Latest Drug abuse Podcast Episodes
Relief From The Past
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - May 08, 2024 21:00 - 25 minutesHaving a troubled past will lead you to destruction. Getting into a group environment can help you when you are trying to work through your old issues that seem to linger in your present. Support the Show.
Accident, Experiment, Or Relapse
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - April 27, 2024 16:00 - 24 minutesIf you go back out what can you expect, and just what did you do? Was it an accident, and experiment, or a full on relapse? Support the Show.
Determination Is All You Need To Get There
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - April 12, 2024 19:00 - 23 minutesWill power is not what will get you into recovery, determination is the real driver. Support the Show.
Accountability And Responsibility" What's The Difference?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - April 05, 2024 00:00 - 25 minutesAccountability and responsibility are two very different things but in recovery they sometimes get confused to mean the same thing. Support the Show.
Step Five: Deflation Of The Edgo
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - March 20, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutesIs Step Five really the most difficult step? Deflation of the ego is a necessary step and yes it is difficult. Support the show
Step Five: Deflation Of The Ego
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - March 20, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutesIs Step Five really the most difficult step? Deflation of the ego is a necessary step and yes it is difficult. Support the Show.
Addiction Is Not A Choice, But A Decision Is
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - March 05, 2024 18:00 - 25 minutesSome would say that addiction is you just choosing to use. Others say it is beyond your control. I say life is about decisions and you can make a different decision today to do something else. Support the Show.
Purposeful Remembering
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - February 23, 2024 17:00 - 26 minutesWhen you are working on recovery you will need to go through memories of all the stuff you did. How do you do that without weaponizing those memories to attack yourself. By using purposeful remembering. Support the Show.
The Stages Of Denial
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - February 09, 2024 17:00 - 27 minutesThere are several stages of denial when you are working on your recovery. So what are those stages? Good question, listen and find out. Support the Show.
Right Fighters: Are You One?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - January 30, 2024 15:00 - 27 minutesRight fighters are a problem in recovery. Are you one? Are you fighting for the right to party (yes 1990s reference millennials)? Let's find out why and what to do about them. Support the Show.
Special Guest: Donnie
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - January 23, 2024 19:00 - 28 minutesHear some words of wisdom from someone who survived the 1960's and lived to tell about it. Support the Show.
Special Guest: Jon
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - January 18, 2024 23:00 - 46 minutesOur guest today has taken a wondering path to recovery that has included may twists and turns. Support the Show.
How To Make An Aftercare Program
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - January 08, 2024 18:00 - 28 minutesAfter you get out of rehab what's next? The aftercare program kicks in. Or at least it should. Support the Show.
Defining Recovery
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - December 08, 2023 22:00 - 21 minutesWhat's the difference between abstinence, sobriety, and recovery? Support the Show.
Boundaries, Boundaries, Boundaries!
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - November 17, 2023 21:00 - 27 minutesWhy are boundaries important and just how do you place, maintain, and keep them? Support the Show.
You Need To Change Your Behavior To Change Your Thinking
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - November 17, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutesWhy you can't think your way out of addiction. Support the Show.
A Culture Change Away From Enmeshment
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - November 16, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutesDestruction of relationships due to enmeshment requires more than just words or behavior for addiction it is an entire relationship culture that needs to change. Support the Show.
What Is The Opposite Of Addiction?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - October 27, 2023 21:00 - 24 minutesIs the opposite of addiction sobriety or being clean? I don't think so. Support the Show.
Our Troubling Times
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - October 13, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutesIt seems like the world is blowing up and that can be a threat to your recovery. Do something to help your self cope. Support the Show.
That Crazy Switch In My Head
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - October 05, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutesWhy do you lose time and reality when you get triggered? And why does impulsivity take over? Support the Show.
What Is Abuse?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - September 29, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutesJust what does it take for something to rise to the level of abuse? Understanding what trauma is and when is it reaching the level that you could recognize as abuse? Support the Show.
What Is PAWS?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - September 21, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutesPAWS, otherwise known as Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, is a real issue that few people realize is effecting them in recovery. Support the Show.
Make Your Recovery As Visible As Your Addiction
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - September 07, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutesWhy do we want to hide our recovery when our addiction was so visible? Support the Show.
What Are Aftercare Programs All About?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - August 30, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutesWhen you discharge from rehab you should be working an aftercare program if you plan on really getting serious about recovery. Support the Show.
Are You Being Authentic In Recovery?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - August 18, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutesAuthenticity can be a difficult thing to have when it comes to the change needed to get into recovery. Support the Show.
Diagnosis Is A Tricky Business
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - August 04, 2023 21:00 - 26 minutesMy thoughts on when a diagnosis from a psychiatrist can be confusing to a patient as well as a therapist. That's because the diagnosis is not a disease but rather a label to identify the disease. Support the Show.
Don't Be A Social Handyman
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - July 28, 2023 21:00 - 26 minutesAre you in recovery and being distracted from your own recovery by helping others with their recovery when you should be working on your own? Support the Show.
Is Your Marriage Being Destroyed By Addiction?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - July 21, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutesHow do yo change the marriage you have into a better union, while taking on the enemy known as addiction? Support the Show.
Moving At The Speed Of Pain
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - July 07, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutesAre you moving at the speed of pain in your recovery? How long is recovery supposed to take anyway? Support the Show.
Are You Buried Or Are You Planted?
Doc Jacques: Your Addiction Lifeguard - July 03, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutesLiving with a constant feeling of failure while you are working on, or are in, recovery is not a healthy way to live. Support the Show.
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