Doc Jacques Your Addiction Lifeguard" podcast is like your friendly chat with a seasoned therapist, Dr. Jacques de Broekert, who's all about helping folks navigate the choppy waters of addiction and mental health. Join Doc Jacques on a journey through real talk about addiction, therapy, and mental wellness. Each episode is like sitting down with a good friend who happens to be an expert in addiction recovery. Doc Jacques shares his insights, tips, and stories, giving you a lifeline to better ...
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When You Order Salvation You Must Receive The Goods
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Send us a text If you ask for salvation you must be ready to do the work that results in salvation. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text When you have been working on the big things in recovery sometimes you can lose sight of the small things that make a big difference. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Is picking a sponsor a seemingly difficult or impossible task for you? Well get some advice on how to do it and who to pick. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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The Stoics Can Teach Us Something About Recovery
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Send us a text The Stoic philosophy can be applied to recovery., Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text How we get past the use of arrogance to get into recovery is through connection and trust. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Being magically stuck in a position where you won't move to get the help and get into recovery is a tough place to find yourself. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Having a troubled past will lead you to destruction. Getting into a group environment can help you when you are trying to work through your old issues that seem to linger in your present. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text If you go back out what can you expect, and just what did you do? Was it an accident, and experiment, or a full on relapse? Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Determination Is All You Need To Get There
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Send us a text Will power is not what will get you into recovery, determination is the real driver. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Accountability And Responsibility, What's The Difference?
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Send us a text Accountability and responsibility are two very different things but in recovery they sometimes get confused to mean the same thing. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Is Step Five really the most difficult step? Deflation of the ego is a necessary step and yes it is difficult. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Addiction Is Not A Choice, But A Decision Is
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Send us a text Some would say that addiction is you just choosing to use. Others say it is beyond your control. I say life is about decisions and you can make a different decision today to do something else. Support the Show.
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Send us a text When you are working on recovery you will need to go through memories of all the stuff you did. How do you do that without weaponizing those memories to attack yourself. By using purposeful remembering. Support the Show.
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Send us a text There are several stages of denial when you are working on your recovery. So what are those stages? Good question, listen and find out. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Right fighters are a problem in recovery. Are you one? Are you fighting for the right to party (yes 1990s reference millennials)? Let's find out why and what to do about them. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Hear some words of wisdom from someone who survived the 1960's and lived to tell about it. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Our guest today has taken a wondering path to recovery that has included may twists and turns. Support the Show.By John
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Send us a text After you get out of rehab what's next? The aftercare program kicks in. Or at least it should. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text What's the difference between abstinence, sobriety, and recovery? Support the Show.
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Send us a text Why are boundaries important and just how do you place, maintain, and keep them? Support the Show.
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You Need To Change Your Behavior To Change Your Thinking
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Send us a text Why you can't think your way out of addiction. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Destruction of relationships due to enmeshment requires more than just words or behavior for addiction it is an entire relationship culture that needs to change. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Is the opposite of addiction sobriety or being clean? I don't think so. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text It seems like the world is blowing up and that can be a threat to your recovery. Do something to help your self cope. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Why do you lose time and reality when you get triggered? And why does impulsivity take over? Support the Show.
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Send us a text Just what does it take for something to rise to the level of abuse? Understanding what trauma is and when is it reaching the level that you could recognize as abuse? Support the Show.
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Send us a text PAWS, otherwise known as Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, is a real issue that few people realize is effecting them in recovery. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Make Your Recovery As Visible As Your Addiction
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Send us a text Why do we want to hide our recovery when our addiction was so visible? Support the Show.
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Send us a text When you discharge from rehab you should be working an aftercare program if you plan on really getting serious about recovery. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Authenticity can be a difficult thing to have when it comes to the change needed to get into recovery. Support the Show.
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Send us a text My thoughts on when a diagnosis from a psychiatrist can be confusing to a patient as well as a therapist. That's because the diagnosis is not a disease but rather a label to identify the disease. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Are you in recovery and being distracted from your own recovery by helping others with their recovery when you should be working on your own? Support the Show.
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Is Your Marriage Being Destroyed By Addiction?
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Send us a text How do yo change the marriage you have into a better union, while taking on the enemy known as addiction? Support the Show.
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Send us a text Are you moving at the speed of pain in your recovery? How long is recovery supposed to take anyway? Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Living with a constant feeling of failure while you are working on, or are in, recovery is not a healthy way to live. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text In what environment can you heal your addicted brain? Probably not the one you are in now and most likely not the one you think. Support the Show.
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Send us a text Has addiction turned you into a professional dependent? It's time to address that. Support the Show.
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Send us a text For those of you who have reached Step !2 it is difficult to understand some times when and how to apply what we are telling you to do. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text What is your greatest weakness? It is your inability to surrender to your recovery. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text IS it OK to use THC products if you are in recovery or working on recovery? That's a very good question. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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The Institute Of Higher Unlearning 2: New Things To Learn
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Send us a text It's time to unlearn some old things and replace them with new things. Join Professor Doc Jacques as he teaches you some new things you need to learn to replace the old learned things. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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The Goldilocks Syndrome: Resistance to Treatment
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Send us a text Why are you so resistant to treatment? Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Harm Reduction: Is It A Mystery Or A Myth?
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Send us a text Is it possible to actually reduce the harm you are experiencing by using your drug of choice at a controlled rate? Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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You Are Actually Destroying Your Brain By Drinking
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Send us a text Finally, proof that drinking damages the brain discovered through an extensive study of grey matter and white matter volume of those who drink alcohol. And it is worse than we thought. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Yes it's once again the topic of observe don't absorb. Getting reactive due to taking on others issues is always an issue. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text We all need to change, but addicts love to change the world around them as a means to get sober but that may not be the right approach. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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The Doc Jacques Institute of Higher Unlearning
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Send us a text Learning a new narrative about yourself requires you to unlearn the existing, false narrative learned through conditioning through trauma as a child. Welcome to the Institute of Higher Unlearning. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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Send us a text Step 10 requires constant vigilance to understand your flaws and defects and to make changes to them in real time. Support the Show.
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Send us a text If you don't know why you should do 12 Step meetings let me give some reasons. They are important to you getting clean and sober. Support the Show.By Dr. Jacques de Broekert
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