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Progressive Recovery
by Ronald Chapman
Do you feel stuck in your alcoholism or addiction recovery despite good 12 Step work and attending meetings? Does authentic emotional sobriety remain beyond your grasp? Have you lost faith the 12 Steps can solve the challenges that have emerged since you began your recovery? Progressive Recovery is designed to bring your recovery into an experience that combines thinking with feeling – or connecting head to heart. Progressive Recovery uses the 12 Steps in new ways to explore and work at a deeper level, on the subconscious and core issues which cause unwanted behaviors and limit progress.
Episodes
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Guided Recovery Meditation by Meg
When we met Meg a few years ago through mutual friends in recovery, it was only a matter of time before conversations tumbled into the 11th Step and meditation. As Meg described in a blog from Season 2 of the Recovery Sessions , the practices of yoga and meditation have become a centerpiece of…
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Amy's Story - Living an Amended Life
Amends making seems so straight forward in the beginning. Do what we have to in order to make restitution, or to make things right, or maybe even to change our behavior going forward. This is all valuable work within the context of the 8th and 9th Steps. It is exactly the path that Amy followed…
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Carmel's Recovery - The Gift of Radical Self-Acceptance
Listen very long in the rooms of recovery and it will become quite clear many of us have difficult stories before and during recovery. There are tales of trauma, some quite horrific, and no small amount of mistakes we have lived through and lived out. We’ll also hear many, many stories of amends...
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Ron’s Story - A Never Ending Restoration of Sanity
It was in a series of conversations with Al C. in Atlanta that the idea of progressive Steps 2 and 3 emerged. That appeared when Al proposed that the restoration to sanity is never ending. (Click here to read Roger N’s story of his own experience of this practice.) What if the restoration to…
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Maggie's Story - Once Healed, Our Traumas are a Gift
Maggie’s tale of engaging and overcoming traumas is a powerful combination of sobriety, the twelve steps and therapy. It parallels what Bill W. came to say of personal inventory work, that it would move beyond an accounting of bad behavior and personal flaws to exploring “the damages that…
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Sarah: Drop the Rock and Letting Go with Steps Six & Seven
For a step that is so critical to recovery, and essential to a progressive one, there is surprisingly little in AA’s Big Book from which to draw guidance. Of course, many turn to what they can learn from the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Sarah knows this story, because it is her story. Like...
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Steven: The Way of Powerlessness in Recovery
In his book, The Way of Powerlessness, author and master teacher Wayne Liquorman (yes that is his real name, and yes he is an alcoholic) suggests that if we could really understand the implications of powerlessness, Step One would be all we needed. The realization alone would break us open and...
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Resistance is Futile: An Interview with Al
Sometimes the way we find ourselves doing the best possible work with the twelve steps and in our recovery is when our lives are disrupted. In sharing his experience, strength, and hope during challenging times, perhaps Al is right that it is because circumstances open us up and as a result, we...
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Dr. Khalsa: Alternative Therapies for Pain Management
Millions of Americans are in recovery from substance abuse addiction, and must navigate pain management in such a way as to not trigger a relapse. This is especially important as the effects of prescribed opioids have triggered an addiction epidemic. Progressive Recovery is pleased to feature…
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A Conversation with Rabbi Rami Shapiro
For the latest episode of Progressive Content, Ron Chapman interviews Rabbi Rami Shapiro about his latest book and his unique take on addiction recovery. Shapiro believes there is much more to the 12 Step Practice than we often work through; in fact, he believes it's meant to be a spiritual...
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Strengths-Based Recovery: A Coaching Session
Recovery from substance abuse addiction does not, and cannot, happen alone. It is a complex process that requires a strong support community to guide you along a path of deep introspection and emotional work. For this episode of Progressive Content, we're featuring a coaching session between two...
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What is Progressive Recovery?
We often get asked what Progressive Recovery is. The following audio from a workshop in Greenville, SC helps shed light on what we're doing.
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Ethan: Transcending to Become Authentic
What does is mean to live authentically? And how does this affect our recovery from substance abuse? We invited Ethan, a transgender man, to join us for this episode of Progressive Content to discuss how getting sober led to another significant revelation about being true to oneself.
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Liz Rose: Laughter Brings Light in Dark Situations
Is it possible to find humor in addiction recovery? Liz and Ron aim to find out if a good laugh is what it takes to shine some light into a dark subject. Join us for this bonus Progressive Content.
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Laura Sharon: Embracing My Story
As a professional, Laura Sharon is well known for her work in developing people. She’s also a much sought after expert in developing organizations through a number of approaches and tools. This professional ability is an outer demonstration of her own development, a process of progressive…
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Cuddling up with Compulsions: A Guide Back to Being Fully Alive
Our conversation about addiction, and what a progressive recovery entails, continues with Mary O'Malley, a special guest who chats with us about how we can perceive compulsion in a new and unexpected way. If you've ever struggled with willpower and the surrounding feelings of worthlessness, then...
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Radical Circumstances Might Call for Radical Action: Donovan and Ayahuasca
Recovery from substance-abuse addiction is not a linear path; it is a winding road that often leads us further down than we want to go. And when we get to those places, climbing back out can feel overwhelming, hopeless, or impossible. Donovan's story is about how his path lead him to a new, and...
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One Breath At a Time with Kevin Griffin
In recovery much is said about the concept of “one day at a time” as a way to tackle what feels like the insurmountable task of staying sober long-term. But perhaps further guidance in this matter can come from another practice - Buddhism. In this episode of Progressive Content, The Author of…
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Step 12: Blossoming - Lindy and Karen's Story
Lindy and Karen, whom are considered veterans of addiction recovery, discuss what it's like to go from brokenness to blossoming. If you've ever wondered what potential can be reached through working the 12 Steps, then this message of hope is for you. Please join us for the final episode of the...
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Step 11: Deepening the Practice - Rees's Story
Rees speaks with us about how after getting sober, deepening the practice of recovery work leads not only to sustained sobriety, but to improved overall spiritual and mental well-being.
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Step 10: Learn and Grow - Anita's Story
Anita speaks with us about the challenges of learning and growing through addiction recovery; specifically, letting go of being a perfectionist, and accepting the reality of being flawed.
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Steps 8 & 9: Living the Amended Life - Ron's Story
Making amends isn't just about atonement for the wrongs committed against your loved ones; it's about redefining the nature of your relationship based on recovery. In this episode, Ron not only tells his own story, he also details how living the amended life transformed his relationship with his...
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Steps 6 & 7: Clearing the Channel - Nathan's Story
Nathan discusses what it means to clear the channel of character defects, to be open to living an amended life, through progressive recovery.
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Steps 4 & 5: Truth-telling - Julia's Story
Julia shares with us the painful truths that she had to confront about herself and her relationships before recovery from addiction could begin.
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Steps 2 & 3: Finding Hope and Surrender - Jacob's Story
Jacob speaks with us about how struggle - and surrender - are both crucial not only to progressive recovery, but to finding the hope necessary to stay sober.
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Forgiveness and Emotional Sobriety: An Interview with Tammy
It’s not uncommon to hear someone in recovery planning to take some dark secret to the grave, just as it’s not uncommon to believe there are some wrongs that can never be made right. Yet a long-term or progressive recovery demands that we make peace with the most painful and difficult parts of…
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Managing Chronic Pain: An Interview with DC
In this audio session with DC, you’ll hear some ideas that are foundational to many in twelve-step recovery such as the importance of making connections, working with others in their recovery, and more. Yet emotional recovery is more than a state of being free from alcohol or drugs. DC tells us a...
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Full Embodiment in Emotional Sobriety: An Interview with Michelle
What if emotional sobriety were in fact a matter of embodiment? To fully inhabit and experience emotions including those that are devastating, or sweep us away into them? At seventeen years clean and sober Michelle hit a challenging relationship bottom. It forced her into difficult, unfinished...
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To Be Fully Human: An Interview with Eric
Through recovery Eric found Buddhism, and within that practice and a Heart of Recovery community, he found a way forward using the twelve steps that were well suited to him. Along the way, he discovered that while being sober is wonderful, it is not enough. Sobriety left him to face emotions long...
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Bearing Witness – Opening A Way For The Prodigal Addict
The common narrative that addiction is caused by moral failure, lack of self-control, or that it is somehow a choice has damaging consequence for those who need help. But what if we knew addiction was in fact rooted in childhood trauma? And what if knowing this influenced how families and society...
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Step 1: Powerlessness and Unmanageability - Phil's Story
We open the series by speaking with Phil, who recounts his struggle with powerlessness over his addiction. But ultimately it's that powerlessness that is the cornerstone of his recovery.
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Step Zero: This Shit Has to Stop
The first step to the process is acknowledging that there is a problem and drawing a line in the sand.
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Overview Of The 12 Steps
Ron Chapman shares a primer on the 12 Steps.
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Fully Centered - Right Here, Right Now: An Interview with Chandra
What if the real result of recovery, and the use of the twelve steps, is to bring ourselves home to ourselves? That’s no different than the purpose of any number of spiritual paths. While alcohol and drugs are a specific feature of recovery, perhaps the need for awakening is a common story. In…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Do you feel stuck in your alcoholism or addiction recovery despite good 12 Step work and attending meetings? Does authentic emotional sobriety remain beyond your grasp? Have you lost faith the 12 Steps can solve the challenges that have emerged since you began your recovery? Progressive Recovery is designed to bring your recovery into an experience that combines thinking with feeling – or connecting head to heart. Progressive Recovery uses the 12 Steps in new ways to explore and work at a deeper level, on the subconscious and core issues which cause unwanted behaviors and limit progress.
HOSTED BY
Ronald Chapman
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Do you feel stuck in your alcoholism or addiction recovery despite good 12 Step work and attending meetings? Does authentic emotional sobriety remain beyond your grasp? Have you lost faith the 12 Steps can solve the challenges that have emerged since you began your recovery? Progressive Recovery is...
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