{"id":6158,"date":"2019-09-20T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2019-09-20T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:01:11","slug":"40-truth-at-any-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/40-truth-at-any-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"#40 Truth At Any Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>#40 Truth At Any Cost<\/h1><a href=\"#recoveryModal\" class=\"btn submit\" data-toggle=\"modal\">Reach out now, we can help<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header><div id=\"crumbs\" class=\"contained\" data-is-podcasts=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\">Home<\/a>  \/  <\/div><h3 class='article-title'>#40 Truth At Any Cost<\/h3><div class='info'><span>20 September, 2019<\/span><span>Podcasts, News<\/span><\/div>\n<figure><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/666099938&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most respected people in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Gulags (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/russia\/gulag\" target=\"_blank\">Gulags<\/a> and the concentration camps were the people who told the truth, regardless of the consequences to themselves. <br>Are we, as addicts, capable of evaluating and drawing conclusions about what is truth and what is not and how does the way an individual defines the truth for themselves impact on their own community ? Do we only tell the truth when it is convenient to us ?<br>Do we look for convenience in our lives or meaning ? If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting the same results. The objective in recovery is to change. Changing myself means evaluating myself and my emotions truthfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.&rdquo;<br>&#8213; Viktor E. Frankl, Man&rsquo;s Search for Meaning .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast was recorded as a series of lectures given to people in <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/the-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"12 step (opens in a new tab)\">12 step<\/a>&nbsp;addiction&nbsp;recovery&nbsp;treatment. The purpose of these talks was to teach and motivate individuals to search for their own spiritual solution to their&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/types-of-addiction\/drug-addiction\/\" target=\"_blank\">addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to contact me directly or go to our site for more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dominic@crrc.co.za\">dominic@crrc.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crossroadsrecovery.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+27&nbsp;012&nbsp;345 1186&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/treatment-centre-pretoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pretoria<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+27&nbsp;010&nbsp;597 7784&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/treatment-centre-johannesburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johannesburg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#40 Truth At Any Cost Reach out now, we can help Home \/ #40 Truth At Any Cost 20 September, 2019Podcasts, News The most respected people in the Gulags and the concentration camps were the people who told the truth, regardless of the consequences to themselves. Are we, as addicts, capable of evaluating and drawing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36],"tags":[96,41,33,26,68,58,25,75],"class_list":["post-6158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-news","tag-12-step-programme","tag-12steps","tag-spirituality","tag-addiction","tag-jhb-rehab","tag-pretoria-rehab","tag-recovery","tag-south-african-rehab","entry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",537,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4-147x351.jpg",147,351,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",537,1280,false],"large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4-432x1030.jpg",432,1030,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",537,1280,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",537,1280,false],"alm-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",63,150,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/40-Truth-at-any-cost-4.jpg",537,1280,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>#40 Truth At Any CostReach out now, we can helpHome \/ #40 Truth At Any Cost20 September, 2019Podcasts, News The most respected people in the Gulags and the concentration camps were the people who told the truth, regardless of the consequences to themselves. 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