The Recovery Toolkit Podcast richiey

Dot Smith is the CEO of Recovery Connections, a lived experience organisation based in the North East of England.This organisation - and Dot herself - has had a massive impact on the North East recovery scene and has helped thousands of people across the region.
Here, Dot explains that she has been able to create a culture of recovery that is threaded through the whole organisation; one which gives hope and opportunity to all those that are involved. Dot is also candid about her recovery journey and how that sits alongside the growth of the organisation.

Dan found recovery through an organisation called Recovery Connections. This lead him to 12 step recovery, where he was able to be surrounded by others on a similar journey. Running and exercise became a big part of Dans recovery and to celebrate 5 years sobriety this year he is completing 5 big challenges. Please have a listen to find out what they are. Dan set up a football team for those in recovery and allowed him to regain his passion for football without the influence of drink or drugs.
 
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This week we welcome Aaron Parker to the podcast. Aaron talks about habits, self awareness, meditation and of course we have a conversation about his journey to get to where he is now. Aaron now runs an organisation called The Conscious Self, who run nature retreats to help people connect to their inner self while immersed in nature. It has been far from plain sailing for Aaron but he is extremely grateful for what his life looks like now.

In this episode Richie is Joined by Paul Mort an accomplished life coach who has twice won UK master coach of the year.
Paul has a no nonsense approach to coaching and is an inspiring figure for many men and women.
Throughout this conversation we learn about Paul’s beliefs regarding building a new life that excites you and adds value to the world. Paul gave up drinking a while ago and is sure that it has allowed him to build his business and impact more people.
Paul is a big believer in journaling and meditation, and talks about how note taking and ideas play a huge part in his life. 
This episode is filled with amazing takeaways that really can help people in their recovery.

In this episode Richie talks to Ria, who is 4 years in recovery from alcoholism. In recovery, Ria moved from a victim mentality and self pity to take responsibility for herself and to get back to the things in life that she enjoys.
Physical activity is a big part of her recovery and she has completed several marathons. She has also got a stable job and is present in her daughter's life.
Ria talks about how the one big thing she is aware of now is the ability to admit when she is wrong - but she is also surrounded by people who can call her out when needed. She also has some great coping strategies that help her manage.
Ria is inspiring in so many ways and this conversation sums up what is possible for anyone who wants it.

In episode six, Richie has a honest and open conversation with Neil Wilson. Neil talks about his relationship with football and how it helped him escape his childhood trauma. When he left the professional game he turned to drink and drugs as a way to cope.
Addiction took Neil to some dark places, including prison. When released, Neil was able to channel his drive for success into sales and become very successful in business but he talks about how this was another coping strategy.
Neil discusses his desire to be sober, and how rehab and AA helped him in his early years - without forgetting that he had to do the work. Neil has faced some big challenges in his recovery and is an inspiration to many how he dealt with them.
Listen to how Neil now lives his life in recovery and find out what’s in his toolkit.