Take 12 Recovery Radio
884 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsTake 12 Recovery Radio is a Twelve Step focused recovery talk and positive music radio broadcast helping to break the stigma of drug and alcohol addiction. Your host is Monty Dale Meyer aka the Monty'man from Albany, Oregon. Shows include a variety of guest and co-host. Celebrities, authors, clinicians, treatment providers, comedians, recovery recording artist and the real life stories of experience, strength and hope from those who have been to the darkest edge of addiction and come through to the light of recovery. LEGAL NOTICE: Take 12 Recovery Radio, Take12Radio.com and our shows are a production of KHLT Recovery Broadcasting and protected by Federal Copyright Laws. Shows may not be altered or used in any other manner without written permission of the owner / KHLT Recovery Broadcasting/Sponsor to Sponsor Publications Copyright © 2004-2021 / P.O. Box 93, Albany, OR 97321
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All You Have To Change Is Everything
March 02, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBENTITLED TO OVERCOME (Solutions for Life, Today) ABOUT THE SHOW: Entitled to Overcome is a production of Take 12 Recovery Radio and KHLT Recovery Broadcasting. Your Cohosts are Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Dave Fleming and State Certified Addiction Peer Support Specialist Monty Meyer. In this show we will be exploring solutions for life in this age of overwhelming stress, trauma, addiction and recovery. We encourage your comments and welcome all opinions especially your qu...
Asleep In The Light and Emotional Sobriety In the Church
February 28, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Take 12 Radio’s Southern California Representative, Roger McDiarmid joins us for this special broadcast of the Take 12 Recovery Radio Show. Join us as we talk about emotional sobriety within the church and our communities of faith. Do people go to church for the right reasons? Are we emotionally sober or emotionally dependent? Has the church fallen asleep in the light of God’s grace? And how does the organized church compare with organized 12 Step ...
From Heroin to Colleague The Billy Anderson Story
February 28, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW The Billy Anderson Story He began his substance abuse by drinking from his parent’s liquor cabinet. From booze to opiates to shooting up heroin. What happened that brought Billy Anderson to place of surrender and into working in the field of recovery helping others to heal and become productive members of society? As the Director of Clinical Outreach for Sunspire Health at Astoria Pointe, Oregon, Billy travels the North West and surrounding areas to...
A Promise of Love
February 25, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.06 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL God's promise of unfailing love for us and God's covenant of peace with us is just what we need in our journey of recovery. His promise to love us through the ongoing process is true and sure.
A Promise of Love
February 25, 2018 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL God's promise of unfailing love for us and God's covenant of peace with us is just what we need in our journey of recovery. His promise to love us through the ongoing process is true and sure.
The Carol Ann Preston Show On Relationships. TRADITION ONE and YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. Part Two.
February 22, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThis presentation of Take 12 Recovery Radio will be updated each Thursday until all Twelve Traditions are covered. Please feel free to download and share these vital broadcasts. Experience the Twelve Traditions like never before. The Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous can and should be applied in our family and personal affairs so that we may continue to live a more serene life as productive members of society. About CAROL ANN PRESTON: As a fellow Twelve Stepper, Author and Chaplai...
THE VICTORY REPORT Brandy V.
February 21, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW THE VICTORY REPORT #2 After running away from home at age eleven, molested by a family member, roaming the streets, participating in gangs, huffing paint, raped, pregnant in juvenile detention, and a host of other horrific experiences, our guest, Brandy V. kept attempting to fill a void in her heart that only God could fill. Don’t miss this powerful story of hope and restoration from street teen to ministering to women as the Center Supervisor of the...
The Promise of God's Presence
February 20, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.64 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL If we doubt that God will be faithful, we can share this with God. He will not be shocked. God will not punish. God understands our capacity for trust has been damaged. Honestly communicating our fears to God, will build our capacity to trust God's promises. Feel free to leave a comment or to share your thoughts.
Step Ten Revealed
February 19, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Step Ten states: "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it." Let's look a little deeper and check out what the Big Book says about this Step. Also, the Monty'man's Weekly Whine includes some Peter Rabbit controversy, texting while shopping and don't forget the new Weekly Win. And play along with Take 12 Trivia. Closing Song: My Side of the Street by Mark Elder. Please leave your comments and check out our...
The Carol Ann Preston Show ON RELATIONSHIPS. Tradition One and Your Personal Life.
February 16, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBThis presentation of Take 12 Recovery Radio will be updated each Thursday until all Twelve Traditions are covered. Please feel free to download and share these vital broadcasts. Experience the Twelve Traditions like never before. The Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous can and should be applied in our family and personal affairs so that we may continue to live a more serene life as productive members of society. About CAROL ANN PRESTON: As a fellow Twelve Stepper, Author and Chapl...
A Promises of Change
February 15, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.54 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL One thing we can be certain of is recovery is all about change. We tend to resist change because of fear and apprehension, but it is vital if we are to heal and recover. God promises to change us as we work through the recovery process. Please click on "FOLLOW" and once you're a member you can comment on this and other broadcasts.
Promises
February 13, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.53 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL The promises of God can give us the hope and strength to persevere through the recovery process. Even though fear and distrust make it difficult for us to allow God's promises to nurture and sustain us, we can count on God to keep His promises. Click on "FOLLOW", become a member and please leave a comment.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Twelve STEP NINE
February 13, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBPart Twelve: STEP NINE. This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast from our arch...
The Ninth Step Promises, Fact or Fiction?
February 12, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Continuing with our Steps Revealed series, Step 8 & 9 Revealed. How many promises make up the Ninth Step Promises? Are these promises something that can be experienced or are these simply a pie in the sky goal to shoot for and nothing more? Why do so many people in Twelve Step meetings never see these promises come true? Answers to these questions and more on this episode of the Take 12 Recovery Radio Show. Closing Song: I'm Sorry Meant Nothing Anymor...
An Invitation to Remember
February 08, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.8 MBIn recovery, painful memories still have to be faced and grieved if healing is to come. But God offers us in Jesus a memory powerful enough to compete with the most powerful of painful memories. The death-grip which painful memories have had on our attention can be broken by the powerful memory of God's love.
An Invitation To Serenity
February 06, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.53 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Responding to this invitation requires a great deal of us. It requires that we acknowledge that we cannot do what we have been trying to do. We are powerless. It requires that we turn to God.
Unpacking The Serenity Prayer
February 05, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW How did AA come by the Serenity Prayer? Why is not the entire prayer used? Do we really know for sure who wrote the prayer? Does the shortened version have as much impact as the original? Join us as we dig a little deeper and share our own experience as we unpack this powerful piece of literature. Also, What's up with people smoking alcohol? And a little Take 12 Trivia along with the Weekly Whine and new Weekly Win. Closing Song, The Serenity Prayer ...
An Invitation To Confidence
February 02, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.36 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Our Higher Power offers us an invitation to approach Him with confidence. We never have to be fearful that He will turn away from us. We can be assured that he is on our side, ready and willing to listen. In recovery, it is vital that we learn that God is a God of love welcoming us to come to Him with confidence.
An Invitation To Forgiveness
February 01, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.83 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL No matter what we have done, are doing or do in the future, we are forgivable. We do not have to let denial, blame and shame lock us into destructive, hurtful patterns. We can be clean, we can be sober. White as snow. Forgiven.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Eleven STEP EIGHT
February 01, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBPart Eleven: STEP EIGHT. This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast from our ...
An Invitation To Soul Delight
January 31, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.59 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL In recovery, we need to be nourished. The nourishment at God's feast does more than please our taste-buds. This meal is more than mere esthetic pleasure. The nourishment from God's table feeds our souls with delight
A Respectful Invitation
January 30, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.69 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL To be invited is to belong. Our names are on God's invitation list. To be invited is to be valued. In this series of Monty'man's Meditorials we will be looking at "Invitations" in our recovery.
The Best of RECOVERY MUSIC Volume Two
January 30, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW BEST OF RECOVERY MUSIC Volume Two. The Monty’man host Volume Two of some of the most professional and powerful recovery focused music ever produced. Each artist in this volume has been featured on the Take 12 Recovery Radio Show. On this second volume, these incredibly talented men and women share their heart through music. We encourage you to LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SHARE. Please comment on this broadcast. We would love to hear from you. If you have not ...
As Our Thinking Changes
January 29, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Join us as we look at ways our thought patterns change once we enter recovery. What happens when we begin to follow directions, develop a relationship with our creator and begin to experience power flow in where there once was none? Also, a quick look at 7 things some people think are cool, that others think are silly, stupid and ridiculous. And, in addition to the Monty’man’s Weekly Whine, we are introducing the Monty’man’s Weekly Win.
Best of RECOVERY MUSIC Volume One
January 26, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW BEST OF RECOVERY MUSIC Volume One. The Monty’man host Volume One of some of the most professional and powerful recovery focused music ever produced. Each artist in this volume has been featured on the Take 12 Recovery Radio Show. On this broadcast, these incredibly talented men and women share their heart through music. We encourage you to LISTEN, DOWNLOAD & SHARE. Please comment on this broadcast. We would love to hear from you. If you have not ...
Recovery As Seeing The Light
January 26, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.45 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL In our recovery, God's light is like the light of dawn. It is a light that signals that something new is happening. A new beginning is possible. This is the light of hope.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Ten STEP SEVEN
January 25, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBPart Ten: STEP SEVEN. This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast from our arc...
Recovery As Being Set Free
January 25, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 3.05 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Many people find the idea of powerlessness to be very troubling. We want to be competent and self-reliant. And, many of us have had people attempt to rescue us in ways that have increased our shame and self-contempt. So, why would we welcome the God-who-rescues? Won't God also shame us?
Recovery As Pressing On
January 24, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.97 MBThe process of recovery restructures our lives in some very fundamental ways. Some days we desire our recovery to be finished, but we must press on as our lives depend upon the process that God has set before us on this incredible journey.
Recovery As Growing Up
January 23, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.46 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL It is a good thing to grow up. Not because it's shameful to be a child, but because growth is part of God's plan for us. For those of us in recovery, it is as much a part of our journey as understanding our powerlessness and our need for a Higher Power to help us solve our problem.
Oregon Recovers Director Mike Marshall
January 22, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW. Addiction cost Oregonians $5.9 billion annually and there is no single point of accountability or authority within state government and no people in recovery in the decision making roles. Mike Marshall is the Director of Oregon Recovers, an inclusive statewide coalition comprised of people in recovery–and their friends and family—uniting to transform Oregon healthcare to ensure world-class prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for Orego...
Recovery As Being Nourished
January 19, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.59 MBWe don't grow in our recovery out of having needs. But as we experience love and nourishment, we gradually become less frantic about our next meal. We grow. We heal.
Recovery As Being Found
January 18, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.69 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL It's easy to get lost. We find that we don't know how to escape and we feel like no one will find us. But God searches for the one who is lost and rejoices when He finds us. There is no shame, no blame and no guilt trips to be given. We have been found.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Nine STEP SIX
January 18, 2018 00:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBPart Nine: STEP SIX. This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast from our arch...
Images of Recovery
January 17, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.87 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Fortunately, recovery is not some set of new insights about the human condition. Recovery goes back as far as human history. God has always been in the business of bringing change, growth and healing to people struggling with the most difficult of life's experiences.
Confessions of a Codependent
January 15, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Codependency is a type of dysfunctional helping relationship where one person supports or enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or underachievement. Among the core characteristics of codependency, the most common theme is an excessive reliance on other people for approval and a sense of identity. Join us as we welcome Heather G. as she shares a bit of her story as a codependent who has been learning allo...
God Rejoices Over Us
January 12, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.83 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL God is a good Father. God values us. Even when we are unable to call for help, God searches for us. When we are found, it brings God great joy.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Eight STEP FIVE Part 2
January 10, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBPart Eight: STEP FIVE (Part 2). This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast fr...
Joy and Shame
January 10, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.82 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL For us in recovery, in life, in a world that is broken, we can root ourselves in God's love for us. We can scorn the shame. We can remind ourselves that God's plans for us include joy.
From Grief to Joy
January 09, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.88 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Joy cannot be rushed But God is prepared to be with us through the whole process. God comforts us in the transition from grief to Joy. Are you longing for Joy today? It will come and may actually surprise you once it arrives.
Higher Power Specific
January 08, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW. Our 12 Step fellowships are filled with unique and wonderful members. Some are Christian, some Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Agnostic, and still others have no Higher Power whatsoever. How specific should we be when it comes to mentioning the name of our Higher Power in the rooms of our 12 Step fellowships? Is it ever appropriate to do so? Has God become a generic term? Closing Song: Amazing Grace by Heather Layne. www.HeatherLayne.com
Resistance to Joy
January 05, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL It is a risk to make room for joy in our lives. Joy requires that we be open to the possibility of experiencing conflicting emotions. If we wait to experience joy until our anger, grief and self-condemnation are completely gone, then we will wait a long time.
Joy
January 04, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Happiness can be over-rated because it is based on the happenings that go on around us. Joy, on the other hand, is something we can experience regardless of what is going on around us. But learning to experience joy can take time. In recovery, it's a gift and sometimes a welcome surprise.
Walking Through The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Part Seven STEP FIVE Part 1
January 03, 2018 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.3 MBPart Seven: STEP FIVE (Part 1). This is a comprehensive workshop focused on educating the listener of the substance, purpose and awareness of the AA Conference-approved book The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions. As one of the most sought-after Circuit Speakers in the world of the 12 Steps, Chris S. will be walking us through each line and each page of this wonderful book that has been a source of deepening people’s recovery for years. I will be posting all 30 of these broadcast fr...
Recovery in 2018 with Ryan H
January 01, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW New Years Day Show: RECOVERY IN 2018 with special guest RYAN H. Ryan will be sharing his experience, strength & hope as he has completed his 12 month in-house recovery program. Hear his story of how he died and came back. We will also look at 5 of last year's dumbest criminals, play Take 12 Trivia and more. Closing Song: Standing in two Worlds by Mark Elder
Praying for Hope
December 21, 2017 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.21 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL. We need to remind ourselves daily that we do not serve the god-of-relentless-cheerfulness, or the god-of-blind-optimism. We serve the God of Hope.
Mark Elder Recovery Recording Artist
December 20, 2017 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBTHE TAKE 12 RECOVERY RADIO SHOW Mark Elder was born in Spokane, Wa. In the early 50’s. He started playing guitar at age eleven and studied guitar under the jazz guitarist John LaChapelle in Richland, Wa. Mark started songwriting in his teens and has been writing and performing music for 45 years. In 1971 he joined the band Bordersong and in 1975 they recorded the album “Morning” in which Ann and Nancy Wilson sang background vocals on Mark’s song “It’s Time Agan”. Mark has had the ple...
Hope and the Future
December 20, 2017 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.31 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL Yes, it is true that future tripping, when led by worry, can be a dangerous mind game, God knows the future and there is hope there. God has a perfectly designed plan for our future and it is to be of great value to us. Rather than trusting in our own future worry and despair, we ought to trust in God's foreknowledge.
Hope and the Present
December 19, 2017 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.2 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL There are times when hope will allow us to soar, other times run and not grow weary and yet other times the ability to walk and not faint. For those of us in recovery, hope is a powerful force.
Hope and the Past
December 15, 2017 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.99 MBA MONTY'MAN'S MEDITORIAL As people in recovery, it can be extremely helpful to review our experiences of God's help in the past to give us hope in the present and for the future.