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The path From Addict to Disciple may be the path less traveled, but it is the path that makes all the difference! David Hain is the founder of From A2D, has attained the designation of International Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and authored From Addict to Disciple, The Heart of an Addict, and From Ashes to Destiny. He equips people to work with addicts in prisons and communities in the US, Canada and Africa. These podcasts will focus on finding freedom from the emotional wounds which ...
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I recently moved to Toronto from Boston. I play guitar, bass and sax. Hit me up if you want to jam. I play mainly jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass. I am also a nurse on the side.
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Podcast by A2D The Podcast
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We talk about controversial issues and deliberate on them. We believe that the world is like a coin and it's best to see both sides of it. So let's agree to disagree. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2d-talk-show/support
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Today's podcast is a group session with my friends in recovery from Australia, South Africa and the US. I'm sure you'll find several nuggets of wisdom as they answer the following question. Which phrase can you identify with in your addiction, hitting bottom or aha moment of clarity? 1) I felt like I got a death sentence, 2) I'm the weakest I've ev…
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This Wacky Wednesday episode is the story of Stew from Chapter 6 in Phase 3 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. We look at what it means to be entirely ready to have all of your character defects removed. Are you ready to look at every stone and talk about each and every defect of character? What is your weakness that left you vulnerable to ge…
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Today's Wacky Wednesday is the first story in Phase 3 Chapter 5 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. We hear Germaine's story. (episode # 256 introduces Germaine) Germaine had a moment where he was truly broken, all pretense was gone and he decided to stop being a pimp and drug dealer and return home to Georgia. Discussion questions look at: wh…
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Today's episode is a walkabout through Landmines in Recovery Park. I go on this walkabout with Neil, a friend of Michael. Neil shares how it seems like everything that is a common part of recovery is feeling like another landmine in the field for him. Join us as he shares how emotional triggers, coping skills, mistakes, family and success are all l…
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Welcome to the second Wacky Wednesday episode for today. This is the beginning of Phase 3 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum which focuses on moral regeneration and positive character development. It also marks the return to the Twelve Steps and the chapter covers step 4. This episode looks at the story of Lisa her life in addiction, living in…
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Welcome to Wacky Wednesday. This episode is the poem written by Gregory Williams entitled "The Lord's Love". This is also from Chapter 12 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum which is entitled "The Heart in Need of Restoration Not Rehabilitation. What's the difference between those two terms? How do we find restoration for our heart a…
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In today's episode we listen to the journal entry of William, a 20 year old in Tower of Life Men's Shelter in Krugersdorp, South Africa. William shares his thoughts and questions. Who am I? What am I? I feel like a stranger. Feels like there's something missing in my life. Where is everyone? What happened to me? I'm sure you will be challenged and …
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This episode is the second Wacky Wednesday podcast for today and it deals with the first story in Chapter 11 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. This chapter is entitled The Heart in Need of Fellowship and the story is the story of Ross as he was living in a half way house after incarceration for a sexual offense. Key questions from…
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Welcome to Wacky Wednesday as we go through the first story from Phase 2 and Chapter 19 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. This is the story of Neil and his childhood of rape and incest at the hands of his uncle. Neil shares the doubts, fears and pain that riddled his mind. How these memories convinced him that "everything ends in futility an…
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Today's podcast is a group episode with my friends in recovery from Australia, South Africa and the US. You'll enjoy their insight as they answer these questions. What did alcohol, drugs or porn give you the courage to do? When did you realize the courage was counterfeit? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2d--from-a…
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Today's second Wacky Wednesday episode is from Chapter 9 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum entitled The Heart Holding On to Fear and Pain. Discussion topics from this episode include questions like: What fears, anger, resentments, doubts, hatred are you holding on to? How do you begin to let go of them? How would you describe the d…
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Today's Wacky Wednesday is a story from Chapter 8 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum entitled The Heart of an Outcast. As we listen to Paul's story of being an outcast we have many questions to think about and discuss. Were you called names because of your appearance? Were you an outcast? What did you do to feel accepted? How were your feeling…
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Our group of guys in recovery from Australia, South Africa and the US answer these questions on today's episode. What is the one thing in the world you loved doing most before you became an addict? What was it during your addiction? What is it now in your sobriety? I'm sure you'll be encouraged as you hear their answers about stolen joy in childhoo…
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Here's the second episode for today's Wacky Wednesday. The topic is Chapter 7 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. The title of the chapter is The Heart that Feels Alone, Abandoned or Rejected. We'll listen to the first story from this chapter about the childhood wounds of a man named Larry that I met in Lancaster County Prison in Pe…
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In this Wacky Wednesday episode we look at two stories from Chapter 6 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. The chapter is entitled The Heart of Broken Dreams. As we dig deeper we look at questions including: Did addiction become your new dream life? What were your high school dreams? When did they die? What condemning words have you …
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This is a walkabout episode as we stroll together through Hot or Not Park. This park was designed to help people stay on a hot streak in their recovery. Here are some quotes we'll find on the park signs for discussion. "A lack of transparency builds distrust and a deep sense of insecurity." Dalai Lama "Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded …
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This is the second Wacky Wednesday episode for today and it presents snippets from 3 stories from Chapter 5 of Phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. This chapter is entitled The Heart of Addicts Worldwide. Aspects for discussion include the following questions. How do you determine that someone is "safe" to open up to about your addictio…
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Today's Wacky Wednesday episode is the opening story from chapter 4 of phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. The chapter deals with forgiveness and this episode looks at one person's story of addiction. As you listen to Debbie's story reflect on the various levels of self forgiveness that she needed to find. We have 8 questions for discu…
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Today's episode is in response to feedback from episode # 239. Many people asked for more ideas to help them uncover their childhood wound. In this episode we look at six categories of childhood wounds: neglect, betrayal, guilt, abandonment, rejection and suffocation. If you would like to join an online group or have a one on one online session, co…
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In this Wacky Wednesday episode we discuss the introductory passages to Chapter 3 of phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. The chapter is entitled "The Heart That Yearns for Peace" and we read the diary of Goo. He was a heroin addict in the Kensington section of Philadelphia and he wrote his "diary" on the walls of his abando on Sterner …
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This is the first Wacky Wednesday episode as we will continue with two of these every Wednesday for the remainder of 2024. That will allow us to finish the curriculum and still have our regular episodes every Monday. Today we look at questions about your drug of choice becoming your shepherd. Did it provide all your wants? Where did it make you lie…
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Today's episode is the introduction to phase 2 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum which deals with discovering, uncovering and healing our heart wounds which caused or fueled our addiction. Chapter 1 of phase 2 is entitled The Battle For a Heart and it opens with the poem, My Childhood, by Gregory Williams. The key of this moving poem is that …
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Today's episode looks at the story from Chapter 3 of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. We look at nine discussion points from the story such as: How do you pray? Are you ready to ask for help? Are you ready to stick and stay?Thanks for all of the feedback from the previous episodes and, yes, I will continue to make an episode for each of the 30…
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Today's episode is in response to the numerous requests I got to episode # 235. Listeners loved Doug's story and seeing how to dig deeper into the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. So this episode will be Cadillac's story from chapter two of the book and it deals with step 2 of the 12 Steps. As you listen jot down some words that click with you fro…
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Have you used the phrase "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" as your reason or motivation to to detox or rehab? What did you do when you began to feel better and you were no longer sick or tired? Many guys have relapsed when they had those feelings. Or they convinced themselves to leave the rehab early because they were convinced that they…
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Today's episode is a look at the first story of chapter one of the From Ashes to Destiny curriculum. Often I've heard people say things like "It's about heroin, and I never did heroin. So I can't relate to that!" the truth is addiction is addiction is addict. We all go through the same thoughts and activities in addiction regardless of our drug of …
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Today's episode is a walkabout in Cherophobia Park. I'm sure you will be able to identify with the responses the guys wrote in the journals at each of the signs in the park. The signs identify the three telltale signs of cherophobia: 1) avoiding happiness, 2) worrying that happiness will cause bad things and 3) experiencing anxiety about social sit…
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In today's episode, my friends in recovery share their insight and personal experience on this topic. you will be challenged and encouraged in your work in recovery as you listen to things like: the daunting 12 Promise of AA, the haunting confusion when a pillar of the recovery community has a major relapse and much more. --- Support this podcast: …
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Today's episode is a walkabout with my friend Michael through I'm So Embarrassed park. Join us as we look at the complex emotion of embarrassment, how we react to it, how we process it and how we grow from it. Author Miguel Ruiz wrote "When you look in the mirror and hate what you see, you need addictions to survive." But NBA basketball player Jale…
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Today's episode is a group meeting with my six friends in recovery from the US, South Africa and Australia. Listen as they share their wisdom and their journey in learning to let go of the past, people, memories etc. And discovering how to fill their cup with what is new, what is now and what is beneficial to their recovery. Key points included the…
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Do you believe in Santa Claus? What changed if you stopped believing? Did you reach the age where you were Santa Claus to your children, nieces or nephews? Are you at the age in life where you look like Santa Claus? Today we look at those questions and the aspects of Santa Claus bringing joy, happiness, cheer around the world. How can we apply the …
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Are you someone who starts recovery, who starts a new curriculum, who finds a new self help book and is on fire? But quickly the fires begins to die down and you are just going through the motions? This episode looks at how to get back on track. How to follow the plan, not your mood swings! Remember, the plan is not just knowing your goal or destin…
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Today's episode is a walkabout with Michael through Patience Park. He had shared his struggles with being patient, with wanting everything instantly and with getting into arguments repeatedly. Some key quotes are: "Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far," a Swahili proverb and "Patience is when you're supposed to get mad, but…
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In today's episode we look at the Japanese art form of kintsugi. In kintsugi the artist takes broken pottery or glass an joins them together with gold dusting over all of the "scars" or the seams where the pieces are glued together. We compare the steps in this process to the aspects we need to focus on as we deal with our own broken pieces from ou…
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Does your past keep you caught in the identity of an addict or an addict in recovery? Maybe you have begun to identify yourself by how many days, months or years you have been clean. In this episode we look at the 5 P's of identity and the process of growing in self-acceptance so to can focus on your new identity. Lao Tzu said "Knowing others is in…
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What's the difference between a do and a relapse? Between a lapse and a relapse? What causes slips? How do we keep a skip from becoming a full blown relapse? What do we do if we're the loved one of someone who tells us they had a slip? These questions and more in today's episode.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2d-…
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This episode is a walkabout through Beautiful Scars Park with my good friend Michael. Join us as we look at the scars we have, the stuff that caused them and how they have shaped our character. I like the quote by Demi Lovato who said "I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you a…
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Today's episode is a walkabout through Thankful Park. It's more than just an "attitude of gratitude." It's about finding a way to grow a thankful heart. Cicero said it's the greatest virtue. How can we be thankful for the struggle and find our strength? How can we be thankful that thorns have roses rather than complaining about the thorns? Join us …
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This episode is a follow up to episode # 216 entitled One Truth. I got quite a few messages from listeners asking how to find the truth. So here goes. Today we look at ways to find the truth, to experience it and to apply it. We also look at things in us that may be acting as blockages to the truth. It's important that we become aware of the blocka…
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Today's episode is a walkabout. Join me as I go through this park. The motivation for this episode was a message from a listener who said "David, I feel like I'm plodding along in recovery with a millstone around my neck." I hope that every listener finds understanding of their millstone and the motivation to take off that millstone and move forwar…
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Thanks for joining Michael and me as we go for a walkabout in Words Hurt Park. How have words, labels, and name calling hurt you over the years? Have you begun to label yourself? Where can you turn to find healing from the wounds and crushed spirit you have as a result of hurtful words? Join us to start the process of restoring a cheerful heart and…
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Today's episode looks at this poem written in the 1900s by American motivational writer William Arthur Ward. Listen to hear some keys to find adventure, purpose, essence, spice and beauty in life... AND so much more!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2d--from-addict-to-disci/support…
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Today's episode is a follow up to last week's podcast on Ten Minute Friends. I'll be going on a walkabout with my friend Michael in I'm Glad I Spoke With You Today Park. I hope you find strength as he responds to quotes like : "Sometimes I feel like I don't know where I am." "It's like I'm in a world that's changed and I'm trying but...." "So I wat…
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How many friends do you really have? I'm not talking about friends on Facebook or Instagram. I mean friends that will meet with you in person or talk to you on the phone for ten minutes everyday, out a few times a week, at least once a week. The key for me is: I'd rather hear your story than read about your story on social media.--- Support this po…
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Today's episode is a group session with our guys in recovery from the US, South Africa and Australia. I'm sure you will be encouraged by their one truth as they answer this question: "What's the one truth that you learned in childhood, or in addiction, or in recovery that has become a core value in who you are as a man? By core value, I mean it is …
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For today's episode, I go on a walkabout with my friend Michael who has been struggling to establish a recovery for more than five years. On the walkabout we discuss these words by American author and historian Edward Everett Hale: "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something, and because I cannot do ever…
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This is a group episode with our guys in recovery from Australia, South Africa and the US. They share their journey in response to this question "If we can help you make sense of why you became an addict, can you make sense of the choice of recovery?" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2d--from-addict-to-disci/suppor…
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Today's episode is a walkabout in Outside Looking In park. Join us as we reduce on this topic. What does it mean to be on the outside looking in? Do you feel like you've always been on the outside looking in? Where do you belong? Where do you fit in? Do you find out hard to even explain yourself to friends and family? How go you find the courage to…
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Today's episode is a group meeting where our guys in recovery in the US, Australia and South Africa trains to this quote "You can't do the next right thing, if you always ignore this moment's right thing." What are the thieves that steal your enjoyment of the present moment? How do we find the inner strength and courage to do the next right thing? …
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