Worth Recovery

Finding a place to stay connected is essential if we are to live in recovery.  At a recent women's retreat Amy attended, she spoke to Becky, Candace, and Emily and recorded their brief message to you about recovery tools they have learned.  

In the conclusion of the series on Step 2, Amy provides suggestion on how to work this step in your life.  Listen to her outlines the four commitments necessary to working Step 2.  

In the conclusion of Lee's story, listen to her describe some of the events of the last three years in recovery including her worst and best moments.  "Don't let anyone tell you you're not worth it" is her concluding message. 

In continuing the deep dive on step two, listen to Amy talk about the ways insanity manifests in our lives.  If we agree that we need to be restored to sanity, as step two tells us, we must be willing to see and admit our own insanity.  How does insanity manifest in your life?

In the first of the Women's Stories Series, Amy talks with Lee, as she shares her story of addiction and recovery.  Everyone's story is just a little different.  Hear how addiction impacted Lee, her life and her family.  

The understanding of a Higher Power must be personal in order for it to work in our lives.  Listen to Amy share her experiences with defining her Higher Power and the challenge to define your own!

If there was one thing you wish people could understand about your addiction, what would it be?  Listen to Amy talk about the one thing she hopes all people remember about addiction, especially sex addiction.  

Continuing the deep dive into the 12 Steps of recovery, Amy discusses what step two is all about.  Coming to meetings, waking up to our insanity, and learning to build confidence in a power bigger than ourselves are all essential parts to understanding the beginning of step 2.  

In the concluding episode of the Talking Back Challenge, Amy discusses phase 4 of the design your own talking back statements.  Learn how to stay in the trenches and declare war on the negative shaming voices in your head.  Worksheets can be found at www.worthrecovery.com.

The steps work in so much more than addiction.  Listen to Amy discuss how step one is a life principle and how we can apply the principles of software development to our own lives.  Also, learn how to translate this principle into language everyone can understand.

In the second part of the series on Talking Back, Amy discusses phases 2 and 3 of crafting your own personalized, unique talking back statements to help you overcome the negative and shaming voices in your own head.  Episode 012 started the three part series which will conclude in Episode 016.  Check out the worksheets available on www.worthrecovery.com to help get you started!

Step one is more than just an admittance of powerlessness and unmanageability. In this admittance, we have the opportunity to connect with our story and put context to our lives.  Then, it becomes our responsibility to "change the things we can" as the serenity prayer tells us.  How have you worked step one in your life? Listen as Amy shares how it has worked in her life.  

Do you struggle with negative thoughts and shaming voices?  Do they stop you from acting in your life?  It is time to start talking back!  Listen to Amy talk about her four phase process for talking back!

Continuing the deep dive into the 12 steps of recovery, Amy explores how unmanageability shows up in her life.  Though we all have apparent unmanageability, we also have deceptive forms that can take awhile to see. Listen and discover the overt and covert unmangeability in your own life.  

Feeling discouraged?  Things not working out like you wanted them to? Listen to Amy talk about her recent experience with discouragement, the elements of hope, and learn three tips to building hope in your life.  

In the first episode of the 12 step series, listen to Amy's attempts to stop her addiction herself and the gifts that Powerlessness has brought to her life.  

What is your plan in case of emergency?  You know, those desperate moments you have where your moments away from acting out?  Learn about creating an ICE kit - and how this can transform your recovery! 

Why, after being sober and in recovery, do you need to keep working the steps or attending fellowship meetings?  Listen to Amy explain why the 12 steps have become a pillar in her recovery program and why she still continues to work them in her life.  

Continuing the discussion from Episode 5, listen to how Amy started practicing and moving recovery forward on a daily basis.  Learn the 5 ways to become a better practicer!  Download the worksheet from www.worthrecovery.com!  

Who was the first man to the North Pole and what in the world does that have to do with recovery?  Listen to Amy talk about practicing recovery, fair weather sprinting, and the race to the North Pole!