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The Program: Tested, Proven, Effective

Get the Alchemist Recovery Program and receive the same material that’s been:

• successfully integrated at world-class addiction treatment centers for 13 years

• presented to thousands of medical and mental health professionals through lectures, presentations, speaking engagements, as well as continuing education classes.

• taught as a complete course to Masters level Chinese Medicine students at University

• used in private & group practices for over two decades

For you now...

It is presented in 52 step-by-step, easy to understand, bite-sized Lessons. That’s one for each week of the year. This structure allows us to take a deep-dive into one recovery-related subject through The Lesson of the Week, as well as provide long-term support throughout the entire year.

Most importantly, it is an asset for you to use however it best fits into your recovery.

You can use it to break the cycle:

At your own pace - It’s a complete, self-guided resource to achieve, maintain and then thrive in recovery. Also, you can send email questions directly to me.

In collaboration - It’s designed for seamless integration with other therapies, so bring it to your current healthcare providers for synergistic results.

Alongside our sessions - Join us Live to perform live, real-time work.

You receive all of this in every one of the 52 Lessons:

PDF Workbook:

3 Videos

The Drum Journey

Shamanic wRites

In addition, you also receive:

Checklist - as summary of the important points to keep in your awareness for the week, as well as moving forward in your recovery

For Practitioners - Notes from the Lab to offer you challenges to keep you practice fresh, alive and growing

New Resources - Because The Program is always evolving, growing and transforming, you’ll get the latest updates on this Lesson’s topics, as they directly relate to what’s going on & who’s breaking new ground, right now.

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Notes of Thanks

Over the years, I’ve been blessed with the trust of many clients. The song used in the video above, “Opening To Freedom,” is used with permission from Byron Metcalf and my dear friend, Jennifer Grais. It is from the album, “They Were Here” (2017 Dr. Bam’s Music) all rights reserved.

FAQ

What makes this Program different?

Three main points:

1. It honors the fact that you are unique and will have your own specific issues that need to be addressed. At the same time, there are universal laws that apply to everyone regardless of who you are, where you come from and the specifics of your addiction. The Path’s work acknowledges and embraces this paradox to deliver the medicine that is right for you.

2. We follow 3 simple principles, each with their own clear, plain-English model that walks you from point A to point B, then all the way to success at point Z. The work is evident and laid out before you.

3. It integrates with your religion and other therapies—or provides a completely new spiritual path. This means it works with whatever belief system you already have; there is nothing for you to change except the old, outdated models of protection that perpetuate addiction.

I know I need spirituality but believe in science. Will this be a problem?

You believe in science? Wonderful! Bring that curiosity, apply that logic, and conduct your experiments while exploring the realms of the shaman!

I already have a therapist and/or medical caregiver. Can this work help with those therapies?

If you’ve got other support, awesome! First, because The Program provides a spiritual perspective on addiction, these time-proven ways of breaking patterns can fill-in-the-blanks of whatever you’re already doing.

Second, it keeps you involved between sessions. You’ll have extra support and as much engagement as you want through the exercises and material.

Third, if your practitioner and you would like, you can do the exercises together with your therapist during a session. These methods support synergy, where the end product is more powerful than the sum of its parts.

Is shamanism, Chinese Medicine or anything in here against my religion?

Absolutely not. As a mater of fact, the work is designed to strengthen whatever spiritual connections you currently have.

I don’t feel comfortable with the words “alcoholic” and “addict,” but I know there are problems. How can this Program help me?

The first thing we do is explore exactly what you mean by the words, terms and concepts around this loaded subject. We eliminate any confusion, release the baggage, and get on the same page to tackle the problems that you have (regardless of labels and free from rigid rules).

I’ve tried other spiritual approaches and am wary of the ‘woo-woo’…

Personally, I was exactly the same, which is why I’ve made every exercise, in every Lesson, provide tangible results that are immediately applicable to your situation.

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With Blessings,

Dr. Randal Lyons, DOM, L.Ac.

Struggle.

And that’s my desires - and those are my beliefs - so, this struggle is me vs me!

That’s exhausting.

In this Lesson, we examine the mechanisms at work and resolve the struggle. Chinese Medicine calls this a Harmonizing treatment, and that is exactly what we do here throughout the mind, spirit, emotions and body.

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Sometimes, thinking about a problem is the problem.

Sometimes, we just need to move.

Movement is the Medicine.

Just like the buried seed cracks through its hull and bursts forth from the Earth like the first Crocus and Daffodils of Spring, in this phase of the cycle, we explore in what direction your movement is taking you.

Is it in response to the repetitive messaging from of the Cycle of Addiction or is it reaching out, up and for the light of the sun and something new?

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“There is no chemical solution to a spiritual problem.”

I’ve always loved that line. And it naturally reveals several different avenues of thought to travel upon, but today, in this Lesson, I’m focused on only one:

What exactly is the spiritual problem in addiction?

And what do I do to fix it?

In Lesson 21, we explore the three root causes of all illness from a core shamanic perspective: Power Loss, Soul Loss, and Spiritual Intrusion and map them directly onto the experience of addiction.

When I first applied these three things to my own story, something clicked into place where nothing else had clicked before. I’ve been teaching them ever since.

Inside the full lesson, we’ll use this framework to take it from the conceptual to the personal. It’s all about your experience of the work and how we’ll fit it into your beliefs using your language.

We’ll take a guided journey to The River of Your Life, which’ll take you back to the moment everything changed. From that spot, we re-member and begin the work of becoming whole.

The full map is just below. We will look at the Shamanic View of Illness and the three ways we can lose our power, vitality, life force, our relationship to spirit and even vital pieces of our soul.

Also, how to get these back.

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Those of you who know me and have participated in one of my groups, know I’d rather facilitate (sometimes referee) an engaging discussion instead of delivering a preplanned monologue about “the way things are” in recovery.

And the question above is one of my surefire ways to get a good back-and-forth going.

Everyone involved falls into either the belief or reality side, with each side putting forth convincing arguments. Each side has examples from their own lives and experiences that prove their points. Each side can dig their heels in pretty good.

So who wins?

Well, that depends…

In this Lesson, we explore how these beliefs versus the reality of things help to form one’s personal perspectives, which then go on to perpetuate their Cycle.

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It is a popular one and comes from America’s First Nations people, The timeless wisdom conveyed in the tale provides another view of the Cycle of Addiction and coalesces all of our work into one simple choice:

Who do you feed?

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In doing this, we provide you with the insights necessary to see where the Cycle is at its weakest, where you’re at your strongest and exactly what it’s going to take to break it - once and for all.

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There’s a singular moment when the addiction actually works.

This occurs sometime after all of the mental planning, after all of the acquisition of the goods, and then after arranging all of the logistics of people, place and circumstance, when everything is laid out in front of me and I’m about to dive in…

Boom!

In the words of Charlie Sheen, “Hey, I’m winning!”

I’ve come to call this, The Magic Moment.

Oh, it’s “magic” all right - but it’s also quite the illusion ; ) and…it does not last.

In this Lesson, I’ll share with you not only exactly when this Moment occurs but also why it works. And if you’d like, you can share your own experience of what this was like for you.

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Knowing this, it’s becomes our choice, at each and every turn in that path, to either repeat the patterns of our addiction or to break free and manifest something different.

The choice is ours.

In this Lesson, we take a look at exactly what these decisions are and how we can make the right ones when presented on the next go ‘round of the Cycles of Manifestation.

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Pretty much everyone can agree on this statement, but not too many have a map of exactly how this Cycle works.

We do.

It’s simple, easy to understand and follows the flow of Nature.

In this Lesson, we lay out this map to deepen our understanding of how an addiction works, where it comes from and then with our participation, how it perpetuates itself into existence again and again.

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What happens in your mind? Spirit? To your emotions? And in your body?

And what happens when you keep telling yourself this lie over and over again over a long period of time?

It can’t be good, right?

So, let’s fix it. This Lesson contains one of my favorite science experiments. The Medicine Journey will provide you with an experience of both a truth and a lie and then will prove to you that the one you’ve been telling yourself in addiction - that one we identified at the core - is just that: a lie.

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We’re going to dig into the roots of your firmly entrenched belief systems and reveal the phrases of power that are reinforced by, and simultaneously perpetuate, your addiction.

We’re going to identify the Voice of TAHL; these are your Limiting Core Beliefs.

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In this Lesson, we investigate them and how they’ve appeared in our lives. These Four Steps are:

1. The Meteor of TAHL hits

2. Makes the Crater

3. Forms the Wound

4. The Pull of the Wound

We’ll explore your preferences for the energetic language of The Void or the more personalized concepts of The Wound.

Either way, the fundamental laws apply and we use them to our advantage to once again craft the language and utilize the medicine that honors your perspectives and works with your beliefs.

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When we investigate the reasons why we struggle with addiction, the question arises: “How did I get this way?”

The answer lies in your experience of—and response to—trauma, abuse, heartbreak, and loss (TAHL).

We’ve all had these meteors of pain crash into and shatter the innocence of our lives. But how did you respond? The answer is everything. It affects our beliefs, the people we connect with, and our outlook on the world.

In this Lesson, we dive deep into that question and expose outdated beliefs that aren’t serving us. This is an opportunity to view self and world from new perspectives—ones that transform our experience and our Broken Heart.

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My answer is simple, “Because that’s where the Wound is.”

And the Wound we’re talking about is the one that lies at the core of your addiction. It contains the memory of exactly what went down to change your perception about life and safety, as well as who and what to trust moving forward.

They are deeply ingrained - but - do they really still apply to your current life now?

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When we finally get those immediate issues resolved and things start to feel stable, it may be time to get back to work and enter the Investigation Stage, so we can understand how things landed that way.

Then, when we see how and why it played out the way it did, let’s put all that knowledge to good use as we enter the Practice Stage. We “chop wood, carry water,” so that we create the environment, circumstances and relationships that we’re proud of.

And even as we achieve these successes in recovery, the cycles of the Renewal Stage await. Will we be ready when they inevitably arrive?

In this Lesson, we identify exactly what Stage you’re in right now, so we can identify exactly what needs to be done next.

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