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March 23, 2022

Choosing Sobriety and Dealing with Grief

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, Chris and John talk about dealing with emotional constipation and the temptation to use and instead choosing sobriety. They then transition into the topic of dealing with grief.

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March 16, 2022

A short recovery revelation

Chris shares a revelation from this past weekend about finding a healthy way to deal with “emotional constipation”

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March 9, 2022

Pacing Your Recovery and Finding a Coach

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, Chris and John discuss pacing your recovery and finding a coach/sponsor!

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March 2, 2022

Step 4: Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast, Chris and John discuss Step 4 and creating a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory. Want to send us a topic or a question? email admin@119nine.org

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Feb. 23, 2022

Reflections on losing a recovery brother

On this solo episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John Rizzi discusses the recent passing of a brother in recovery.

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Feb. 16, 2022

Discloser: When to Share and When Not to Share

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John and Chris discuss when it's appropriate to share and when not to share and it ultimately comes down to Boundaries and Sobriety.

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Feb. 9, 2022

Full Disclosure: The Whole Truth or Not

Should you fully disclose what you've done to your significant other? On this episode John and Chris discuss the topic of Full Disclosure and open up the discussion to be continued...

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Jan. 26, 2022

What It's Like to Deliver a Testimony

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast John and Chris discuss what it was like delivering their testimonies and break down the process of what they went through. It's a part of Principle 8 and Step 12 to give …

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Jan. 19, 2022

Step Study Testimonials Featuring James K

On this special episode The Recovery Lifestyle we welcome guest James K to the studio along with cohosts Chris Decker and John Rizzi. We discuss sharing our mini testimonies about Step Studies in preparation for Friday night.

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Jan. 12, 2022

Setting and Keeping Goals in a Recovery Context

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast, Chris and John discuss goal setting through a recovery lens. A fitting topic for the new year!

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Dec. 22, 2021

A Formula for Living an Integrated Life ft. Pastor Jeff Hamilton

On this special episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast, Pastor Jeff Hamilton joins Chris and John in studio to discuss the recovery ministry at Hills Church, the science and theology of addiction, and 1X1X1=1 - the formula for living an …

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Dec. 15, 2021

How to Deal With Difficult People

On this very special episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, Chris and John talk about how to deal with difficult people and bring up some real life examples.

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Dec. 8, 2021

Principle 3 Continued

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, Chris and John continue the discussion on Principle 3

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Nov. 24, 2021

Step 3: TURN

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, cohosts Chris Decker and John Rizzi discuss Step 3 and turning our lives and wills to the care of God.

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Nov. 10, 2021

Step 2: SANITY Continued

Join us for this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast where co-hosts John Rizzi and Chris Decker discuss Step 2 and the process of Jesus Christ restoring us to sanity.

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Nov. 3, 2021

Step 2: SANITY - The Testimony of Chadwick

On this special episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast, Chadwick shares his testimony in finding Jesus and the transformative nature of restoring him to Sanity.

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Oct. 27, 2021

HOPE with special guest Caleb Anderson

On this episode of the Recovery Lifestyle podcast, Chris Decker interviews Caleb Anderson and we dig into the topic of HOPE - the founder and Lead Farmer at Spirit Farm: Cultivating growth in the WHOLE of life--body, mind, heart, soul. …

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Oct. 20, 2021

Step 2: Hope

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John Rizzi and Chris Decker share about Step 2 of the 12 steps and cover the concept of HOPE. If anything resonated with you in today's episode please let us know in …

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Oct. 13, 2021

Step 1 Part 2: Powerless

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John Rizzi and Chris Decker discuss the first step and the acrostic POWERLESS.

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Oct. 6, 2021

Step 1 Stepping Out of Denial

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle podcast, John Rizzi and Chris Decker talk about step 1 of the 12 steps and focus on the concept of stepping out of denial.

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Sept. 29, 2021

12 Step Overview

On this episode of the Recovery Lifestyle we're starting a new series on the 12 steps. This episode is an overview of all 12 with some commentary in between.

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Sept. 22, 2021

How Moving Fast Leads to Burnout

On this episode of the Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John Rizzi and Chris Decker explore the concept of Burnout and how when our lives appear to be going faster, the best thing we can do is slow down.

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Sept. 15, 2021

Mental Health: A Story of Repentance

On this special episode of the Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, Chris Decker shares his story of suffering from mental health issues, hitting a deep rock bottom and finding hope through repentance.

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Aug. 18, 2021

Out of the Darkness with Cory M. Schortzman

On this episode of The Recovery Lifestyle Podcast, John Rizzi interviews author of Out of the Darkness, Cory M. Schortzman Out of the Darkness (The Book) is an introduction to understanding intimacy, emotional and sexual anorexia. It was written for …

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