Category: The Recovered Word

Receiving The Word of God by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group If you could tell an addict or alcoholic ONE thing on their first day of sobriety, what would it be? 🤔 — chelsea ♡ (@sipandsink) August 25, 2021 The results in other spheres of life are equally remarkable. An author recently told me that, following his decision to give his life to God, he found that he was doing twice the work in half the time. Now his ‘reader’ says that he must re-write five chapters written before…

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Heroin Addict-Christie Video by Soft White Underbelly Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Christie, a heroin addict on Skid Row in Los Angeles. **** One Year Follow Up – Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Christie, a heroin addict on Skid Row who I talked with almost one year ago. Photographed on February 3, 2020. Heroin Addict interview-Christie (1 year follow up)

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Guidance From God by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group Is God less able to guide us to-day? Our aim, remember, is to put our lives under God’s control, and find out whether He can speak clearly enough in our hearts for us to know the steps He wants us to take. In all probability there are things in our lives which will have to be cleared up before God can really take control; and the first word God says to us will be about these. At any rate let…

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Guilt & Shame In Addiction Recovery Video by Tiger5288 Guilt & Shame In Addiction Recovery are some of the biggest obstacles and relapse triggers in addiction recovery. Especially when you’re new to recovery, feelings of embarrassment and shame can be devastating, even paralyzing. They also feed the cycle of addiction. Facing this shame without self-medicating with a substance or behavior can feel impossible, but it’s crucial to your sobriety that you do so.Learning to cope with these feelings is an integral part of the healing process. Active addiction puts people…

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  Learning More of God’s Plan by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group We are in great need of this discovery to-day. We have tried our hand at the architecture of world-peace, and have failed. We are in the grip of economic forces which we can no longer control. The social structures we have built are crumbling. It is the hour of disillusion and helplessness and growing fear. Behind all this lies the breakdown in countless individuals lives. There are growing numbers of men and women who cannot adjust themselves…

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Stages Of Change In Recovery For Addiction Video by Put The Shovel Down In this video, Mason talks in detail about his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. He describes his thinking process throughout his experience in addiction treatment (rehab), and discusses significant events that were the turning point in his recovery.

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Learning God’s Plan by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group The fascinating experience of getting ‘re-made’ has begun. The interest grows, because the process does not end with us. Other people notice the difference, and God begins to work in them. An area of life around us begins to change. But how are we to be sure that this will happen? We want good reasons before we take such a plunge. There is only one way to be sure–by trying. That is true of all life. It is a tremendous…

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What’s Meth Really Like? Crystal Meth Psychosis, Shadow People Video by Recovery Inside Out This video shows the terror of what crystal meth psychosis is really like. For those who haven’t struggled with meth addiction, it’s hard to know what it’s like to go through it. Giving you the experience of what meth psychosis is like helps give you an idea of how much of a struggle addiction really is. Crystal meth addiction is a serious condition and can feel entirely hopeless. But meth addiction does not mean a life…

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When Man Listens: The First Elements Click Here for Part I Click Here for Part II Click Here for Part III The next practical result of my `willingness’ will be that I shall take any steps which God shows me, to put right the wrong I. have done. There may be a broken relationship to be healed, an apology to be offered, a sin to be confessed to the person most concerned, reparation to be made for some dishonesty. For one man the step of honesty with God and with…

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Setting Boundaries vs. Emotional Pleas Video by Recovery Daily Dose If you care about someone you suspect of having a substance-use disorder, it can be tempting to approach them with emotional pleas about why they should seek treatment, but unfortunately, doing so can often have the unintended consequence of focusing their sobriety on making other people happy rather than their own health and happiness. In today’s video, I discuss how my wife approached me regarding my own substance-use problems, and why setting boundaries is a better approach than making emotional…

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