The 1% in Recovery Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction

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The 1% in Recovery Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction

Stopping Gambling and Alcohol Addiction!! Gambling Addiction is the new epidemic. Learn with a Recovery Expert, Hugo V and his knowledgeable Guests. Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction. Become The 1% in Recovery and Achieve Total Freedom. This podcast talks about recovery, healing, working The Steps, gambling, drugs, alcohol, and emotional intelligence. We solve the emotional disease of addiction. Your EQ is Your IQ. Empowering People Through Self Awareness. Live Your Best Life!!

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  1. EPISODE 181

    Part IV: Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Link in Recovery

    Text and Be Heard Emotional intelligence transforms recovery from a daily struggle into a journey of self-discovery and healing. Most of us enter recovery as emotional children in adult bodies, capable of identifying only the most basic feelings while missing the complex emotional landscape that defines the human experience. For years, I operated as an eight-year-old emotionally, despite being a thirty-year-old man when I entered my first 12-step meeting. I could recognize anxiety, distinguish between happiness and sadness, and feel excitement—but that limited emotional vocabulary left me unable to process the deeper hurts driving my addiction. This emotional stunting isn't unique; it's epidemic among those struggling with substance use disorders and recognized by the American Medical Association as a disease in itself. The path forward requires asking ourselves daily: "How do I feel?" While this seems simple, it's revolutionary for those who've spent decades disconnected from their emotional reality. As my therapist explained during seven years of emotional education, "A child has one feeling at a time. An adult has multiple feelings all the time." This distinction marks the difference between emotional immaturity and the awareness needed for lasting recovery. When we can identify multiple emotions simultaneously—recognizing that hurt often underlies anger, that gratitude can coexist with sadness—we begin developing the emotional intelligence that connects us to ourselves, our spiritual nature, and others in genuinely intimate relationships. Ready to transform your recovery through emotional intelligence? Join our Recovery Freedom Circle on Facebook where we explore the steps, ask important questions, and create a community of emotional growth and healing. Life truly becomes wonderful when you finally know how you feel. Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    11 min

  2. EPISODE 182

    Live in Barbados!! Wealthy & Free: Health is Wealth, Defining Success and Freedom from Addiction, Barbados Live

    Text and Be Heard Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    9 min

  3. EPISODE 183

    Live in Beverly Hills!! Contentment - The Goal in Life and Recovery. Buddha had it Right.

    Text and Be Heard Contentment is the only Feeling you can have Daily.  Elevate all Areas of Your Life - Emotionally, Spiritually, Mentally, Physically, Financially and Socially.   That is Freedom That is Living Your Best Life Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    6 min

  4. EPISODE 184

    Live in Oxford, MS - Rowan Oak!! Finding Peace Among the Oaks, Elms and Magnolias.

    Text and Be Heard Live in Oxford, MS!! Rowan Oak The Trees provide Peace and Serenity.  The Oaks, Elms and Magnolias. Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    4 min

  5. EPISODE 185

    Live at Peace & Justice Memorial in Montgomery, AL!! Find Your Peace and Freedom, Heal from Our Past.

    Text and Be Heard Live from Peace & Justice Memorial in Montgomery, AL!!   Find Your Peace and Freedom.  Heal from our Past.  Embrace History and Your Story. Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    9 min

  6. EPISODE 186

    Elaine, Alcoholic Talks about Peace, Grief and Community. Recovery Rocks!!!

    Text and Be Heard Elaine, Alcoholic Talks about Peace, Grief and Community.  Recovery Rocks!!! 24 Years in Recovery.   LinkedIn:  Elaine Williams | LinkedIn   Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    25 min

  7. EPISODE 187

    Retreats, Spiritual Retreats: Finding Your Three Key Relationships and the Secret to Stopping Addiction.

    Text and Be Heard Spiritual retreats offer a transformative opportunity to strengthen the three relationships essential for recovery: with yourself, your higher power, and your recovery community. By unplugging from daily distractions, we create space for self-discovery, spiritual connection, and authentic relationships that sustain long-term recovery. • Recovery and life are fundamentally about connection and relationships • The relationship with yourself develops through quiet reflection, reading, and journaling • Reading and writing produce more growth than just attending meetings and sharing • Relationship with your higher power comes from letting go of control • Connection with others in recovery provides the human help we all need • Success includes mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial health • Understanding others is more valuable than being understood • Giving love freely results in receiving love tenfold in return Join our Facebook group Recovery Freedom Circle where we focus on recovery, the steps, your goals, dreams, and provide a supportive community for any questions you might have. Support the show Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!! Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | Facebook Your EQ is Your IQ YouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo V Recovery Freedom Circle The System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships. A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weeks www.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.Love TikTok - Lifeiswonderful.Love Pinterest - Lifeiswonderful.Love Twitter - LifeWonderLove LinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

    10 min
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Stopping Gambling and Alcohol Addiction!! Gambling Addiction is the new epidemic. Learn with a Recovery Expert, Hugo V and his knowledgeable Guests. Successful Gamblers & Alcoholics Stopping Addiction. Become The 1% in Recovery and Achieve Total Freedom. This podcast talks about recovery, healing, working The Steps, gambling, drugs, alcohol, and emotional intelligence. We solve the emotional disease of addiction. Your EQ is Your IQ. Empowering People Through Self Awareness. Live Your Best Life!!

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