Spiritualityandrecovery

Ed lives in a camping trailer and sometimes a tent on the East Side of Flint, MI

Dupree lived 4 years homeless on Flint's impoverished, violence-filled East Side. He now is in business with his brother as a promotor for musical acts from Flint. He is also living in a much more peaceful area with his new wife. He returns to the East Side every week to try to put out the word that there is hope.

Our guest is Pete "Fat Cat" Flanders, a legendary radio personality, concert promoter, and businessman who was in radio in Flint, MI from the 1960s to the 1980s. He also toured with James Brown for a year and was a concert promoter and businessman. He is keeping the music alive with a Music Store in Flint, featuring original releases from the 1940s to today's Rock, R&B, Blues, and Gospel.

Mayor Neeley shares his experiences, strengths, and hopes for how he can lead the recovery of the City of Flint, MI

Hopefully, you are utilizing your spirituality every day, all day long. For help with this, we present Spirituality and How To Utilize It Daily

Those of us who are members of AA, need to go no further than Step 11 to get the answer to this question. It tells us to pray only for knowledge of His will for me and the power to carry it out. When I am attuned to the knowledge of His will for me, the answers to problems seem to come to me from everywhere.

We have learned that CBA is short for Create, Believe, and Achieve. Here we learn to best utilize it.

What is love and how can we show it? Here we learn about Spriituality and How To Express Unconditional Love

Many delay doing their inventory because of fear. Here, we discuss Spirituality and How To Work Your Inventory, Step 4

i don't think that I ever surrendered to anyone or anything before Surrender to Win was strange to me. Here we learn Spirituality And How To Surrender To Win, Step 3

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not here yet. Here we learn how to use our Spirituality to Live in This Moment.

Whether I was in grade school or grad school, my learning consisted of cramming for an exam and them forgetting all I had learned after the test. Here we learn about Spirituality and How To Choose Heart Learning Over Head Learning

I always had to be right, even if horribly wrong. I soon discovered that this was only leading me into deeper trouble with the world. Today, i would rather be happy than right, and I am!

This is the beginning of an entirely new way of life, if we only work it as suggested

Reverend Stephanie Sorensen of the Flint Life Enrichment Center is a great spokesperson for Spirituality and we are honored to have here with us today.

The AA Preamble is read before many meetings. Here we learn how to utilize Spirituality and How To Realize Our Primary Purpose... as People Of Prayer And Recovering Alcoholics

This is the first of our discussions with guests. This week we have Father Jay Gantz, from St. Andrews Church on the notorious East Side of Flint, MI. Father Jay has been deeply involved in the spiritual portion of recovery from alcoholism and addiction.

In this episode, we discover how to tell if Faith works for us.

Many times I have asked someone how they were doing and got the response "I'm living the dream." Usually this response is said rather snarkily. Here we learn how to really Live the Dream.

Many have dread or fear of working the 4th Step. Here we learn how to work our inventory steps without fear.

Forget about yesterday or tomorrow. We live in the now so if we continue not drinking today, our tomorrows and yesterdays are taken care of.

We are going to have guests visit with us on many of our upcoming podcasts. They will be able to help us to better understand Spirituality and Recovery

The study of spirituality leads us into using affirmations to start our day, smooth out a rough stretch, and end our day.

I have received so many, countless blessings from the AA Program. This is how I repay AA for the blessings that were given to me freely.

Continuous study of Spirituality has given me an ongoing life that money can't buy. It can be yours, too, if you let it!

Spirituality teaches us How To Bust The Myth Of Perfection. When new to the program of AA, I needed this badly. Here is how you can do just this!

We all have things that we are grateful for. Here we learn the importance of responding to whatever we are graced with. 

How many times have you heard someone tell you or someone else to get on the straight and narrow? Here we learn how to enjoy being not straight or narrow. We were that when in the madness. 

Grief is a natural emotion that follows every significant loss. Frustration is a negative emotion that follows not being able to do something, Here we learn how to deal effectively with both emotions.

Many of us have tried to stop drinking by ourselves and failed miserably each time. Here we learn how the AA Program works wonders for us alcoholics. We stop, stay stopped, and become sober.

The words that you choose after saying "I am" may be the most important words you ever utter. This tells you just what you think that you are. Here, we learn how to follow "I am" with positive words leading to a life of Happyness, Joy, and Freedom

We once had a phrase that is almost unheard of now. Whenever we received a revelation or epiphany, we called it a Come to Jesus moment. Here we learn how to profit from one of these experiences 

Many people think that, just because they have not had a drink lately, they are sober. Sobriety is much more than merely stopping drinking. This is a very necessary 1st Step but the AA Program teaches us how to change our thinking so that we can get and stay sober. Here is how it can be done simply!

Sick and tired of the memories and thoughts of past wrongs that you may have committed? Wish to not get so anxious when facing something new? Here is how many of us have learned a new way of life where these things no longer are stumbling blocks.

Don't you wish you had a "do-over" button on your head when the past or future fills your head with misery and anxiety? I have one. It is my AA Program. Here we learn how to use it to clean out yesterday's and tomorrow's mental trash.

The AA Preamble states that our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. Here we learn how to do this.

You may ask what good is Spirituality to me? For one thing, we learn here that it helps us to deepen our faith in a Higher Power.

In the 2nd Step, we learn that there is a Power that is greater than ourselves and is ready, able, and willing to help us 24/7/365

The baggage of the past and the apprehensions of the future are too much for us to handle effectively. That is why we learn here how to live in the NOW!

Have you ever had bad feelings about someone, something, or just a bad vibe? Here is how I changed these into good feelings. Tou can too!

Everyone is not happy and joyful just because it is Christmas. Here we learn how to enjoy the season, even if carrying a heavy burden. 

It is simple to discover whether Spirituality actually works. Just say the shortened version of the AA 3rd Step by saying "God Help Me." Then ask your Higher Power to demonstrate if it is working or not. Lastly, follow your instincts because this is how God communicates with us. You will then know.

Using just a few of these spiritual principles can bring joy back into your life

When you think about it, now is all that we ever have. So, here we learn how to make the best of it.

I never liked to be told that I had to do anything. Here we learn that, if we are working our program to the best of our ability, we can choose to do or not do anything. The added plus is that we can choose to.

Hearing is a mechanical process of being aware of sound while listening is paying attention to what someone says in order to hear what is being said, sung, played, etc.

The Serenity Prayer advises us to change what we can and accept the difference. It also tells us to learn the difference. I can change only me. I can't change any of the rest!

All Affirmative Prayer is simply praying a d knowing that it is true

The "Depression Season" runs between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here we learn how to continue being Happy, Joyous, and Free, even during this time.