Episode 31: Waking up to What? Spiritual Practice and Finding your Purpose

Episode 31 waking up to what? spiritual practice and finding your purpose “What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” – Abraham Maslow In the depths of addiction, there’s never enough. Almost by definition, addiction is the attempt to fill a craving that’s impossible to satisfy. The addict is…

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Episode 22: The Art of Practice Returning Again and Again

Episode 22: The Art of Practice Returning Again and Again Anonymity and the Stigma of Addiction The map is not the territory. A theoretical understanding will only get us so far. Integral Recovery, much like our lives, and our addictions, is about what we do. Waking up, growing up, cleaning up, and showing up are…

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Adam Gorman Now a Doctor of Psychology

Adam Gorman, long-time friend of Integral Recovery, has published his dissertation, Integral Recovery: A Case Study of an AQAL [All-quadrants, All-levels, All-lines, All-states, All-types] Approach to Addiction Treatment. You can read it on this website by looking under Resources/Articles. Adam is co-author of the case study appendix in John’s book, Integral Recovery, and is looking…

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Sometimes Even Yogis Need Rehab by Brett Walker

Published in the Elephant Journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sometimes-even-yogis-need-rehab–brett-walker/ Brett Walker is a full time student of psychology at Naropa University. He works for Integral Life here in Boulder and sometimes for Integral Recovery in Utah. He lives his life one day at a time and isn’t hung over in yoga class anymore. He can be reached at…

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