Category: The Recovered Word

The Five Stages of Change and Recovery (Video)

Randolph Jason

The Five Stages of Change and Recovery Video Counselor Carl (http://serenityonlinetherapy.com) describes The Five Stages of Change and Recovery from addiction, alcoholism, drug abuse, or any bad habit. He stresses that understanding the stages of change can serve as a road map to help change bad habits and recover from addiction. Counselor Carl’s straight-forward teaching style makes complex concepts easy to understand. Counselor Carl is a licensed, professional counselor with 21 years of clinical experience both online and face-to-face. He led a therapy group for people with addiction and mental…

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It’s About Sponsoring Others That’s A Predictor of Permanent Recovery

Randolph Jason

It’s About Sponsoring Others That’s A Predictor of Permanent Recovery from Big Book Sponsorship A Baltimore, Maryland study of 500 former and current heroin and cocaine injection drug users over the course of one year indicated having an AA/NA sponsor was not correlated with any improvement in sustained abstinence rates than a non-sponsored group (Crape 2001:291). However, being a sponsor was found to be highly correlated with sustained abstinence. In fact, 75% of the sponsors group maintained abstinence over the one year period and showed the the most improved lifestyle…

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Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours — Download this AA Big Book step guide and work book

Randolph Jason

Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours — Download this AA Big Book step guide and work book It takes only 4 hours to learn the 12 steps and a lifetime to practice them. Through our own experience of working with others, many hopeless, suffering addicts lack the necessary power and time to “keep coming back” to meetings and somehow get sober or clean. Many chronic relapsers do not have the luxury of working the steps slowly — they need power NOW, they cannot wait months to a year…

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How Dopamine Detoxing Changed My Brain (Video)

Randolph Jason

How Dopamine Detoxing Changed My Brain Video Does Dopamine Detoxing work – or is it just another fad? I did a 7-day dopamine detox and scanned my brain before & after the experience to see how it affected my brain. And the results were… surprising. Even for me. Call it whatever you may – dopamine detoxing, dopamine fasting, dopamine resetting. It has become a really popular trend in the self-help bubble and people swear by it. It’s supposed to reset your brain, balance your dopamine levels, make you happier, more…

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My Sex Addiction Almost Killed Me (Video)

Randolph Jason

My Sex Addiction Almost Killed Me Video A SEX addict whose compulsive pursuit of anonymous hook-ups drove her to nearly take her own life has spoken out about her ordeal. Jace Downey, from Austin, Texas, said her addiction began with sexual fantasies when she was aged just five, eventually escalating to frequent encounters with strangers. Realizing later that she has been abused as a child, Jace attended a recovery group before embarking on a two year Suddenly Celibate project where she met experts in addiction, relationships and sexuality. Jace now…

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