Spirit of Recovery
This is where spirituality and recovery meet. Your hosts Rev. Dan Beckett and Rev. Michelle Vargas explore practical ways to apply spiritual principles on the 12-step recovery journey. Emphasis is on understanding the unique challenges to those affected by addiction as well as simple techniques to support attaining new levels of happiness, joy, and freedom. Listen each week for practical information for those in recovery, their families, or anyone who wants to learn more.
Episodes
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
Confident Living
Many of us in addiction recovery are all too familiar with the feeling of fear. Fear of the future, fear of change, fear of pain—you can probably add to the list. The good news is that in recovery… |
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Tuesday, October 5, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
From Chaos to Peace
When we first get clean and sober, it is not unusual to feel like the whole world has been turned upside down. It can feel like chaos has taken over our lives! Fortunately, if we are willing to do… |
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
School of Hard Knocks
Murphy’s Law seems operable in the life of many addicts and alcoholics: whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. Beaten into submission by the school of hard knocks, we wonder, “Do we have to learn… |
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
We Admitted We Were Powerless
Twelve-step wisdom teaches that we are powerless—powerless over our addiction. But does that mean we are powerless over everything? Certainly over the behavior or substance that brought us into… |
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
The “Serenity Prayer” tells us to be open to Wisdom so we can discern what is ours to do—and what is not. Many of us in recovery have experienced the results of questionable decisions we have made… |
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
Advancing Confidently
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!” This sounds like great advice though many of us begin the recovery journey feeling quite the opposite: stuck and limited. Sometimes even after… |
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
What We Were Like
Here on Spirit of Recovery, we approach each week’s topic asking the same questions: What was it like? What happened? What is it like now? Today we want to share with you the answers to… |
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
Into Action!
When we take action in our lives, powerful and positive changes begin to happen. In fact, action is essential to addiction recovery and spiritual growth. In Scripture we read, “Faith without works… |
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 4:00 pm (CDT)
Conscious Contact
Am I alone in the universe? I’m supposed to pray, but how and for what, and to whom? I prayed as a child with seemingly no results. What’s different now? Join Rev. Dan and Rev. Michelle as they… |