days and then I relapsed. Five days later I was fortunate enough to come back to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. At the time my sponsor was Max B. Max was a very thoughtful person. He was also an outside of the box thinker. One of the things Max introduced me to was the power of emotions. In many ways, he believed his emotions...2020-08-2529 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #132 – Friday The Checkup: Forever Home Forever Home. There is a well-known phrase that reads “Absolute Power, Corrupts Absolutely.” This quote is attributed to Lord Acton. It is stated that John Edward Acton, the first baron, has expressed this opinion in his letter written to Bishop Mandell. The letter was written in 1887. The original statement reads; “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” However, it is stated that Lord Acton is not the primary originator of this quotation. English politician, William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and former Prime Minister of England from 1766-1778 is stated t...2020-08-2133 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #131 – Tuesday The Fix: Salt Lake City Alano Club Today’s podcast is from a speaking event on Saturday, August 15, 2020. I was the keynote speaker at the “Old Timers” meeting at the Salt Lake City, Utah Alano Club. I share my story of my personal recovery and my understanding of what the 12 steps of recovery has to offer those willing to work for it. The post Episode #131 – Tuesday The Fix: Salt Lake City Alano Club appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2020-08-1851 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #130 – Friday The Checkup: Believe in Something or Fall for Anything Have you ever heard the phrase “They were so open minded that their brain leaked out.” Believing is one of those foundational things that without we are like a ship that despite how fast it can move without a steerage it will likely end running out of fuel and float aimlessly or run up on the rocks and be damaged, if not destroyed. If you are a person of recovery believing is foundational to everything we have. As a person of deep faith, my belief is not at the core of who I am; it is the very...2020-08-1430 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #129 – Tuesday The Fix: Inspiration that Inspires Inspiration That Inspires – Today I want to look at 4 areas with respect to inspiration. I want to look at what it is, why is it necessary, where does inspiration come from, who is affected by it, and finally steps to getting and staying inspired. What is inspiration an inspiring or animating action or influencesomething inspired, as an ideaa result of inspired activitya thing or person that inspires From a theological perspective, it is a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soulthe divine quality of the writings or words of a person so inf...2020-08-1131 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #128 – Friday The Checkup: Regaining Control Regaining Control. For so many of us the notion of regaining control isn’t possible because we never felt like we had control in the first place. Consequently, how can you regain some thing you never had? I completely understand that and if you fit into that category then I want you to view this podcast as gaining control. As you well know, I am often a walking cliché. I believe that sayings become clichés by having elements of truth. I also believe that reading things as absolute truth can be limiting, if not dangerous. What I do...2020-08-0725 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #127 – Tuesday The Fix: Being an Exceptional Being Being an Exceptional Being. When we first arrive in recovery we are questioning many things. We are questioning if we’re making the right decision, we are questioning will this work for me, we are questioning if follow through with the path we decided to try. One thing that we do know is that we can no longer live the life we are living. We can no longer lose all the things that we have been losing. We also know that feeling this type of despair had to end. Having said that, I went searching for everything I could in...2020-08-0433 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #126 – Friday The Checkup: Reborn Again Reborn Again. A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook post and the meme stated, “How far do you live from the place you were born.” Even though I knew what they were asking a geography question, the first answer that came to mind was “which time?” I know that might sound a little odd and maybe it is, but it made perfect to sense to me and maybe it does to you. Most often, I view things from my recovery lens. This meme got me thinking about regeneration, reinventing, and resurrecting. Prior to and early in recovery...2020-07-3130 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #125 – Tuesday The Fix: Self Portrait Self Portrait. Regarding making a break with the past. Stephen Covey stated “It’s about living and working in ways that will enrich your life and the lives of those around you. It is an exploration into the natural laws that govern our actions and how you can align yourself with those laws that you can then bring to bring true power, energy, compassion, and integrity into your life and the lives of those around you.” So, let’s picture ourselves. If I blame someone for my past then they are responsible for my past. There is one main...2020-07-2827 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #124 – Friday The Checkup: How to Let Go How To Let Go. One would think that letting go of something that was no longer effective and or was causing harm would be easy and regular. Yet, this is one of the most challenging things we do. What is the connection between something that seems desirable yet challenging? I know the familiar has its own attractiveness, yet something more beneficial and especially something less painful would be a no brainer. Steps to Letting Go Pray and mediate over the processWrite down the reasons to hang on and the reasons to let go.Isolate the intellect...2020-07-2432 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #123 – Tuesday The Fix: Lifetime Recovery Lifetime Recovery. “Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing and that is not why we are here.”Mark Twain Lifetime Recovery. So, how does each compliment the other to make the necessary connection for lifetime recovery to occur? I have always been a dreamer. John Lennon sang “You may say I am dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” However, dreams must have legs to make them go from dreams to reality. This is where the goals come in. Fortunately, for those of us in 12 Step recovery there is a path that are like g...2020-07-2130 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #122 – Friday The Checkup: The Inescapable The Inescapable. There is an expression that reads “you can run, but you can’t hide.” Have you heard that before? It is often said the two inescapable things in life are death and taxes. Although, I see the humor in this there are more than death and taxes that we are inescapable. One of the things that come to mind his feelings. Over this past weekend we had a wonderful family gathering. My daughters Cathleen and Carol were part of that reunion. As many of you know, I have become very close with these daughters. What makes this so spe...2020-07-1732 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #121 – Tuesday The Fix: Remove the Mask Remove the Mask. More often than not, in speaking to people of recovery, I come across people who had difficulty identifying who they were, where they fit in and how they felt about it. When early childhood is characteristic of this it tends to move along into the early teen years and up through or more formidable later teen and early adulthood. The early teen years, because of puberty, can be like Mr. Toad’s wild ride for many of us. We come out of that phase even more confused as we try to sort out who we are. Wh...2020-07-1432 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #120 – Friday The Checkup: B Positive B Positive. One of the best things about being back in charge of daily decision making is choosing how to view life and choices we can make. The choice to live with a positive voice is positively the best choice I have ever made. It is scientifically documented that being positive sets in motion mental pathways in motion. Per Dr. Lou E. Whitaker (link at the end of the notes) “Taking a look at the prefrontal cortex, when happy thoughts occur, there is brain growth through the reinforcement and generation of new synapses.” For...2020-07-1028 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #119 – Tuesday The Fix: Who’s In Your 5? Those of us in recovery understand that prior to our new-found self-awareness, there were 3 people we were primarily concerned with taking care of. Those 3 people were Me, Myself and I. Have you ever heard the adage, there are 2 people I trust, that’s you and me and I‘m not too sure about you? The likelihood of us admitting prior to saying we need to change or reaching out for help was slim. We didn’t want to be found out as one with some or all our life out of control. Yet, there we were. We knew that minimi...2020-07-0733 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #118 – Friday The Checkup: The Search The Search. Those of us who have decided there is another way to live or find the need to elevate our life go on a journey. Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz, is one of the greatest cinematic stories ever told with this theme. We can be so much like Dorothy. For some of us, our search starts out at a young age while others begin searching later in life. Some don’t have a clue what they are looking for and aren’t even sure if they will know what it is if they find it. Others say “I will...2020-07-0332 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #117 – Tuesday The Fix: Reason to Celebrate Reason to Celebrate. I have this friend and his name is Chris T. If you are looking for Chris today, you will find him at his factory where he is the CEO of a prosperous company. I meat him in 2010 when he was bouncing in and out of treatment. Two weeks ago, Chris T celebrated 7 years of recovery. What does celebration mean and how do we translate it into the life we now live. 1: to perform a sacrament or solemn ceremony publicly and with appropriate rites2: to honor an occasion, such as a holiday, esp...2020-06-3032 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #116 – Friday The Checkup: Deadly Silence Deadly Silence. Throughout our lives we come across various enemies that prevent us from reaching our full potential. The enemies can be people or circumstances. They can be things that we do to ourselves or things that have been done to us. These things can affect us various ways from not very much, to marginally, to moderately to greatly and then to catastrophically. It has been my experience the most potentially harming thing is something that you can’t see and you can’t hear. The most potentially dangerous thing in our lives is Silence. Silenc...2020-06-2632 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #115 – Tuesday The Fix: Steps of Change Steps of Change. In most aspects of life long lasting change requires some type of plan. Rarely do we just stumble across success. Change is a process not an event. We may experience short-term success going through life, willie nillie. We might stumble across some external fix that gives us temporary relief. True Change requires Steps to be followed in the order they were designed to work. If we become students of these steps, then successful/lifelong change is likely to occur. WE MUST CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING. Our best thinking got us to this negative position...2020-06-2331 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #114 – Friday The Checkup: Acceptance What is it about acceptance? Why must I learn to accept people, places, and things to achieve peace. Why can it be such a distraction before I settle on acceptance? The answer often lies in the definition. I will then read you a quote and we will move forward from there. One of the definitions for acceptance is to endure without protest or reaction. So, here is the quote. BB pages 417 4th Edition …..” And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some pers...2020-06-1931 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #113 – Tuesday The Fix: Those Along The Way Those Along The Way. Every person who accomplishes something great rarely achieves this on their own. The value of others contributing is often lost in the moment. If we lose them in the moment, we don’t carry them forward with us. As any child is better off knowing their family heritage you and I are better off knowing who was instrumental on our road to recovery. As a testimony to that, I am going to list some names of those who stand out as significant to me in my life. Let me say the list is much longer th...2020-06-1632 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #112 – Friday The Checkup: The Stages of Change The Stages of Change. Almost 20 years ago, two well-known alcoholism researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska introduced a five-stage model of change to help professionals understand their clients with addiction problems and motivate them to change. Their model is based not on abstract theories but on their personal observations of how people went about modifying problem behaviors such as smoking, overeating, and problem drinking. The six stages of the model are: Precontemplation Individuals in the precontemplation stage of change are not even thinking about changing their drinking behavior. They may not s...2020-06-1231 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #111 – Tuesday The Fix: Happiness Doesn’t Just Happen Life is what you make it. I know this was true for me in my active addiction and it is true today. From time to time, life has a curveball waiting to throw my way. That is the exception and not the rule. It does mean, for the most part, I am the reason for my happiness. I decided upon actions that most always determine my happiness. I think this is universally true. I will discuss the 10 Things Ms. King suggests and as always put my twist to them. For a fuller read of this article click...2020-06-0932 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #110 – Friday The Checkup: Taming Toxic Shame Toxic Shame. Richard Gannon defines Toxic Shame as a neurotic, irrational feeling of worthlessness, humiliation, self-loathing and paralyzing feeling that has been inflicted onto an individual through repeated, traumatic experiences often, but not always, rooted in childhood. Essentially, toxic shame is what happens when feeling badly about aspects or the totality of we are is as if it were stamped into our DNA. This is one of the reasons there is no quick fix, we will likely require the help of someone else and we may not accomplish complete removal in our lifetime. Having said t...2020-06-0631 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #109 – Tuesday The Fix: Getting Smashed Getting Smashed. How do we get to the place whereby we view our life up to recovery as a destructive force that needs to be SMASHED? Here are some things that I think are universally true. I say they are true because for over 34 years they have worked in my life and the lives of countless others. Please understand I am going to use the 12 Steps of AA as my central point of reference. Self-examine what actions got us to the point of recoveryBe objective in evaluating is what I am doing normal or...2020-06-0231 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #108 – Friday The Checkup: Relating In Recovery Relating In Recovery. How vital is relating in recovery? It has been the experience of countless others and myself that our quality and even quantity of our recovery stands in the balance of how and to whom we relate in recovery. Some of the things I have done over the years have evolved, but the basics remain the same. Make sure we are on solid spiritual grounding. We must be at peace (even if we are uncomfortable).Make a list of the most obvious first. Let’s get the burning logs off the fire so the fl...2020-05-2929 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #107 – Tuesday The Fix: Wounded No More Wounded No More is today’s podcast title, it was pulled from a lyric line from an amazing newer group called The Struts. If you like David Bowie, meets Queen, meets the Rolling Stones, then you will love The Struts. The Struts have this song called Somebody New and in the song there is a line that reads “But when you’ve been broken, some wounds remain open that no one can heal.” For those of you who are new or relatively new to Recovery Guy Podcast I want to give you a little background. The journey of our m...2020-05-2631 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #106 – Friday The Checkup Signs I Might Need Help I pulled some content from a paper called Symptoms of Addiction from Psychology Today. I have edited the bulleted points below to fit my direction. The complete article can be found in its entirety by following the link below. I want to thank Psychology Today for continuing to provide amazing content on a wide variety of wellness topics. I think those new to recovery must pay attention to the spiraling signs accompany addiction. Below, I have pulled some of the concerns that should be looked at when we evaluate where we are in our recovery journey. Just...2020-05-2229 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #105 – Tuesday The Fix: Sabotage of Self Part 2 Sabotage of self is one of the most unnecessary yet common problems of people in recovery. We expect people who are on a destructive path to continue to sabotage their progress. They are already on a path and negative destruction and sabotage seems to be a part of their daily process. But what about those of us who are in recovery? What about those of us who are on a path to wellness and becoming whole. Why do we act as if we are the enemy as we are trying to be part of the solution. Please let me...2020-05-1929 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #99 – Tuesday The Fix: Follow Robert Along His Path to Recovery Follow Robert on his 30 for your journey of recovery as he speaks to a group in the park in Bountiful, Utah. Robert explores all of the ins and outs of his personal journey and what he recommends to others as they seek life long recovery. The post Episode #99 – Tuesday The Fix: Follow Robert Along His Path to Recovery appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2020-04-2849 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #85 – Tuesday The Fix: Finding Your Way Finding Your Way explores a particular joy that comes when we find out who we are. For those of us who find our way we realize we aren’t what we did. We did what we did because of who we thought we were. We lost our way. Now, we come into recovery and we are introduced to a path and others who have made the journey we hope to make and are still on the journey themselves. One day, I looked in the emotional mirror of self-reflection, I stated Oh, there you are Robert”. How about you? Have you...2020-03-1129 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #80 – Friday The Checkup: Re-introduction Thank you so much for tuning in to today’s podcast. Today we’re taking a little look back from six months ago when JJ and I first launched Recovery Guy podcast. This podcast is entitled “Introduction to Recovery Guy” and it gives you information about me that you may find valuable. The Recovery Movement is about joining forces to understand that when we are united we are unstoppable. Please consider all that we do. We are in this together. I hope you have a blessed day and I hope you’re continually encouraged by the journey that has joined us...2020-02-1417 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #79 – Tuesday The Fix: Limited No More Limited No More is a podcast designed to free us of our practical and verbal limitations that have kept us from trying things we would otherwise be able to do. What does all this mean and how does it relate to those of us looking to become well or deepen with recovery we have already cultivated? This is a quote from Philosiblog.com regarding this quote. “So whatever you say you can’t do, you won’t likely ever try, as you are already defeated in your mind. That means if you argue for your limitations (the things you cannot do...2020-02-1130 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #78 – Friday The Checkup: Power Words of Personal Power Words we say to ourselves and ultimately to others can set the tone for any power we begin to achieve. We know that negative self-talk keeps us in bondage. Conversely power words can add to our personal power. Maybe you have your own words or maybe you have never considered how important this approach to power is. Here are some of the words I have incorporated into my life and have seen them make a difference in how I view me which helps define how I view you and others. Happy, Joyous, Free, Recovered, Well...2020-02-0729 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #75 – Tuesday The Fix: The Cornerstone of Faith Faith is so vital to our recovery. Without faith, we will never be free of the bondage that our addiction gripped us with for so many years. We lost so much because our faith was weak and for many of us became non-existent. I hope this podcast and the content below challenge, inspire and grows in ways you have been hoping for. Please support our Recovery Guy Movement Lauren Hernandez of Purdue University May 22, 2018 Faith is a universal human experience- something that touches us all. Faith can provide inner strengthFaith teaches you to...2020-01-2835 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #74 – Friday The Checkup: The Power of the Celebration This podcast is designed to encourage you through uncovering and enlarging your celebration for the recovery and the wellness you have been given. Regardless of our length of recovery, we have something to celebrate. If for no other reason, we can celebrate that today it is not necessary for us to die. As we continue to grow in our recovery the things that we are being restored to and the things that are being restored to gives us even more reason to celebrate. Find out what is most important to you in terms of what you can celebrate and...2020-01-2428 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #73 – Tuesday The Fix: Things We Discover Along The Way “Things We Discover Along The Way” This podcast is designed to open up our vision so we can take in all things to evaluate. There is so much around us to learn from. From music to movies, to audio instruction, nature, and written word. Etc. Whether or not a revelation is all around us is already been decided by God. What we do with it depends on us. I have been so blessed to learn and to teach from the many messages I receive. This podcast explores many of those things while focusing on one I saw this...2020-01-2132 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #72 – Friday The Checkup: Healing Hurts Hello and welcome to Recovery Guy Podcast. I really appreciate you joining us today. Today’s topic is “healing hurts“. So often we go through life and we are hoping to heal past hurts that we have created for ourselves on a personal level and hurts we caused others on an inner personal level. Both of these needs to be addressed and healing hurts will likely be a part of our journey for the rest of our lives. It does not mean that we don’t overcome challenges or the pain/hurt that healing can cause, I just believe that the...2020-01-1732 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #71 – Tuesday The Fix: A visit with Steve M Welcome to Recovery Guy Podcast. This episode is called “A visit with Steve M”. Steve was one of those amazing people who was already living the road to recovery when I arrived at Alcoholics Anonymous back in 1986. Not only was Steve extremely instrumental in my personal recovery, but to this day I still am encouraged by his love and care he provided for me early on. Steve decided to devote his entire life to serving others and it is no surprise to this day he is still living the recovered life. I hope you enjoy listening to Steve as much...2020-01-1434 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #70 – Thursday The Checkup: Appreciate The Moment Appreciate The Moment; I Owe It To Myself This podcast helps us understand why it is so important to realize the moment we are in and appreciate it to our greatest ability. So often we don’t realize the moment we have been given and our opportunity passes as the moment passes. Our responsibility to ourselves is to capture each moment and appreciate it as if it is the only moment that we have left. We owe it to our self to realize where we come from and what were able to accomplish in this life. Please cl...2020-01-0932 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #69 – Tuesday The Fix: My View of Me and the Power It Has “My View of Me and the Power It Has” is a conversation regarding how important our self image is. In this podcast I underscore how we sink to the bottom of how we view ourselves and how we MUST begin viewing ourselves differently if we are ever to become well. This podcast was taken from Quote of the Day guest speaker Marissa Peer and her talk entitled “I am Enough”. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quote-of-the-day-show-daily-motivational-talks/id1163094296?i=1000460048387 I also give a list of the ”MUSTS” in our life if we are to turn our life around and begin developi...2020-01-0734 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #68 – Thursday The Checkup: Forgiveness and Freedom Go Hand in Hand Today’s podcast is a journey and an introduction into 2020. I am looking forward to this next decade and I hope you are as well. Forgiveness and freedom are so reliant upon each other. So often people are wondering why they are in bondage and why they aren’t seeing freedom in areas of their life that are important to them. My initial response is to ask where is the block? Is there an area of your life where you have not allowed forgiveness to be expressed that you can overcome the bondage that exists went forgiveness is not exte...2020-01-0231 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #67 – Tuesday The Fix: Do you still hear the Bell This podcast is designed to encourage and challenge those who listen. So often people of recovery lose their way. Many of those people go back to the destructive behavior that caused their life to be the Trainwreck that it became. I believe they do this because they lose the magic and as it says in polar express “though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe”. Where is your magic? Does the bill still ring for you? Have you lost your belief? If this is true of you I invite...2019-12-3130 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #66 – Tuesday The Fix: 2020 Vision 2020 Vision for 2020 is designed to elevate and encourage you as we approach to the New Year. Looking inside and understanding who we are helps us makes sense of what we see. Once I have clarity it is easier to manage my life and live according to what I think. The post Episode #66 – Tuesday The Fix: 2020 Vision appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2019-12-2430 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #65 – Friday The Checkup: Are We Responsible Today’s podcast helps us understand our responsibility when it comes to others. Being responsible is not anymore than making sure that we are living the type of life that we need to live that would elevate our life that we would become an attractive resource for other people. We are our brothers keeper. We have a moral obligation to do the best we possibly can for our self so that when someone else needs our assistance especially in the area of recovery we are there to meet them. Are you responsible in your recovery? Are we preparing ourselves da...2019-12-1931 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #64 – Tuesday The Fix: Are We Attractive Are we attractive is a challenge for each and everyone of us. This podcast helps explore and examine the areas in which our life as people of recovery is not only attractive to others, but also charismatic to the people we would come across. Our recovery has to be so compelling and so magnetic and so fascinating to others that they will stick around long enough to hear our message we want them to see us as people who are so excited about our personal recovery that they Are we attractive is a challenge for each and everyone of...2019-12-1732 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #48 – Tuesday The Fix: Letting Go In this podcast, Robert explores the ins and outs of Letting Go and why it is essential to our overall wellness. Letting Go is a necessary step in becoming well and recovery. If we don’t learn to let go we will remain in bondage to areas that prevent us from moving forward. We will forever be stunted in our recovery or we will not have any at all. In the beginning, we let go because holding on has become far too painful. As we become more well we let go because of what we are moving to, not wha...2019-10-2227 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #45 -Thursday The Checkup: Three agents of change Welcome to the Recovery Guy Podcast of Thursday’s Check Up. In this episode we look at and discuss what I call “Three Agents Of Change”. Each one of these agents works independently of one another yet or necessary to be combined as the foundation that we would build a recovery from. We look at the need to understand our lack of power. We then need to understand how that lack of power has led to our unmanageability. Finally, we must admit that something needs to be done for our life to move forward to our goal of recov...2019-10-1025 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #39 – Monday The Fix: The Re-Introduction In this episode I take you back to the August 2 launch of Recovery Guy podcast. Since we had so many new listeners since we have launched I thought it would be a great opportunity to reacquaint those who already listened and introduce myself to those who picked up further on. I want to share a little bit of my story with you so you can have an opportunity to relate more to my experience, strength and my hope. Thank you so much for listening and I hope I continue to encourage you as you pursue your personal recovery. 2019-09-2322 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #38 – Thursday The Checkup: Social Media Recovery and Accountability. This episode raises and addresses my concerns over using Social Media as the foundation of recovery, rather then a supplement. The biggest concern I have is that using social media as a primary platform can leave one without much or any accountability. One of the greatest advantages a person of recovery (especially new or relatively new) is to relay on a person(s) that they can have a face-to-face conversation with and have a higher degree of accountability. When there is little to no accountability, such as social media, the person then can...2019-09-1931 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #37 – Monday The Fix: Look to this day Today’s podcast is entitled “Look To This Day”. I read an IG post that said “When you feel like quitting think about why you started”. This is a great topic. Who hasn’t questioned themselves? Who hasn’t wondered if they could do it or if there was worthwhile payoff they thought was waiting for them? It is so important to understand why we started in the first place and the value of each day that we live. How each day can have its own power that we can be fuel us. I present, breakdown and...2019-09-1726 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #36 – Thursday The Checkup: Freedom and Healing go hand in handFreedom and Healing go hand in hand. This Recovery Guy podcast is for everyone, regardless of your background. Everyone, at one time in their life or another (even for those of us who are well) need to examine our freedom and how we are healing. There is a direct connection between being healed and personal freedom. In this podcast I explore the four dimensions of life and their connection to freedom and healing. The 4 dimensions of life are as follows; the physical, mental, the emotional and spiritual. Thank you for tuning in and don’t forget to com...2019-09-1226 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #35 – Monday The Fix: Recovery with a Purpose Thank you for joining the Recovery Guy Podcast. This is Monday and it is The Fix. Recovery helps create a degree of security and even increase it along the way. As our sense of purpose is revealed and implemented It increases our feeling of security. Prior to our Recovery we did not feel we had any purpose with any redeeming value. Consequently we were very insecure in most all manners of life. The quality and quantity of our purpose will either grow or dissipate our level of security. Where we feel we have...2019-09-0923 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #34 – Thursday The Checkup: Promises During the Process of Recovery Thanks for joining Recovery Guy Podcast for Thursday’s The Check Up. You can find my podcast episodes on all major channels. This podcast focuses on the process and price of recovery that results in promises that are worth all the effort we exert. At times the road seems too challenging, but then one or two positive things occur and begin to see the fruits of our effort. Recovery, in many ways, is like everything else in life. When we put together a continuous recommended effort, over time, we can expect positive results. One major difference is th...2019-09-0624 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #33 – Monday The Fix: Recovery and the Power of Choosing Thanks for tuning into this podcast. As we all know, our addicted life left us without any choice. We had become internally convinced that we no longer had any power. Once we came to that realization, our addiction went deeper and deeper. Many of those like us would eventually die as a direct result of our alcohol and drug consumption. As we entered sobriety and began (little by little) to see through the lens of recovery we began taking things back. We learned to let go of the things that held us hostage and began to choose...2019-09-0225 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #30 – Monday The Fix: Recovery Paradigm part 2Welcome to recovery guy podcast. This is an episode from “The Fix” that airs every Monday. Today’s episode is part two of two on recovery paradigms. In this episode, I picked up from where I left off last week. If you remember last week we looked at what is a recovery paradigm, a practical example of the recovery paradigm how paradigms affect us negatively and positively, the need to identify the erroneous paradigms. We then transitioned into remove or displaying paradigms that are not consistent with our direction, commitment or overall environment. Once we get these things we we...2019-08-2726 min

The Recovery Guy PodcastEpisode #26 – Special Q&A: Slow Will Part 1 From deep inside the Recovery guy vault. The post Episode #26 – Special Q&A: Slow Will Part 1 appeared first on Recovery Guy. 2019-08-1715 min

The Trauma TherapistEpisode 371: Trauma & The Struggle to Open Up. Robert T. Muller, Ph.D.Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. is here to talk about his new book, Trauma & The Struggle to Open Up. Dr. Muller trained at Harvard, was on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and is currently at York University in Toronto. A giant thank-you to my sponsors for this episode:CPTSD Foundation provides peer-led, daily, interactive group calls in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with skills and information they can use every single day in their healing journey. Receive 50% off the first month when you join at: http://bit.ly/2MEbBqc 2019-06-2433 min

The Trauma TherapistEpisode 96: Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-SRobert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S is Senior Vice President of Clinical Development with Elements Behavioral Health (http://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/). He has developed clinical programs for The Ranch (http://www.recoveryranch.com/treatment-programs/sexual-recovery/) outside Nashville, Tennessee, Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu (http://www.promises.com/treatment-programs/stimulant-and-sexual-disorders-program-at-promises-malibu/), and The Sexual Recovery Institute (http://www.sexualrecovery.com/) in Los Angeles.A licensed UCLA MSW graduate, and personal trainee of Dr. Patrick Carnes, he is the author (http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Weiss/e/B001JRXGGI/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1391558996&sr=1-2-ent) of Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men (http://ww...2015-06-251h 01

The Trauma TherapistEpisode 71: Robert T. Muller, PhDRobert T. Muller trained at Harvard University, was on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and is currently at York University in Toronto. Dr. Muller was recently honored as a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) (http://www.isst-d.org/) for his work on trauma treatment. Dr. Muller is the author of several books. His psychotherapy bestseller, Trauma and the Avoidant Client (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393705730/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393705730&linkCode=as2&tag=wescoatrapro-20&linkId=43U2XUDCKVCYRFDP), in its third printing, has been...2015-03-3050 min