Life moves pretty fast How time flies. If there is one thing I have learned 9 days in it is that life moves pretty fast! So fast in fact, that if you don’t make a concerted effort to slow down and enjoy it, you could miss it. In early recovery I found it important to […]
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Getting Healthy What I have found in my first few days of trying to be more active is that the key for me is to not THINK about it, and to JUST DO IT! It is no wonder to me why that was such a great marketing campaign for Nike. If I think about going
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For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com Listen Notes The social media trap This weeks podcast starts out with a discussion to be more aware of what makes you happy and what makes you angry. I discuss how I have become more aware of how social media has been affecting my mode
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Setting goals Today I conveniently enough had a doctors appointment, which is pretty random since I also happen to be setting my goals for my 6 week Healthy. Happy. Sober. challenge. Yes I have a scale at home, but I think getting weighed at a doctors office makes it extra official, so let the challenge
Here we go… Well, now I’ve done it. Once again committing to something that I am going to dread doing. I recently committed to a daily blog updating everyone on my quest to becoming a better person by focusing on being more healthy and happy (If not I invite you to listen to Episode 16
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For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com Show Notes Today I want to start out the show by speaking directly to those listeners who have found the podcast and are still drinking. The most important listener is the listener who hasn’t decided to stop yet or just recently has. The people, that
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When the drinking became a problem, when it started affecting our marriage, our family life, there were many lies, empty promises, from my husband in how to fix the addiction situation. He did not refer to it as that or even that there was a problem. That is his attitude, who he is–if there
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For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com Show Notes: Joseph Caravelle, MA, LADC – The Disease of Addication AA Program defines addiction as having three distinct components: The Allergy of the body. Understanding the parts of the brain that are affected by this disease. Limbic System – “Survival Brain” Neocortex – “Thinking
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For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com Show Notes In this weeks Podcast Kelly Kristo is back to fill in as guest host while I tell my story. Topics covered include: Growing up in a small town Realizing I drank differently than most The progression of my disease Finally admitting TO MYSELF
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For more information visit HammeredRecovery.com or e-mail me at justin@hammeredrecovery.com Types of AA Meetings Open/Closed Male/Female Big Book Step Speaker Discussion Combo What is a relapse? Stages of Relapse = TRIGER(Emotional) – THOUGHT(Mental) – CRAVING (Physical) – USE Like it or not, the first stage of relapse is emotional, so in order for us to
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