Recovery Daily Podcast

Living Gratefully: Gratitude Forward, Not Backward

We often think about gratitude backward, looking at what we survived, how we escaped, or what could have lost. Recovery teaches me that gratitude is powerful when it moves us forward. Instead of just appreciating life emotionally, we participate in life differently because of that appreciation. I live gratefully through my creativity, fellowship, helping others, caring for my body, and moving forward even when life is difficult. Sobriety and stroke recovery both teach me that the greatest expression of gratitude is choosing to live with purpose, willingness, and participation in the life I still have. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.  Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779   Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling [https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling] #strokerecovery  #strokesurvivor  #vestibularrecovery  #recovery  #vestibular  #disability  #soberlife  #recoverypodcast

Admitting Complete Defeat After Stroke: Willingness To Find Better Days

After my stroke, I tried to force myself back into my old life. I minimized my symptoms, ignored my limitations, pushed through pain, and believed that recovery was pretending nothing had changed. The same way I once fought against sobriety, I declared war on myself. In this episode, I talk about what it meant to finally admit complete defeat, not as failure, but as acceptance of reality and my inability to control what happened to me. Surrendering the illusion of control became the turning point in both sobriety and stroke recovery. I stopped fighting myself and became willing to rest, ask for help, slow down, and care for my body and brain. Admitting defeat did not mean I was giving up on life. It was quite the opposite. I was finally learning how to live honestly within my invisible illnesses. That’s when I began to heal emotionally. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.  Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779   Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling [https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling] #strokerecovery  #strokesurvivor  #vestibularrecovery  #recovery  #vestibular  #disability  #soberlife  #recoverypodcast

Joyful Discoveries In Recovery: Using My Body Instead of Abusing It

When I got sober, I thought life would never be fun again. Instead, I discovered that alcohol had been stealing my time, creativity, and presence in this life. The joyful discoveries that came after putting down the drink were unexpected. I found that taking action before motivation appears helped me discover joy and creativity. Those same recovery principles became essential after my stroke. Sobriety taught me willingness, acceptance, patience, and how to keep moving forward one day at a time. What started as recovery from alcohol eventually became a blueprint for surviving and adapting to the hardest season of my life. Joyful discoveries often seem to emerge from adversity. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.  Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779   Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling [https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling] #strokerecovery  #strokesurvivor  #vestibularrecovery  #recovery  #vestibular  #disability  #soberlife  #recoverypodcast

Growing a Conscience: What’s Your Motivation For That?

This episode is about growing a conscience and learning to ask ourselves: What’s my motivation for that? Inspired by reflections from my recovery, I talk about how addiction, fear, resentment, people-pleasing, and the need for control shaped many of my behaviors as an active alcoholic. Sobriety and emotional recovery have helped me become more self-aware, intentional, and honest about the reasons behind my actions. Today I explore the difference between reacting and responding, how resentments become fossilized when ignored, and why the pause between impulse and behavior can completely change the direction of our lives. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.  Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779   Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling [https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling] #strokerecovery  #strokesurvivor  #vestibularrecovery  #recovery  #vestibular  #disability  #soberlife  #recoverypodcast

Untethering Shame From My Past: Using the Steps to Travel Through Life

I used the Twelve Steps to travel honestly back through my life, resentments, fears, shame, grief, and painful experiences without getting trapped inside them. Instead of trying to numb the past or erase it, the steps help me reflect on it, learn, make peace with it, and move forward armed with wisdom to live differently. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.  Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779   Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling [https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling] #strokerecovery  #strokesurvivor  #vestibularrecovery  #recovery  #vestibular  #disability  #soberlife  #recoverypodcast