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Hope Grows in the Recovery Greenhouse
Hope Grows in the Recovery Greenhouse
Hope Grows in the Recovery Greenhouse
Monday 2nd August 2021
Discover how to grow hope and healthy relationships in your recovery journey with insights from Dr. Sterling Shumway and Dr. Thomas Kimball.
8 minutes
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Sobriety Toolkit
Creative Recovery Journeys
Mindfulness & Emotional Wellbeing
Navigating Challenges in Recovery
Healing Relationships
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Get the buttons here!Nurturing Recovery: Growing Hope and Healthy Relationships
Hope offers warmth and light to the soul and to the souls around us. The person in recovery who attends to the soil and spends time in the recovery garden, nurturing these relationships, can expect good things, such as the blossoming of meaningful relationships.
Picture your recovery as a greenhouse, where hope acts like water and nutrients, helping you cultivate healthy relationships and lasting sobriety. In this episode of 'Recovery Road', Dr. Sterling Shumway and Dr. Thomas Kimball, authors of 'Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery', delve into the six principles that bolster the Twelve Steps and are crucial for maintaining recovery. They explain how hope, defined as a resurgence after despair and an expectation of increased confidence, is the cornerstone of this process.
The moment you hit rock bottom and recognize the need for change often sparks this transformative hope. It enables you to rediscover your identity, build meaningful relationships, achieve goals, cope better, and make wiser choices. However, just as some plants can be toxic, certain relationships can hinder your growth rather than nurture it. The hosts offer practical advice on sorting through these relationships—rebuilding those that are damaged and letting go of those that are beyond repair.
They also tackle the challenge of non-supportive relationships and stress the importance of fostering a support system that promotes hope and growth. This episode is packed with valuable insights and practical tips for anyone on their recovery journey, making it a must-listen for those seeking to nurture their path to sobriety.