{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Making Decisions - Recovered 580","description":"Vote for Recovered Best Health and Fitness Show\r\npodcastawards\r\nBut the Offical Recovered Podcast Tee Shirt\r\nOfficial Recovered Podcast Tee ShirtsCall us at 1-734-288-7510\r\nemail at mstapletonpe@gmail.com\r\nSober Life Mouthwash Website \r\nPromo Code PODCAST\r\nfor 20% Discount\r\nThe Big Book\r\nThe 12 and 12\r\n24 Hours a Day\r\nThe inability to make decisions when problems come along can be devastating. \r\nThis tension can be present even if we are not aware of it, \r\nexcept that we know we are stressed.\r\nHave you ever had difficulty making a decision?\r\nHas the inability to solve the problem affected you?\r\nHow?\r\nWhat about procrastination, do you struggle with this?\r\nIt is said that procrastination is the result of habitual inability to make decisions.\r\nWhat about making the decision to address the drink problem?\r\nDid you have a difficult time making the decision to get help?\r\nWhen did you first think that you had a drinking problem?\r\nWhen did you actually come into the program?\r\nDid the stress level increase between the time you thought you had a problem and when you actually came into the fellowship?\r\nDid you drink to alleviate the stress level?\r\nWhat about making a decision to do the steps?\r\nDid you procrastinate?\r\nIf so, how did that work?\r\nAfter you made the decision to do the steps, how did that feel?\r\nWhat causes indecision?\r\n\r\n\r\nFear of failure - your thoughts?\r\n\r\n\r\nRefusal to accept reality - your thoughts?\r\n\r\n\r\nLack of faith - your thoughts?\r\n\r\n\r\nPride and stubbornness - your thoughts?\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are all about the solution.\r\nwhat steps?\r\nwhat prayers?\r\nwhat slogans?\r\nHow has a sponsor helped?\r\nWe Have Calls!\r\nAlex From Austin\r\nUse the slogan:  Do the next right thing.\r\nYou don’t have to do everything at once, just a decision to do the next right thing.\r\nMaking decisions lead to happiness, the key to happiness.\r\nHappiness is not pleasure.\r\nPleasure only occurs during the moment.\r\nTaking a nap brings happiness during the moment, not so much afterward.\r\nHappiness lasts beyond the moment.\r\nI rarely look forward to working out.\r\nBut after I make the next right thing and decide to go to the gym.\r\nI feel great after and for the rest of the day.\r\nHappiness lasts beyond the moment of the workout.\r\nIt is the result of making right decisions.\r\nBig Book References\r\np. 86\r\nIn thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.\r\nDoctor’s Opinion\r\nthe psychopaths who are emotionally unstable. We are all familiar with this type. They are always "going on the wagon for keeps." They are over-remorseful and make many resolutions, but never a decision.\r\np. 64\r\n \r\nThough our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions.","author_name":"Recovered Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/recoveredcast.com","html":"