110 - The Big Picture of Recovery

About this episode

The episode discusses the journey of recovery from addiction and the importance of living in reality.

Click here to read the episode highlights. The "Living with Heart" Podcast is brought to you by Chip Dodd Resources (www.chipdodd.com) and The Voice of the Heart Center (vothcenter.com). You can connect with Dr. Chip Dodd at chip@chipdodd.com. Contact Bryan Barley for coaching at bryan@vothcenter.com. Be sure to subscribe to Dr Chip Dodd’s new Substack. He will be sharing two to three articles a week. The topics focus on healthy relationship, personal growth, and leadership. Dr. Dodd shares content two to three times a week. To subscribe, use the link above or go to chipdodd.com. Recover is not a pill > Recovery is a path. Recovery is not a quick fix > Recovery is a lifestyle, lived one day at a time. Recovery allows us to live with a “new set of glasses.” People in recovery no longer see life through the “tinted glasses” that denial gives them, but they begin to live in clear reality. A person no longer sees life through the “foggy” glasses of denial, but a person begins to live in reality. Addiction enslaves a person emotionally and spiritually then begins to harm relational-social life finally, it harms the biological-physiological life Recovery FROM addiction is freedom…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Chip Dodd, Bryan Barley

Topics covered

• recovery
• addiction
• personal growth
• relationships
• spirituality

Keywords

• recovery
• addiction
• personal growth
• relationships
• spirituality
• freedom
• lifestyle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chip Dodd Resources, The Voice of the Heart Center, Substack, chipdodd.com, vothcenter.com

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