Recovery is a process of decisions Podcast

trent thomas

A weekly episode released every Friday. Recovery is a process in fact it is a process of decisions. Deciding to recover is to decide to live and not die. Every day choices become decisions, since recovery is a daily process recovery is a process of decisions. This podcast visits all things recovery. We Deep dive into the recovery lifestyle and how it is maintained. To live life without a drink or a drug. How to recover from life's many hills and valleys. We all live under the universal mandate choices , decisions, consequences or rewards. How to make better decisions and get more rewards and less consequences. We can only do what we know, to do better we must learn better. Find better teachers. In recovery the best teachers have lived experience. Teachers who have walked the walk and now talk the talk. Thus speaks Trent Thomas, a certified peer support specialist. Follow Trent on his YouTube channel Recovery is a process of decisions. Feel free to leave your inspirational comments on Transnetrecover.com/podcast

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You can only do what you know

You can only do what you know

There is much in life I don't know. I realize I can't do what I do not know how to do. Before recovery, I did not know how to live without a drink or a drug. I had to learn how to live life sober. Life is a daily opportunity to learn what to and what not to do. For me, Life is a learning opportunity, a new daily opportunity to just do better. Knowing better means doing better and making better decisions. Making better decisions means getting more rewards for good decisions and fewer consequences for bad decisions. To know better we must learn better, from better teachers. In recovery, the best teachers are those with lived experience. Those who have walked the walk now talk the talk, Listen as Trent expounds upon knowing better and making better decisions thus getting better outcomes less consequences, and more rewards. Recovery is a process of decisions.

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You can only do what you know

You can only do what you know

There is much in life I don't know. I realize I can't do what I do not know how to do. Before recovery, I did not know how to live without a drink or a drug. I had to learn how to live life sober. Life is a daily opportunity to learn what to and what not to do. For me, Life is a learning opportunity, a new daily opportunity to just do better. Knowing better means doing better and making better decisions. Making better decisions means getting more rewards for good decisions and fewer consequences for bad decisions. To know better we must learn better, from better teachers. In recovery, the best teachers are those with lived experience. Those who have walked the walk now talk the talk, Listen as Trent expounds upon knowing better and making better decisions thus getting better outcomes less consequences, and more rewards. Recovery is a process of decisions.

God designed man to recover

God designed man to recover

Man was created as a free moral agent. We are not robots programmed to never make mistakes but rather we have the innate ability to decide wrongly. With this ability to make mistakes, we also possess the creative right to learn from our mistakes and then strive to do better. The ability to recover is a product of God's creative genius. It is recovery that presents itself in man's humanity of making mistakes and wrong decisions. Throughout man's history, we have example after example of man's ability to recover. Even at the cellular level god has instituted the creative design of recovery and it is this design at creation that makes recovery a vital component within the life of man. Recovery is a process of decisions.

Only you can fix you.

Only you can fix you.

We must never blame our problems on someone else because then they hold the power to solve our problems. The power to solve our problems is within us, with the direction of the GOD of our understanding. The simple fact is only you can fix you. With the help of GOD, all things are possible and achievable. Proof that only GOD can accomplish together what you can't do alone. We sustain recovery by acquiring hope through the truth of others' success. Hope that recovery is possible. Hope is derived from the sustained recovery of others whom GOD has directed with the blessings of recovery. We become the tools of GOD's self-repair station because only you can fix you.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Relationships in recovery

Relationships in recovery

Man and woman are created beings. Two pieces perfect fully fitted for each other like two pieces of a puzzle. Together they are perfect manifestations of Gods creative presentation. Demonstrating a completion of purpose one in which God proclaimed to the entire universe that the creation of man and his balanced complementary created entity woman were in fact good.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Willing in Recovery

Willing in Recovery

Willing in recovery means being in the mood of recovery. Ready to precipitate the methods of recovery. Willing and eager to participate in the process of recovery. Prepared to actively initiate change. Happy and enthusiastic in meeting the challenges on the road to recovery. Willing means having faith that God can and will assist and guide you through the hills and valleys of recovery. Willing in turn means being reliable, showing up, and participating in your own recovery. Willing discerns to be compliant and unforced or unasked in meeting the demands of recovery. Willing denotes being zealous and like-minded with those in the rooms of recovery. Willing means to submit to making the next right decision.Recovery is a process of decisions.

The value of time in recovery

The value of time in recovery

Time is centrical and always forthcoming. Time is a gift from God. God is not bound by time, he has no beginning or ending. God is timeless. Even time submits to the will of God, God introduced time into his creation of the world, Every element was created in it's own period of time . Land, water, atmosphere, creatures then man and women all in segments of time. Time is instrumental in understanding. We cannot understand everything all at once . Rather it is with the element of time that we change knowledge into understanding and then understanding into wisdom. This day and every day one day at a time is the foundation of our recovery. Listen as Trent espouses how time is instrumental in our recoveryRecovery is a process of decisions.

Feeling guilt and shame for the one we love

Feeling guilt and shame for the one we love

Within this life of hills and valleys, we all must subcomb to the universal mandate of choices, decisions, consequences, and rewards. This is often overlooked when dealing with the guilt and shame we experience from the bad actions of someone we love. Most often we assume responsibility as if we could stand in their shoes and make the decisions for them. In processing this guilt and shame we must make amends and share the truth of each person's mistakes and accountability. The truth shall set you free from the burden of guilt and shame. Our sustained recovery is dependent upon releasing ourselves from the burden of guilt and shame caused by someone we love actions.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Pain has a purpose in recovery

Pain has a purpose in recovery

Pain is migratory and transudatory. It can move from person to person. One person's pain can be felt by others who have similar life experiences. Pain causes change and is as such necessary for recovery to initiate and be sustained. Pain in memories refutes triggers as it reminds us of bad past decisions. Pain is a feeling. All feelings are instruments created by God. Thus pain is necessary. Pain warns, and Pain ignites. Pain changes. Pain has a purpose in recovery.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Needs and wants in recovery

Needs and wants in recovery

Analyzing our needs and wants in recovery is essential as overcompensating our wants and underappreciating what we actually need can rapidly lead to unwanted pressure from financial consequences as a result of poor decision-making with regard to measuring our needs versus our wants. Financial calamity is a chief component of many relapse scenarios. Knowing the difference between a need and a want can easily be determined and measured within the realm of serving someone other than ourselves. Putting our recovery first and at the center of our lives assists in correctly measuring our true needs and side-stepping ego or greed-satisfying wants. No plan will have success if it does not help someone other than ourselves. As we serve others we serve ourselves. This service makes viewing our needs in the proper light and helps us avoid serving up our wants ahead of what we actually need.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Addiction is self deception

Addiction is self deception

Addiction involves the lie one tells oneself, to further an agenda where the end result is premature death. Addiction is based on lies. Fact is no lie can last forever, it must be supported by additional lies. Thus addiction and its lies rise to the level where its needs supersede bathing, food, and self-esteem. This self-deception changes the internal neural pathways in the brain, thus satisfying the definition of disease. The only remedy for any lie is truth. God is truth. With addiction, recovery begins with the truth that comes from God. Recovery demands a spiritual awakening. Recovery depends upon a power greater than ourselves that is able and willing to save us from ourselves. Addiction is self-deception.Recovery is a process of decisions.

What is living life on lifes terms in recovery

What is living life on lifes terms in recovery

Life is circular. There is nothing new under the sun. With this, we learn what to and what not to do. What has been done will be done again, therefore we should plan for what is inevitable. Proper planning makes recovery sustainable. Turning temptations and triggers into testimony. Thus with a mandate to just do better daily, we should plan accordingly for life's common hills and valleys, Cars break down, bad things happen to good people, and loved ones get sick and die. Death is a part of life. We can and should plan for all the events of life. Nothing should hit us broadside and cause us to need to run away from dealing with a life event by using drugs or alcohol. Proper planning is absolutely necessary to sustain recovery. This is what living life on life's terms in recovery means...Recovery is a process of decisions.

Hunter Biden and the weight of recovery

Hunter Biden and the weight of recovery

Recovery is one decision after another. With each right decision comes the reward of more decisions...The better decision gets better outcomes. More rewards less consequences. The more rewards lead to getting your life back. Jobs, family, wealth. The manifestations of life. God rewards whom he chooses. The rewards for being a truth seeker merit more and more accomplishments. These achievements add weight to the recovery scale which starts to outweigh the weight of consequences we have been carrying. The rewards of making better decisions soon outweigh the weight of bad past decisions. This weight must be carried. There is no better demonstration of this weight than watching the story of Hunter Biden the president's son. From his story, we learn that addiction does not discriminate. Hunter Biden demonstrates how the weight of recovery affects the entire community in his case the world knows of his story. The world is watching his recovery. His story illustrates how this burden of sustained recovery is watched. As proponents of living a life of recovery, we welcome the watching from the community. In fact, we shout watch me and see that I am better. Better today than yesterday. Our life is a product of what recovery can do. How God's power works in the life of those who choose the truth over the lie of self-deception which is addiction. Through Hunter Biden, we witness the weight that one must carry when living a life rooted in recovery. God never puts more on us than we can bear. He rewards our efforts with the manifestations of life. The reward for good work is more work. The reward for living life right is more life. The reward for recovery is better life more rewards less consequences.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Sustaining recovery involves admitting mistakes

Sustaining recovery involves admitting mistakes

Humans are error-prone. Man is not perfect. Mistakes are unavoidable and inevitable. Mistakes however can be bridges to do better. Mistakes create new pathways within our brains when we imagine ways to avoid remaking the mistake or ways to mitigate the harm caused by such mistakes. Recovery is a process to make the next right decision. God showed his genius when he instituted in man a means to imagine how to avoid making the same mistakes again. God loves recovery when a man decides to change and correct his path. To move from darkness to light, to become spiritually compliant, brings joy to God. His fulfillment is the product of our successful recovery from the harm caused by our past bad mistakes complete with the institution of humble submission to the power that is greater than ourselves. Recovery is a process of decisions.

When life throws at us insurmountable situations and concerns and affairs of others,, we must be mindful of that. we are not GOD. We do not have the solution to all problems, in fact, we control very little in our very existence. We depend on God for the rising and setting of the sun, the fall of rain, and the wind that blows around the earth. God sustains all life and most often we must get out of God's way so God can do what God does. No we are not God but must exercise faith and have confidence that God will intervene in our affairs and send us protection and guidance.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Truth saves lives in recovery

Truth saves lives in recovery

Truth in the form of shared stories from one addict to another has the power to save lives. Spoken truth is proof that recovery is possible. What has been proven true for one addict can and does follow suit for others when instructions are followed. If you want what I got then do what I did. The steps of recovery are the same regardless of what you are recovering from. God is truth. When truth is spoken it is God-ordained. Truth is contagious. Truth is enlightening. Truth is transformative. Truth saves lives.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Transforming my Triggers

Transforming my Triggers

Triggers are forever present and triggers have been the root cause for many a relapse. Triggers are forever present and the main reason why we describe addiction as not having a cure. However, triggers need not be the debilitating device they can be. There is a means to transform your triggers into a vehicle for sustaining recovery. There is a way to transform your triggers into a tool to cement your recovery and use these same triggers as a method of reinforcing your recovery. Listen as Trent explains his method of transforming triggers.Recovery is a process of decisions.Recovery is a process of decisions.

My Recovery is no different than anyone else's. I used drugs and alcohol until drugs and alcohol used me. My recovery journey has taught me much. I am convinced that everything I have been through was absolutely necessary for me to be where I am today. I have learned there is no recovery without God.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Recover or to not recover

Recover or to not recover

Every person has the right to choose whether to live or die. Not every overdose is an accident. There are those that choose to not recover or die. This is a fundamental right. For these instances, I remind myself that I am not GOD and I get out of God's way and let GOD do what GOD does. God ultimately decides life or death. The fact is not everyone will choose recovery. This too is their right. In recovery we will have to learn to step over a few bodies.Recovery is a process of decisions.

Recovery is possible infact it's expected

Recovery is possible infact it's expected

Recovery is a decision to live and not die. Knowone can force recovery on anybody. The right to live or die is a fundemental right of all humans. The first decision of recovery is a decision to live. Thus in recovery is the rooted decision to live and not die. Therefore recovery is not only possible it is expected.Recovery is a process of decisions.

What makes a friend.

What makes a friend.

What makes a true friend. Friends are like diamonds precious and rare, Friends are gifts from God. A true friend is bonded to a high level of concern regarding your health and welfare. Friends are an expression of Gods creating man with an inborn nature with complex nurturing and caring for someone other than ourselves. Caring about someone without the ancestrial bonds of family. Our creator gave birth to sun ,moon and stars , animals and man. His creations are bonded with a caring , nurturing gift that enminates thru are ability to become true friends. Friends are a gift from our creator and one that should be appreciated for the richness it adds to life.Recovery is a process of decisions.