by Robert Pardon | Oct 31, 2019 | Podcast, The Checkup
This podcast explores how giving our self time to grow is the most fair thing we can do. It does not mean that we are lazy and we expect things to happen through osmosis. It just means that we are learning to be patient and not getting too far ahead of ourselves. Certain things in life can be accomplished easily and without much effort. Personal recovery is one of those things. We did not get sick overnight nor do well overnight.
Just as the Chinese bamboo tree takes five years before it breaks ground and grows we need time as well.
by Robert Pardon | Oct 29, 2019 | Podcast, The Fix
Recovery after coercion is a concept that explores why people come into recovery and why they would ultimately stay. Coercion is a manipulation through arm twisting, duress, external pressure and threats of loss. Everyone I have ever met has come to recovery as a result of coercion. The ones that I have come to know as sticking around were ones that were able to translate for transition from coercion to the plan of recovery. Without this transition people will go backward once that coercion is removed. The people who remain and recover are those who can see that it’s not about getting back things it’s becoming a new person.
by Robert Pardon | Oct 24, 2019 | Podcast, The Checkup
Relapse can be one of the most devastating things to occur in a persons life. In many cases it is worse than the original addiction or behavioral challenge in the first place. What makes Relapse so damaging is that it is not only going back to a normal behavior but one more time it is admitting defeat after a period of success. In this podcast we discuss relapse from the inside out. I first define what relapse is and how it takes hold. I look at the reasons why many people do relapse, the statistics of relapse and then I cover steps to help ensure against relapse.
by Robert Pardon | Oct 22, 2019 | Podcast, The Fix
In this podcast, Robert explores the ins and outs of Letting Go and why it is essential to our overall wellness. Letting Go is a necessary step in becoming well and recovery. If we don’t learn to let go we will remain in bondage to areas that prevent us from moving forward. We will forever be stunted in our recovery or we will not have any at all. In the beginning, we let go because holding on has become far too painful. As we become more well we let go because of what we are moving to, not what we are moving from. As Gandhi stated “life is one indivisible whole”. Living in pain and pleasure, joy and despair, or hope and disappointment is only an illusion. Let’s learn to “Let Go and Let God”.
by Robert Pardon | Oct 17, 2019 | Podcast, The Checkup
This podcast looks at the importance of keeping everything relevant to the day. We also take a look at the courage to step out into tomorrow and to not be hung up on today. So often we are afraid to look at tomorrow because it’s too far out ahead of where our mind can go. That should be the rule and really the exception in recovery. Once we get past the initial recovery we should be able to move through and beginning the life of a person who is not afraid to plan while maintaining their position. The program of recovery is a program that is to be lived one day at a time for the rest of our lives. I hope you see it that way, but if not please reach out to me that I might be assistance.
