Welcome to episode 16 of 'The Reaching Out Show' dear listeners, and this week Nick is tackling a subject we're all intimate with - procrastination. There's a little bit of it in all of use, and a lot of it in those of us who have been through addiction and into recovery. It gives us higher levels of stress and annoyance, and yet still we bury our heads in the sand? Why? Listen to this episode now to hear some great suggestions on how we can deal with it in an effective, adult way.

TRACKLIST

1. Guns 'N' Roses - Live And Let Die
2. Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
3. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
4. John Phillips - Topanga Canyon
5. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
6. The Eagles - Desperado
7. Neil Young - Old Man

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Welcome to episode 15 of The Reaching Out Show. Continuing the theme for 2022 of motivating ourselves to grow during this year, today Nick looks at embracing positivity, and working out who the "real me" is in Recovery. In active addiction, our identity was often portrayed through our job, or our role in some element of society or another. But really, that was all part of the façade. So, how do we work out who we really are? Tune in now to hear more!!

TRACKLIST

1. College - A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth)
2. Suede - Black Or Blue
3. The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl
4. Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
5. The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
6. R.E.M. - Drive
7. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

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Welcome to episode 14 of The Reaching Out Show. Today Nick talks about having a good quality of life in Recovery, a life of spiritual richness and contentment. We do this by taking action, by taking the right decisions to help our recoveries and by tackling the issues we always avoided in active addiction.

TRACKLIST

1. Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash
2. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
3. Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)
4. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Straight Up And Down
6. Thea Gilmore - Mainstream
7. The Flaming Lips - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (feat.Miley Cyrus)

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Negative thinking and catastrophising - we're all guilty of it!! How does it impact on our recoveries? More importantly, how can we deal with it effectively and in a way that benefits our recoveries? In this episode Nick looks long and hard at the issue of negativity, of how our tendency is to convince ourselves that whatever we do, it is bound to fail. In a series of programmes that are proving to be super-helpful for the recovery community, this is a real standout gem.

TRACKLIST

1. Jake Fior - For Lovers (feat. Pete Doherty)
2. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
3. The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music
4. Blur - This Is A Low
5. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Faraway Eyes
6. The Smiths - Half A Person
7. David Bowie - I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday

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Welcome to the first episode of "The Reaching Out Show" for 2022!! It's a new year, and that means a new blank page for our stories to be written, the next chapter of our recovery journeys. How will we recover and grow as people in 2022? Tune in now to find out more.

TRACKLIST

1. The The - This Is The Day
2. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
3. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
4. David Bowie - Watch That Man
5. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
6. The Killers - Shot At The Night
7. Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

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Welcome to episode 11 of The Reaching Out Show. In this, the second part of a two-episode et, Nick looks at the families addicts, and asks "what effect does the addict's behaviour, and their recovery, have on their families?". The families of addicts have suffered a great amount of pain, betrayal, and hurt - how can they deal with these emotions? As once our addictions came before everything else, so now do our recoveries, and once more the family must take second place. How can families deal with this? Tune in now to find out more.

TRACKLIST

1. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
2. The Waterboys - Don't Bang The Drum
3. Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure
4. Billy Bragg - The Price I Pay
5. Washed Out - New Theory
6. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times
7. Taylor Swift - Only The Young

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Welcome to the latest episode of the reaching out show, with our very own Nick talking to us about relationships with our family as addicts and as people in recovery. How are these relationships affected by our addictions, and what challenges can they pose to our recoveries? Tune in now to find out more!!

TRACKLIST

1. 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants
2. Supergrass - Cheapskate
3. Mint Royale - Don't Falter (with Lauren Laverne)
4. Bjork - Bachelorette
5. Ladytron - Runaway
6. Kenickie - Psychic Defence
7. ABBA - The Day Before You Came

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A warm welcome to episode 9 of "The Reaching Out Show". In this episode, Nick looks at relapses, why they happen, when they happen, and what we can do to avoid them. He suggests a few simple tools we can all use to stay safe and in Recovery. All set, as always, to a fabulous soundtrack of seven songs, this time a selection of some classic disco tracks!!

TRACKLIST

1. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
2. Lorde - Royals
3. MGMT - Time To Pretend
4. Saint Etienne - You're In A Bad Way
5. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
6. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
7. Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator

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