Inspirational stories of recovery from addiction.
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The Next Step Podcast is a weekly podcast focusing on the joys of recovery and sobriety. We focus our discussions to weekly news and each week focus on one of the 12 steps to recovery found on arp.lds.org.
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Do you think you have a drinking problem? Do you want to find out if your a real alcoholic? Or do you just want to do the steps without going to AA? Join me as I go through the 12 steps to help you decide if you need help and if you do ..I offer you more information on how to get sober and stay sober through the 12 steps. This is not a recruitment for AA members it's just my experience with the steps. I hope to help you in some way.
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It’s time for a conversation about the reality of addiction and the power of recovery. “12 Steps to Change” is a 12-part video series that follows real people fighting to overcome addictions of all kinds. Experience their stories of hope as they take steps to change their lives. For additional resources, visit addictionrecovery.lds.org
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This series includes talks about the 12 Steps and Buddhism. Many of the talks are by Judith Ragir, a Zen teacher from Minnesota who studied with Dainin Katagiri Roshi for many years and who has been in recovery for over 40 years. Other talks are from individuals who participated in, or who co-led, retreats on the 12 Steps and Buddhism that Judith organized. For more info, visit www.judithragir.org.
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Re:generation began out of the vision of Watermark Community Church that life change happens best in an authentic community of people helping one another live out God's plan for life by working through biblical principles together. The Bible says that the local church should be a place of healing for its members and the hurting people of its community. God uses imperfect people who are willing to live authentically and follow His instruction to transform each other's lives (Galatians 6:2, 2 ...
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Sean D (CA & AA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Sean recalls how he lost a good career to his crack addiction, reveals how he had to move from a "Santa Claus God" to a Higher Power personal to himself and jokes that with almost 34 years he's older in …
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Kathryn R (CA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Kathryn recalls the devastating loss of her father when she was a teenager, speaks of the “addict's logic” of hurting herself with drugs to “get back at her husband” and gives tribute to the Cocaine Anon…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Thierry F (CA & AA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Thierry recalls how drugs and alcohol "filled the hole in his heart" until he suffered a crack induced heart attack, and he shines with Big Book knowledge and being "happy, joyous and free." New episodes…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Jenny R (Al Anon)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jenny speaks of her childhood conditioning to be a submissive carer, recalls the bitterness and resentment at her alcoholic husband and reveals how Al Anon helped her turn this bitterness into love and c…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Nigel F (CA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Nigel recalls constantly clinging to his mum’s leg as a child, explores grandiosity as a characteristic of the addict and speaks of how men are sabotaged in recovery by their conditioning. New episodes d…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Lisa the Hat (CA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Lisa recalls being rejected by her dad as a teenager, warns of the dangers of laced street drugs and reveals what it’s like to meet one’s life partner very early in recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesd…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Mike D (SAA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Mike reveals how he disappeared into a world of fantasy and acting out, speaks candidly of having to come out to his wife and his mother, and shows immense gratitude for the gifts of recovery. New episod…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Andie B & Skittles (AA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Andie speaks of her childhood experience as a transgender person “being born in the wrong body”, vividly recalls her militant atheism at the beginning of her recovery journey and reveals that the steps t…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Andrew E (CA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Andrew speaks of his decades of addiction to alcohol, heroin and crack, recalls losing everything, including the will to live, and speaks glowingly of an encounter in a treatment centre which helped him …
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Jo C (OA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jo speaks of her struggles with different forms of food addiction: compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia; recalls “switching” from food to codependency for many years and speaks lovingly of her Hig…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Jay W (AA)
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jay recalls how the horrific abuse he suffered as a child continued into his adult life, explains that laughter is “the music of AA” and reveals how recovery lead him to his calling in life, his work wit…
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Tiina shares painful memories of drinking her morning wine out of a “World’s Best Mother” cup, speaks of her need for male validation in active addiction and recites the serenity prayer in Finnish. New e…
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Sean speaks about his disbelief that God would love an alcoholic like him and how he’s found "stage 2 recovery" in ACA and the Emotional Sobriety movement. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio D 12s…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Rae M
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Rae speaks about her lack of adverse childhood experiences - even intensely looking for them later -, explains how she decorated her rock bottom for years and advises the newcomer to qualify their own il…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Herb K
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Herb looks back on 40 years of sobriety, on the “chance discovery” of his own alcoholism while his wife was in treatment for her drinking and speaks with passion about the central theme of his recovery -…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Kirsty W
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Kirsty speaks of using cocaine for all of her adult life, getting "freer from her hell" with every single step and on speaking honestly with her young children about her addiction. New episodes drop on W…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Holiday announcement
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It's the end of season 1 and the pod is taking a summer break. Season 2 will kick off on 4 September. In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio D 12steps12questions@gmail.com https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/ https:/…
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode David reveals how childhood abuse lead to a long jail sentence, marvels at being 12-stepped by a native American tribe and speaks of one of his biggest joys in recovery - the renewed relationship to his …
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Step 12 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 11 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Ashley S
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Ashley speaks of the double challenge of sex addiction and codependency, being an agnostic churchgoer and keeping a list of God’s miracles. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio D 12steps12questions@…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Leo R
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Leo speaks of his idyllic childhood, the tortures of physical alcohol dependency and the ultimate God moment of finding his old dealer running the treatment centre where he then got well. New episodes dr…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Donna J
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Donna talks about growing up in NYC in the 70s, reveals how alcohol took away job and life opportunities and explains that today she dies to self, so that God can live in and through her. New episodes dr…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Jonathan L
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jonathan talks about growing up during the troubles in Northern Ireland, his decades-long crack and heroin addiction and the grace of finding recovery just as his son needed to find the rooms as well. Ne…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Dorinda W
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Dorinda speaks candidly about losing both her parents to alcoholism, drinking against her will during pregnancy and how she went from pain to purpose in recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvi…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Vinny P
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Vinny talks about racism in his childhood and his Hindu upbringing, reveals shocking details about where his using took him, and gives no-nonsense advice to the newcomer. New episodes drop on Wednesdays!…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Ruairí S
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Ruairí talks about the autistic loneliness of their childhood, their inability to see how their heavy using affected their family and their joy of being free and working with other addicts in recovery no…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Young L
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Young opens up about the abuse he suffered as a child, remembers being terrified of becoming a drug addict and speaks about his incredulity at having found a loving God. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! …
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Step 10 of integrating the 12 steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 9 of integrating the 12 steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 8 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Laura C
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Laura remembers thinking she cracked the code for life when she first found alcohol and drugs, gives a candid account of wetting herself, drunk at a family gathering and speaks glowingly of her new-found…
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Dan speaks candidly about growing up in an alcoholic home and his early mental health struggles, shares vividly about psychosis as a cocaine addict and recalls the moment which lead him to study for prie…
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Step 1 Honesty- Jay and Brad get honest about why we have been on break
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We are back...again after a LONG break. We get honest as to why. You will not want to miss the next three episodes.Av The Next Step with Brad and Jay
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Lise O
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Lise speaks glowingly about being a "queen on the party scene", shares candidly that she used heroin while pregnant, and asserts that she is now the mother she was meant t be. New episodes drop on Wednes…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Justin B
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Justin speaks of his double life as a church member and a sex addict, explains that his dealer lives in his head and shares that he needed to find a “capital G” God of his understanding. New episodes dro…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Vicky B
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Vicky speaks of replacing bulimia with drugs as a young adult, the severe health challenges she experienced as a result and reasserts that addiction can affect everyone. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! …
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Chris F
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Chris speaks of becoming the person he never wanted to be, finding freedom inside a prison cell, and reveals his passion for service in hospitals and institutions. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silv…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Mariana L
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Mariana speaks of her deep-rooted separation anxiety, recalls getting that ultimatum from her husband, and expresses her delight of having her family back in her sober life. New episodes drop on Wednesda…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Purdy
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Purdy recalls running away from an abusive home aged 12, makes a very strong bid for a record in geographicals and marvels at the spiritual shift which made him stop drinking and using drugs. New episode…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Jennie S
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jennie remembers being painfully shy as a young child, speaks of pain as the cornerstone of spiritual progress and points out that recovery can be invisible from the outside. New episodes drop on Wednesd…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Kevin W
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Kevin speaks of his learning difficulties as a young child, his 10-year heroin addiction and explains why dyslexia is no barrier in recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio D 12steps12question…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Fiona
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Fiona speaks of her addiction to control as part of her bulimia, her descent into alcoholism during lockdown and how life in recovery is everything but the prison sentence she was expecting. New episodes…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Gary C
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Gary speaks of the premature end to his boxing career, candidly explains how drugs fuelled his football hooliganism and how he was 12-stepped by another ex-boxer also called Gary. New episodes drop on We…
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12 Steps & 12 Questions - Danah HW
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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Danah speaks about her Rastafarian upbringing, the influence of race and class on her addiction and gives some hands-on advice to newcomers. New episodes drop on Wednesdays! - Silvio D 12steps12questions…
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Step 7 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 6 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 5 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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Step 4 of Integrating the 12 Steps and Buddhism with Judith Ragir
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