Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard

Finally, proof that drinking damages the brain discovered through an extensive study of grey matter and white matter volume of those who drink alcohol. And it is worse than we thought. 

Yes it's once again the topic of observe don't absorb. Getting reactive due to taking on others issues is always an issue. 

We all need to change, but addicts love to change the world around them as a means to get sober but that may not be the right approach.

Learning a new narrative about yourself requires you to unlearn the existing, false narrative learned through conditioning through trauma as a child. Welcome to the Institute of Higher Unlearning.

Step 10 requires constant vigilance to understand your flaws and defects and to make changes to them in real time. 

If you don't know why you should do 12 Step meetings let me give some reasons. They are important to you getting clean and sober. 

If you think that using THC is without harmful effects, think again.

How to make Step 9 not so challenging and have it seem to difficult to do. Make it about healing rather than shaming. Be fearless and just do it. 

Step 9 is one that needs you to be fearless in your approach to your wrong doing and will make the biggest change in your recovery. 

When you experience trauma sometimes it can mislabeled and dismissed as not an issue when in fact it is most likely the reason for your addiction. 

What exactly is rehab anyway? What can you expect from it and what do they expect from you? 

Confronting your past mistakes and approaching others to confront those mistakes requires both courage and resolve. Be prepared for a difficult task. 

Are you a prodigal son or daughter? Do you know what that even means? Find out on this episode. 

Being  humble means your gonna have to put down the arrogance and pick up some humility.

Paul is an old friend and has recently become sober for the first time in many years. He has followed a path the recovery that has taken many turns and you could learn something from his story. 

Step Five is the stepping stone to all the other steps in recovery and is vital to being able to be forgiven for your crazy garbage that you have done. 

Is there a difference between needing and wanting recovery? Yes there is and it's a bigger difference than you think.

What exactly is surrendering to anything and especially in recovery? I am going to definethe term surrender for you. 

If you have ever wondered what an intervention is, this is it? 

What has big pharma now devised as the best cutting edge treatment for addiction? Another drug of course.

If you have someone in your life that is behaving like they have a personality disorder it is more likely than not to be effecting your addiction and impacting your recovery. 

I hear clients always saying that they wat to let it go. The problem is they wat to let go of the wrong thing. Let me help you understand what you should actually be letting go of in recovery. 

You surrender to addiction and it seems to have happened easily, so how do you surrender to recovery? 

Recovery is not about purpose it's about coping with being uncomfortable. Don't confuse purpose with coping. 

Drug Seeking Behaviors Contribute To Addiction. A new study finds that this may be contributing to addiction. Really? This is new to the medical community? Are you kidding?

More wisdom about addiction and how to get into recovery and stay there with Scott. 

Hear more of the words off wisdom from my special guest Scott. He has been in recovery for years and now joins me in the fight against addiction. 

Let's hear from an expert in the field of addiction and recovery. Scott has years of addictio, sobriety, and clinical experience to teach us a few things about addiction. 

Why is it so expensive to get residential treatment? And who is driving up those costs or is it just a game that is being played by treatment programs or perhaps is there something else that is at play here? 

Just what do you need to change in order to successfully  recovery from alcohol addiction? 

There are differences in how men and women approach and experience recovery.

These short episodes are hopefully something that you can hear that will give you something to think about in your daily attempt at recovery. If you don't have time to listen to a full episode of Doc Jacques then listen to these shortened episodes. A short thought for the day about the role of relationships in your recovery. 

Turn It Over. How do you turn it over if there is no higher power to turn it over to? There is a higher power for you to turn to. 

Listen to the wise words of a master of treating addiction, Gabor Mate. 

How are you dealing with COVID and the stress of it all? 

Realizing that you are not going to find the answer inside yourself but need some guidance in your recovery is a big step forward towards sobriety.

Let's talk about Step Five. What is Step Five and why is it a challenge to do? 

I am bracing for a tidal wave of addiction issues and clients now that pot is legal. If you think it's going to be no big deal you should think again. 

Do you have trouble with impulsive usage of a drug of choice? Did you know that you have a switch in your head that is either on or off, when you really thought you had a volume control? Learn how that switch affects you?