Sobriety, Meditations and other Mental Health Tools for Individuals, Families and Counselors
Welcome to Fostering Resilience 🌺 I'm Dr. KJ. I have a PhD in counselor education and I am a licensed mental health counselor in the State of Florida. I am also the author of the books "The Warrior's Guide to Successful Sobriety" and "Fostering Resilience for the Family in Recovery" and the soon to be released (June 13, 2024) "Mastering Self-Love Workbook."
I'm also someone who has recovered from crippling anxiety and an addiction to alcohol.
This channel is dedicated to helping people overcome anxiety, addiction or any other issues that may be holding them back from living their best life. You'll find videos to help support successful sobriety, meditations to help strengthen your mental and emotional muscles, and other videos to support overall mental health and wellbeing.
I hope you find something that brings you more strength and resilience.
this seems my style alcoholics anonymous is not working for me since i support plant medicine and psychedelics people will never understand me there and im not allowed to get chips even though im six months off fentanyl
This must be what i'm experiencing, paws, but the description does not sound like what's happening to me. 4 months after stopping opiates, it still feels like acute withdrawal, like acute withdrawal starts overwhelming and super, imperceptivity slowly decreases. 4 months later, I haven't had a day where i felt good. I feel horrible every day. The only time I feel alright is right after I wake up from a little sleep, but once i get up, within 15 minutes the anhedonia, 0 energy, shaking limbs returns.
I am sorry I shared my 5th step with the sponsor I had at the time. Unfortunately, I've found that anonymity has gone out the window. I was friends with her for a number of years and witnessed a lot of gossip and narcissistic behavior. I no longer live in that town, but return to get my hair cut, only to hear what has been shared about me. Not only does my hairdresser know I'm an alcoholic, but she knows the details of my divorce and the former sponsor's judgement of it. Very unsafe. I recommend you work with a therapist, not a sponsor. I will not return to AA. It served it's purpose, and for that I am very grateful. Stay alert, trust your gut and get a THERAPIST.
KJ, I celebrated 2 years sober last month. Just wanted to say thank you for your vids about the program and meditation. They helped me understand what I needed to do in those early months. ❤
I believe your working on step 4 of daily living each day, it's being aware of them, and work to change character defects. I'm continually working on Step 4.
thank you so much for ur advice , starting to write down how using has made my life unmanageable in my iphone notes… currently 10 hours off not feeling terrible
Hello Dr Foster im Terry Ormsby from Tauranga Moana Napier New Zealand how are you if you don't mind me asking wat is your first name n wat does LMHC.CAP mean please as I'm in the process of doing my inventory of the 12 steps step four at the moment which i know is going to take a while as im in no hurry started back in March Loved your commentary im 154 days sober longest I've ever been kind regards Terry Ormsby 👍
Hi Terry! Congratulations on choosing a healthier lifestyle. My first name is Karrol-Jo and LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor and CAP stands for Certified Addiction Professional. I also have a PhD in Counseling. Wishing you much continued success on your journey and glad you are finding the videos helpful.
Hi my name is Jared and I'm recovering addiction I just feel that could you please help me out with some tips to ponder on during my recovery stage please thank you so much adult really mean a lot to me and my family thank you❤
Hi Jared - Congratulations on choosing a sober lifestyle. The best advice I can give is to follow the Toothbrush Therapy protocol. It's 5 sober disciplines. Check out the video!
Still in process of PAWS was a benzodiazepine addict for 12 years and I’m only 31. Got started from a legitimate doctor and let me tell you it’s been pure hell.
I feel for you, Anthony. Benzos are difficult. Please keep reminding yourself that as long as you keep going, you'll never have to feel this way again.
I'm in NA and AA and what they all say there is that doing those things definitely help but what will really help is step work. I've just completed my step one and each time I think of a drink or drug I feel sick because I know where it'll take me. I know I've just started but just wanted to offer something to those just coming into twelve step fellowships.
I really enjoyed the meditation, especially the absence of background music-it was refreshing not having it blasting in my headphones. However, the frequent muting and unmuting of the microphone was distracting and took away from the experience.
I would never do the steps again with another person in AA as there is far too much gossip within this very tight little community. I've been sober 25 years and as much as I appreciated having AA for my first few years, it became too much of a social circle. EVERYBODY knows everybody and yes, they talk behind your back. I keep in touch with a handful of people who helped me at the beginning and have moved on with life.
I left because of this very reason. Not only will they gossip, they'll turn you in to the folks! The fellowship of AA is way overrated. And down right toxic, to be honest
@Ramzblood I recently went back into the town where I used to live. The hairdresser (not in the program) shared the rumors of my "departure ". She still cuts my former sponsors hair. Its so convoluted, not to mention she broke my anonymity. I had made a lot of efforts to not do that, yet a sponsor can? Unfuckingbeleivable. Toxic is right..and very hypocritical.
We - the first 100 or so . There is no mention of “ working “ the steps as a group anywhere in the text. If there is please explain. Reference page numbers please.
