Making The Decision For Recovery: Pick Up The Feather! addiction professional training spirituality Oct 26, 2023

There's a Russian fairytale called "The Firebird," in which a hunter is faced with a decision to pick up a feather he finds laying on the path in front of him. His horse warns him that picking up...

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Drinking Problem? Or Thinking Problem? addiction spirituality Oct 20, 2023

What does Bill Wilson have in common with a Toltec Warrior?

This week in my Wednesday Woo! series my I gave a presentation titled "Managing Your Spiritual Energy: A Warrior's Approach To Personal...

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Can Rock And Roll Be A Transformational Experience? addiction spirituality May 17, 2023

 The other day I did a fun little livestream in my private FaceBook group (@JimSavageRecovery) that took quite an interesting turn—and opened the door for a lot of stimulating discussion...

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What's Up With The Sunrise? (Exploring The Spirituality Of Addiction) addiction spirituality Mar 03, 2023

 

A METAPHOR FOR THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

The Journey is a rock musical I initially wrote to simply tell a story about addiction and recovery. But over the years it's evolved into an entire...

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Recovery: The Journey Of Transformation addiction codependency family spirituality Nov 26, 2021

 

I've worked in the addiction treatment industry for a long time—like over 30 years. 

But I've actually been AROUND the treatment industry longer than I've been a professional in...

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Connection: The Solution To Addiction addiction spirituality Nov 09, 2021

 

"What's this got to do with drug use?"

I get a lot of mileage out of the short video above in my work with substance use disorder clients. 

I simply ask them to watch it, and then tell...

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