A Quick Intro

Thanks for stopping by. If you’ve been searching for answers to the problem of addiction, and feel that something is still missing despite everything you’ve checked out…

Welcome. You’re in the right place.

Because that’s exactly the way I felt when I was working through the programs, therapies and medicines that were provided to me.

So now, let me propose a question:

The work of The Sober Shaman starts with this single shift: stop searching, start trusting. Because when you make that flip, everything changes; how you see addiction, how you see recovery, and how you see yourself.

You can trust the truths that:

• Speak to your Heart

• Touch your Soul and

• Resonate in your Bones

And that’s what I hope The Sober Shaman can deliver to you!

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Lay of the Land

Start With These:

To give you insight into how-this-all-works, here’s three foundational posts: The Premise, A Paradox, and 3 Principles. Everything else in here is built upon these basics. Read, listen to, or watch them and see how they land.

The Sober Shaman Podcast

Through solo-casts and interviews with others who express their curious minds & compassionate hearts, you’ll get innovative and original perspectives on medicine, healing and practical spirituality.

The Program

Comprised of 52 separate yet interdependent Lessons, they provide a deep-dive into one recovery related topic every Lesson of the Week - that’s one per week for an entire year. Every one is supported by a Live session (anonymous to attend) and an audio Q&A, and contains step-by-step guidance through the PDF workbook, 3 videos, 2 experiential exercises, a checklist summary and professional notes. This is the exact material that was successfully integrated at world-class inpatient centers, universities and private practices. It’s proven work - and you’re supported the whole way.

Practices

“It takes a new experience to change an old belief” and each one of these posts provide a path of practice to do exactly that. You can start by downloading Your Guide to the Shamanic Journey and becoming a free member.

The Next Right Thing

FREE — Start exploring

Podcasts, interviews, guides, videos, live events, and my book come with membership, and it’s all free. This is a real foundation, not a teaser. Come in, look around, go as deep as you like.

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ALCHEMIST RECOVERY PROGRAM — Monthly or yearly

The complete Alchemist Recovery Program. Join us Live. Send in your questions. Go at your own pace. Integrate it with your current therapies. Use it to jump-start a spiritual practice or break through blocks you’ve carried for years. This is the map, and I’ve got you covered every step on it.

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GUIDED SUPPORT — 1 on 1 Sessions

Take your practice further with private sessions that address your specific questions and provide personalized application of the work. Send me a message and we’ll connect to get you what you need.

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With Blessings,

Dr. Randal Lyons, DOM, L.Ac.

The work of The Sober Shaman and The Alchemist Recovery Program begins with The Premise: stop searching, instead start trusting.

When you do this, everything changes. Here’s why…

Addiction wants you to keep searching because this allows it to perpetuate itself and keep the status quo rolling along.

Here’s what happens when you’re stuck in searching:

1. The answer is out-there-somewhere

2. It keeps you focused on what you don’t have

3. It keeps the Machinery of Need running at full speed

4. Keeps addiction’s illusion of never enough alive and reinforces The Spell of Not Enough

5. Feeds the Hungry Ghost - the vacuum is running on high suction

6. Energetically it is a Yin/ - negative charge in nature, which pulls in from the Universe.

Addiction doesn’t want you to stop searching because when you do and you start trusting, everything changes. Here’s how:

1. The answers are within you

2. Brings your focus upon what you already have

3. Brings the Machinery of Need to a halt

4. Breaks the Spell and shatters the Illusion of Never-Enough

5. Stops feeding the Hungry Ghost - turns off the vacuum

6. Energetically it is a Yang/+ positive charge in nature, which in this case is about giving out to the Universe

Specifically…

• If I have the answers, then I have something to give

• I have something worthwhile to share

• I can bring meaning, passion and purpose to life

• And not just to my life, but to life

• So, we are not just talking about initial sobriety, but also an ongoing practice for as long as we want.

The Premise of stop searching and instead start trusting is a great way to begin the conversation about the deeper spiritual aspects of recovery.

And again, this work is YOUR work - so how you discover, understand and nourish your relationship with spirit, is all about what..

• Speaks to your heart

• Touches your soul and is

• Known as truth within your bones

The Alchemist Recovery Program is here to provide the guidance to help you do exactly this.

…any pattern, habit, or addiction…

One way to break out of it is to change our thinking - because…

“You can’t solve a problem using the same kind of thinking that created it” - Einstein

One way to do this is to pull a 180 on our Western, logical, A + B = C thinking by way of a paradox.

In addiction, I use this one:

Addiction is predictable

You are unique

What this means is that:

You will have to do recovery like everyone else. There is no way around it. Period. It’s totally predictable. Laws of the Universe kind of thing.

And….

You will not do your recovery like anyone else.

Both are true at the same time.

That’s a paradox.

It’s not, “So, which one is right? They are opposites, so it has to be either the first or the second.” That’s the thinking that perpetuates a cycle.

Instead, consider, embrace, and investigate, “Hmmm. How can both be right?”

This causes a crack in the cement of thinking that sealed the pattern into place. The light of truth shines in - and in a way we couldn’t have even thought of before.

That’s where we can begin. And then pry that crack wider & wider until the cycle falls apart.

This works for any place of stuckness, on any subject or situation, whether or not we call it “addiction.”

Give it a try. I’d love to know your thoughts ; )

IT’S SIMPLE: FOLLOW THESE 3 PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLE #1: Addiction affects the whole person: mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical

Right from the start, we determine which part of the whole person works best for you. We speak the same language to eliminate confusion, honor your beliefs and deliver the specific brand of medicine that’s right for you.

PRINCIPLE #2: Addiction is a cycle

Many approaches talk about this but few, if any, have a 2,500-year-old proven way to chart the entire Cycle step-by-step. Applying this, we find where your addiction is at its weakest and break it there, once and for all.

PRINCIPLE #3: Addiction impacts every close relationship.

Addiction devastates your closest relationships. The Yin-Yang Theory provides us with a simple, unique and powerful method of repairing them - including your personal relationships to Spirit, Nature and the Universe.

When we apply these 3 Principles, we break the Cycle of Addiction.

Join us in The Program to see exactly how!

I look forward to being your guide,

Randal

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