CNEI Podcast

Ok, Now what do you do?Is there a secret to it?Can you get loaded after a long period of being clean?How does one stay sober for the rest of their lives?Did you want to get high?Did you have using/drunk dreams?How did you deal with that?Did anyone not want to see you get better? What happened to your friends?was family supportive?How many true friends did you end up with after? How can I tell I have a problem?How did you succeed when many others your age did not?

Why did you stop?Do you have to want to get clean for it to work?What was treatment process like?Did you feel it was going to work?Did anyone help you through?Was there a moment of clarity?Describe entering vs. Leaving treatment

Life before recoveryWhat active addiction was like?The impact of social media. Active addiction as a teen. Active addiction as a teen at school.Could you stop? Did you want to?Did you care? Who were you hurting?Authority figures?What happened before you quit?Suicidal?Could anyone help you? Could anyone reach you?

Chris Tannahill talking about Pain and Addiction.What is addiction?3 types of addicts.How emotional pain keeps us loaded.How youth perceive this process.Being young and loaded.How I understand my early use?Is pain necessary?

Step 2/step 3/step 4/ step 5 Power vs GodAtheist? Agnostic? Cool.Personal Experience & of Others with this stepSanity?Made a decision…??Why God? Why Spiritual?Inventory – moral or immoral?Why write it down?Is it Confession?What happens when I do this? What happens if I do not?

Steps 6, 7, 8 ,9, 10 11, 12Why is there only a paragraph in Big Book on steps 6,7??What do I do exactly on 6,7?Is Step 8 necessary? Is 8,9 just an apology?What if I don’t forgive who I am making amends with?Explain, “injure them or others”What if I do not care about the people on my amends list?Is step 10 just this process in short form?Do I have to continue to do this?Is step 11 necessary if I am already a church goer?How do I do step 11?What if I do not have time to help others? Is step 12 necessary?

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.What are the 12 steps?Why do we need them?Guide to Living not New ReligionBeginning the ProcessWhy it is so hard for many...Breakdown of Step 1Personal Experience and Obstacles

Do you want to be an Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor?Why Counseling?What does a counselor do?LISTENSelf CareYour Work is not Your RecoveryProfession with Highest Rate of RelapseBoundariesBurnoutEncourage & Listen

Chris Tannahill interviews Derek Townsend about his downward spiral starting as a young teenager. Gateway drug?How dangerous if it's legal?Social perception of drunks/alcoholics over the yearsHas treatment changed for alcoholic in last 40 years?Purpose of treatment?Purpose of counselor?Number of alcoholics in treatment vs heroin addicts etc...

Chris Tannahill on "Cannabis." Topics covered:Very Federally illegalSchedule 1 - physical/psychological - no medical useIs cannabis addictive?Potency vs. 1966?ER visits?DUI's?Gateway drug?The “Vote”Does weed have a place in Treatment? Does it have a place in recovery?There are more cannabinoid receptors in the brain than opioid receptors.Where are we going with this? Decriminalization?