{"id":7742,"date":"2019-10-25T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=7742"},"modified":"2019-10-25T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:57:56","slug":"44-the-music-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/44-the-music-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"#44 The Music Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>#44 The Music Lesson<\/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'>#44 The Music Lesson<\/h3><div class='info'><span>25 October, 2019<\/span><span>Podcasts, News<\/span><\/div>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/701541811&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>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the  future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the  present is where everything begins.&rdquo; &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santana.com\/carlos-santana-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Carlos Santana (opens in a new tab)\">Carlos Santana<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the \nillustration of what it takes to play the guitar with skill, we look at \nwhat it takes to maintain sobriety. Recovery from addiction involves the\n learning of new skills and it takes commitment, dedication and many, \nmany hours &ndash; and there will be parts of it that you will not enjoy. <br>Acquiring\n a new skill means you are required to learn, you need to teach yourself\n and you need a feed-back mechanism in the form of a teacher or a coach \nor, in the case of recovering from addiction &ndash; a sponsor. In order to \nmake progress, you will need to learn about your disease. You will need \nto make sure that you are not blindly repeating the same mistakes over \nagain, and that you cannot do in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoy the podcast.<\/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\">12 step<\/a>&nbsp;addiction\n recovery&nbsp;treatment. The purpose of these talks was to teach and \nmotivate individuals to search for their own spiritual solution to their\n <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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#44 The Music Lesson Reach out now, we can help Home \/ #44 The Music Lesson 25 October, 2019Podcasts, News &ldquo;Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. 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They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.&rdquo; &ndash; Carlos Santana. Using the illustration of what it takes to play the guitar with skill, we look at what it takes to maintain sobriety. 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