It is said that every journey begins with a single step, the first step. The journey to transformation is no different. However, the first step to transformation is not a physical one. It requires a change of mind, of one’s mind-set. That is where the hardest battles are fought, lost or won, in the mind….
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Transformation Part I: The trap.
Alcoholics and addicts that make it into sobriety and then a stable recovery have undergone a miraculous transformation. How they think about themselves, how they feel towards others, their attitudes and outlook on life have all dramatically changed. They have become reacquainted with their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual self and needs. Does it stop…
004 – The Power of Transformation – The Health Consequences of Alcoholism
There are many serious health consequences to alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence and alcoholism. Many you may know. Others may be less well known. Join Dr. Clark Gaither as he discusses the long-term consequences of addiction to alcohol and how these can be avoided and, in most instances, reversed.
The thing alcoholics and addicts do best – lie.
It is the one thing at which alcoholics and addicts excel. To be actively addicted means to be an expert at lying. Truth telling is a foreign concept to an addicted brain. So much so, that lying becomes not second nature but first nature. I should know. I’m a recovering alcoholic and I remember what…
003 – The Power of Transformation – That’s just not normal behavior.
Why is the behavior of the alcoholic or addict sometimes so bizarre, so inexplicable, so baffling, so insane? Let’s explore that and more with your host Dr. Clark Gaither on this episode of The Power of Transformation.