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Why this space exists
by Nicole Bloomfield
This space exists because recovery is often quiet, slow, and unseen
Episodes
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Season2:The Truth about Recovery. Episode 6: The Voice of Shame
Shame can be one of the quietest, most powerful forces in addiction and recovery. It doesn’t always shout — sometimes it whispers, shaping the way we see ourselves when no one else is around. In this episode, we explore what that inner voice of shame sounds like, why it feels so believable, and…
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Season 2:The truth about Recovery Episode 5 - Escape Was Fast, But Healing Is Learning to Stay
In addiction, escape can feel immediate — a way to numb, avoid, or run from what feels unbearable. But recovery asks something very different of us. It asks us to stay. To sit with discomfort, emotions, uncertainty, and ourselves without escaping. In this episode of Doing Time in Recovery, we…
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Season 2: The Truth about Recovery - Episode 4: The Space Between Survival and Healing
There’s a space in recovery where you’re no longer surviving the way you used to… but healing doesn’t feel steady yet. In this episode, we explore that in-between — the discomfort, the uncertainty, and the quiet growth happening beneath it all. You’re not lost. You’re in the middle of becoming.
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Season 2: The truth about Recovery - Episode 3: The day I realised recovery was working
What if recovery is already working… and you just haven’t noticed yet? This episode explores the small, quiet shifts that show healing is happening, even in ordinary moments.
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Season 2: The Truth about Recovery Episode 2: Understanding addiction and why we used.
Addiction doesn’t happen without a reason. Beneath the behavior, there is always something deeper—pain, avoidance, survival, or a need that wasn’t being met. In this episode of Doing Time in Recovery, we explore the “why” behind using, not to justify it, but to understand it. This is an honest...
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Season 2: The Truth About Recovery - Episode 1: The Lies Addiction Tells Us
Season 2 of Doing Time in Recovery is an honest look at healing, addiction, guilt, patterns, and the slow work of rebuilding your life. Through eight real and reflective episodes, this season explores the lies addiction tells us, the truth recovery reveals, and what it really means to keep…
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Episode 8 - Staying: The Courage to Continue
Recovery isn’t always dramatic. Often, the bravest thing you can do is continue showing up — day after day, choice after choice. In this episode, we reflect on the quiet courage it takes to stay, the ordinary choices that create transformation, and why persistence matters more than perfection....
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Episode 7 - Learning to Feel Safe
Feeling safe isn’t always automatic in recovery. For many of us, our nervous systems learned to live in survival mode — always bracing, always anticipating the next threat. Even when life becomes calmer, our bodies can take time to believe that safety is real. In this episode, we explore what it...
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Episode 6 - Forgiving Yourself - Forgiveness isn’t a moment — it’s a direction.
Self-forgiveness in recovery doesn’t happen all at once. In this episode, we explore the weight of guilt and shame, and why healing isn’t about erasing the past — it’s about choosing growth, accountability, and compassion in the present. You cannot hate yourself into healing. Forgiveness isn’t a...
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Episode 5 - Triggers without Shame
🎙 Episode 5 – Triggers Without Shame Being triggered in recovery doesn’t mean you’ve failed. In this episode, we explore what triggers really are — not signs of weakness, but signals from a nervous system that once had to survive. Healing isn’t about never being activated again; it’s about...
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Episode 4 The In - Between Season
If recovery feels quiet right now, this episode is for you. Not every season is dramatic. Sometimes there’s no crisis or breakthrough — just the steady middle. In this episode, we talk about why calm can feel unfamiliar, how stability supports healing, and why the ordinary days matter more than…
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Episode 3 When Shame gets LOUD
Shame wants you to hide — recovery asks you to stay. Shame can feel heavy and isolating. This episode explores how it shows up in recovery and why staying, even when it’s uncomfortable, is an act of courage. You are not your worst mistake.
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Episode 2 – The Slow Days
Recovery doesn’t always feel like progress — and that’s okay. Most of recovery happens on quiet days. In this episode, we reflect on the invisible work — showing up even when nothing seems to change. You are not alone while you do the time.
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Episode 1 – Why This Space Exists
This space exists for the quiet work of recovery — one day at a time. Recovery doesn’t have to be dramatic. This episode introduces Doing Time in Recovery — a space for the ordinary, unseen work of healing. If you’re still showing up, this is for you.
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Intro to Doing time in Recovery
Doing Time in Recovery is a space for real, raw healing. It’s about learning how to live without numbing the pain. It’s about sitting with the feelings we once ran from. It’s about rebuilding a life — one honest moment at a time. Recovery isn’t a quick fix. It’s doing the time. Feeling the grief....
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This space exists because recovery is often quiet, slow, and unseen
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Why this space exists is created and hosted by Nicole Bloomfield.
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