Vernon is openly discusses his personal journey through addiction and subsequent recovery.
He holds a firm conviction that every individual grapples with their own process of recovery, and he perceives god within as a profound source of guidance both for spiritual growth and the journey towards healing.
This podcast is not centered on substance abuse, but rather focuses on the broader theme of recovery and its profound significance in one's spiritual journey.
Its overarching aim is to provide invaluable support to individuals seeking to bridge their spiritual void with the profound wisdom contained within.
The ultimate objective of this podcast is to facilitate a deeper comprehension of the complexities surrounding trauma and addiction, offering listeners a path towards profound personal insight and growth.
Pain and misery are realities.
Most addicts are unwilling to accept reality so they do their best to change what is unacceptable.
They use drugs because they don't want to feel.
Subcons…
Don't be satisfied with your religious performances. Instead, build a loving personal relationship with Christ by accepting who you are.
Pay attention to what you say about yourself and…
The most beautiful, touching thing you can do for your mother is to forgive her.
It's the most beautiful thing she have done for you.
Forgive her now before it's too late.
Life gets better when we lean with the flow of it.
We have to use our intuition rather than our fixed ideas if it's going to make any sense.
Life doesn't care about what we think or fee…
Whether we realize it or not, we all talk to ourselves.
No matter how hard we try to shut off our minds we can't do it.
Our self-talk reflects the way we feel about ourselves. In this…
Thousands of addicts found recovery despite the crisis they faced. You never have to use drugs again one day at a time for the remainder of your life!
Let us love you until you understan…
The flesh is trying to teach us how to gain the world and lose our soul. The Spirit enlightens us we can't lose our souls. The Holy Spirit is perfectly aware that we don't recognize our…
Most men have no inner resources to help them escape the trap of their egos. When our emotions get in the way our vision gets narrow. A spiritual man like Joseph kept one eye on God …
In this episode, I had an informative conversation with a good friend of mine on the Stereo app about accepting reality. Our expectations exert tremendous discomfort in our lives when …
An intimate relationships must go through major reconstruction during recovery. It pertains to removing self-defeating patterns that have become embedded during active addiction.
Restoring trust takes time.
Our words played an important role in addiction. They helped us stay in our self-made prison. We must proceed to do the next best thing until our words agai…
Learn to pay attention to what you tell yourself. Our internal dialogue has the power to calm us or make us feel inadequate. Our sense of who we are is wrapped up in our thoughts.
We have two choices. We can continue making unreasonable demands and becoming frustrated when things don't spin our way. Or we can surrender our lives to God and live at peace with ours…
We are so focused on how we have been victimized that we fail to see how we have been harming ourselves. We wounded a lot of people, but most of all, we harmed ourselves.
Spiritual food is just as real as physical food. It satisfies us in a way that cannot be satisfied with anything physical. Fame, sex, or money cannot fill our spiritual void. Until we …
Most of us can't be ourselves because we don't know who we are. We learned to be whoever we needed to be to fit in. The Bible is a spiritual mirror revealing and uncovering our defect…
At this time, this pandemic is the worst thing in the world.
However, what we can not see is God orchestrating a whole new calling on our lives. One of God's strategies for directing Hi…
God wants us to grow up. We can grow and learn every moment of every day if we are open to the lesson. Learning isn't limited to the classroom. It takes place in the kitchen and on t…
We all have moments of gloom in our recovery. We get through those unsettling times by faith. The first thing to leave you when you relapse is your spirit, and it's the last thing that…
There comes a time in life; we realize that the way we see ourselves is not necessarily the way others do. When we are physically hungry, we don't think correctly. Well, it's the same …