Recovery Is More Than Abstinence

Recovery Is More Than Abstinence

Moving Beyond Stopping to Learning How to Live

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Stopping the substance can save a life, but it does not automatically answer the questions that remain. Who am I now? How do I handle discomfort without escaping it? What does recovery look like when the immediate crisis has passed? Drawing from his own experience with long-term sobriety, relapse, and a deeper return to recovery, Don explores the difference between simply not using and building a life grounded in honesty, connection, purpose, and presence. Audiences will explore recovery as more than abstinence or symptom reduction; recognize the role identity, belonging, and purpose can play in sustained recovery; and consider how honesty, connection, and presence support a life in recovery.

Don Phelps — Motivational Speaker

Don Phelps

Identity, recovery, and moving from performance to presence

Don Phelps brings lived experience, honest storytelling, and practical insight to conversations about identity, recovery, and change. His programs explore what happens when the roles and identities we depend on stop working, and what becomes possible when we move from performance toward greater honesty and presence.

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