Worth Recovery

So you've finished your moral inventory from step 4.  You're obsessed and consumed with what you have done in the past, how you have felt and the harms that you've caused. Now what do you do?  Amy describes the dark thinking that Step 4 had brought and the relief she found in working Step 5.  Reflection is the key!

In order to change your thinking and really stay sober - you have to change your neural pathways. What are neural pathways and how do you change them? That is exactly what Amy will discuss in this episode about how to stop triggers from turning into slips and slips into falls.

In this final episode in the deep dive into Step 4, Amy gives ideas to enhance the traditional AA method of working Step 4 and also discusses the payoff we receive.  It works when we work it!

Do you have a pack?  A pack that stands with you to fight your battles with addiction?  Listen to Amy discuss why you need a pack and give you some questions to evaluate the healthy qualities of your own pack.

Working step 4 requires courage and honesty. How have you worked Step 4 in your own life?  In part 1 of this podcast - Amy discusses the traditional method of working step 4 outlined by AA and the promises and benefits of completing this step.  The worksheets referenced in the episode can be found at www.worthrecovery.com.  

It's not always easy to ask for help.  In fact, asking for help is one of the hardest things we learn to do in recovery.  Listen to Amy discuss how hard it was to reach out and find a sponsor - but also the reasons why it has been the best part of her recovery.  

A moral inventory is a starting place in facing the facts about ourselves.  It takes courage and honesty.  It also takes an understanding of why it is necessary.  Listen to Amy discuss why this moral inventory will change our lives and how we will use it moving forward. 

What exactly are boundaries and why are they necessary in recovery?  Why do I feel like a bitch every time I even think about boundaries?  Listen to Amy talk about the four major types of boundaries you need, and share her own experiences with boundary success and failure. 

Working step 4 can be intimidating.  Many addicts get hung up here and don't move forward.  Step 4 demands honesty and courage if we are going to work it in our lives.  Listen to Amy describe what that means to her and how we find courage & honesty.

Are you struggling to figure out who you are in recovery?  Do you feel like you're having an identity crisis?  Yeah - me too.  Listen to Amy discuss her own experience with figuring out who she was in addiction and recovery and how to take yourself along in your own journey.

The principles behind steps 1, 2, and 3 provide us the essence of surrender.  What does it mean to surrender our addiction?  Doesn't surrendering make me a loser?  Listen to Amy discuss her experiences with surrendering and how it works in her life. 

Are you engaged in the struggle of your life?  Are you moving forward or are you stuck?  Are there things in your life that you're escaping from or ignoring?  How do you move forward?  Listen to Amy talk about being engaged in the struggle of her life and get some ideas on how you can stay engaged as well!

In the conclusion of the series on step 3, listen to Amy make some suggestions on how to practically turn your will and live over to the care of God. 

Comparison, the opposite of connection, has a huge negative effect in our lives.  Listen to Amy talk about what comparison does to our lives and how we can take steps to healing and steps to connection. 

When we turn our will over to our higher power, we're not giving it up for someone else to play with.  We turn it over to the CARE of God.  Listen to Amy talk about three significant experiences in her life where she has seen the Care of God in her life.  

Connection is vital in recovery.  At a recent women's retreat, Amy interviewed women who wanted to share with you their tools of recovery.  Listen to Liberty, Sarah, and Pamela share their messages with you about Acceptance, Support, Rigorous Honesty and Hope for the future.  

What does it mean to turn over your will?  How do you do that? What does it require?  Listen to Amy discuss the answers to these questions and the identity crisis that comes along with it.

Will you go to meetings for the rest of your life?  Listen to Amy answer this question and talk about the fundamental principles of living in Recovery.  

Step 3 asks us to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God.  Recovery demands that we be accountable for both our actions and our inactions.  Step 3 is where we being this accountability process.  Are you being a decision maker in your own life?