SAFE RECOVERY

 Part 3 of our discussion on the great debate. It turns out that religious and spiritual are the same thing in many dictionaries all the way back in time to even 1935.  Join host, Monica Richardson,  for a 1 hour epiosde as we wrap up this word that makes a probation officer feel okay to tell a person who got a DUI ticket to attend a "highly religious" lay person peer support, unregulated, unsafe group, where there also might be sex offenders and violent offenders waiting there to share thier spiriutality with you. Oh happy day! Doctors, Attorneys, Pilots and anyone with a license , it turns out is being bullied to go to AA. How and why did this get so deep and how can you fight back. 

Join Host Monica Richardson for an indepth One Hour Interview With Craft Coach- Cathy Taughinbaugh. I’ve personally experienced the heartaches and hardships of substance abuse with my own children, and I understand what it takes to support long-term recovery for both of you. You may be feeling overwhelmed by the chaos, confusion, fear and frustration of trying to deal with your child’s substance abuse. Know that life can change and things can get better. I’ve dedicated my work to helping parents transform the anxiety and uncertainty they feel into clarity and peace of mind through personal coaching. I’m a parent who has been in your shoes and know from the inside how hard this may be for you.

Certified Consultant in EMDR, EMDRIA, EMDR HAP, Certified in Ericksonian Hypnosis and an Accelerated Master Practitioner/Modeler of NLP. I present and train therapists internationally in working with addictions and dysfunctional behaviors. I also train and consult to therapist at Military bases on PTSD, Trauma and addictions. I developed the DeTUR protocol (Desensitization Triggers & Urge Reprocessing) for substance abuse and dysfunctional behaviors, and train and present on it internationally. I am a train and consultant to military therapists internationally on how to work with the troops on issues of PTSD, addictions, and anger using EMDR psychotherapy and DeTUR..

Dr. Adi Jaffe holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Jaffe teaches courses at UCLA and California State University in Long Beach that address addiction specifically or biological psychology and behavioral neuroscience more generally. Dr Jaffe is an addiction therapist that created and works at Alternatives in Los Angeles, CA. 

Join Monica Richardson and Matt Leichter for a one hour show where will disect and discuss how religious AA really is and why they can not and should not court order anybody there. 

Lance Dodes, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and was assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (retired). He has been the Director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard’s McLean Hospital, Director of the Alcoholism Treatment Unit at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (now part of Massachusetts General Hospital) and Director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He annually chairs the discussion group The Patient witih Addiction in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at the fall meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

I attended AA for 36 years. Abstinent. After I worked the steps in and out 3 times in a row ( over the years I did them over again as well) I found myself lacking and seeing "the steps" for what they were. Pretty useless and in many ways harmfull for a young teen like myself who was already good at blaming myself. At 4 years sober and 22 years old I began my quest for real help and answers. At first I read books like The Greatest Secret in the World by Og Mandino, then I began doing outside spitiual healings which did help. I excercised regularly and I searched for truth. Still I suffered with great emotional pain that no one in AA had any answers for  and in fact made me feel worse at times. I will share and discuss the many paths, books, theraputic means I took that finaly got me to a place where I realized I had childhood trauma, I got help from a real PhD, I did rage work and then found out that I was NEVER BROKEN. Two shorts years after studing TM or Quantum Mediation, I left AA never to return and now know for myself that AA is a very dangerous , unhealthy, toxic, unsafe, religious type cultish thing. I am not calling it a "program or a fellowship or a support group" my expereince is proof that AA is very close to all the terms that would say it is a "cult"! 

Did you get a DUI? We will help you if you are in Los Angeles. Know your rights. The 1st amendment says our government and religion need to be kept separate. So how and why is this happening?  Drug Court began in 1989 in Florida and then in 1990 in California. Listen, edcuate and call us for some great literature that we will send you  and you too can change what is happening in our Courts. Monica Richardson is an advocate for change and freedom from Court Ordering to any 12 step meeting.  Know your rights! Fight Back! 

In an interview with Ken Anderson he said to me  "saying AA is spiritual not religious is like saying its "White not Snowflake" ...I laughed outloud!  Join Monica Richardson and Addiction Counselor Laura Thompkins for a 1 hour discussion on Religious vs Spiritual. The courts know what AA is already and I wonder what it will take for average citizens to get that they have rights and that no one can court order you to a religious AA pod ...I think we have a constitution still....yea we do.......A discussion about what religious freedom means in the USA. AND if you get a DUI, they can not force you to go there. But they do . What makes AA religious. Listen to what we have uncovered and they will never be able to say...No it's not religious...it's spiritual! 

Join host Monica Richardson Filmmamker for The 13th Step with guest Matthew Leichter for a1 hour show discussing a new alternative to 12 step programs. 

Join host Monica Richardson with her guest Jeff Foote for an engaging information 1 hour show. Learing something new ... Jeffrey Foote, PhD, is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Motivation & Change, a treatment center in NYC employing 25 Ph.D. level psychologists and specializing in the use of evidence-based approaches for substance use issues. Dr. Foote has been a leader in the science and humanity of change in addiction treatment for twenty-five years, as both a research scientist and clinician. Currently, Dr. Foote is involved in a number of groundbreaking projects, including developing a national self- help training program based on CRAFT, training parents to learn to coach other parents through CRAFT; opening a new rehab facility in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, and releasing a book called Beyond Addiction (Scribner, February 18th) that is a compassionate and science-based family guide and roadmap for navigating the addiction treatment world, as well as training in the use of CRAFT skills. These practical skills include self-care, positive reinforcement, and staying connected in a constructive, positive way to help your loved one. He also has an ongoing involvement in sports psychology and peak performance, and was Psychologist for the New York Mets for 11 years.

HI. I'll be doing a live show from my hotel room @ The Sundance Film Festival where I will be looking to meet poeple and tell them about the film. I'll talk about traveling around the country and visiting Fort Collins, Colorado and Akron, Ohio...Cuyohouga Falls...really...and what we did there and all we found out! We have 129,617 thousand downloads and free listens!!! Please share this everywhere!!!

Mediation, TM and energywork, Massage and body work to relax, rejuvinate ...Chanting, Swimming to clear my head...and how Feng Shui changed my life, all these things and more I learned and applied the years I was in AA and continue to grow since leaving AA. Listen for an hour of healing applications that I have discovered and used over the years. 

A previously recored show with the Fabulous Donna Cornett. Author of 

Previously recorded show with over 2000 listens. Steven Slate works with St Judes Retreat and with one on one situations in NYC. A great guy. Great sane solutions! If you are a parent who knows that AA or NA wont work please take a listen and consider another option. Steven has been interviewed for my upcoming film The 13th Step and is a funny, smart and wonderful guy!