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For 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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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For 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 ..read more

For 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 ..read more

For 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 get a whole lot bigger! HOw it works This is part one of a series of podcasts I am goin ..read more

For 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, just acti ..read more

For 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 GenesisI went over the ..read more

For 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 ..read more