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What if everything you've been told about addiction recovery is missing the point? 

Jason Shiers' story begins with profound loss – his father killed when Jason was still a child, followed by a descent into addiction that started with food at age 5 and progressed to heroin by 13. By 15, he was in psychiatric care. What followed were decades of prisons, institutions, homelessness, and eventually, a 22-year journey in traditional recovery that left him maintaining sobriety while still feeling fundamentally broken and empty inside.

Despite becoming a highly-credentialed psychotherapist with an impressive list of qualifications, Jason found himself perpetually trading one addiction for another – drugs for food, food for relationships, always seeking something outside himself to fill the gnawing emptiness within. The breaking point came when he realized that he wasn't alone; even as a therapist, he was surrounded by recovery professionals privately struggling with their own hidden addictions while publicly portraying wellness.

The profound shift in Jason's life occurred not through adding more credentials or techniques but through a fundamental realization: he had never been broken. The stories he'd been telling himself about who he was – the traumatized child, the addict, the psychiatric patient – were just that: stories happening within him, not the truth of who he was. In that moment of clarity, the perceived gap between who he was and who he needed to be simply vanished.

Jason's Infinite Recovery Project challenges conventional recovery paradigms that label people as permanently damaged. Instead of pathologizing human suffering, he helps people recognize the intelligence behind their addictive behaviors and rediscover their inherent wellness. His approach isn't about learning new techniques but about unlearning harmful beliefs and reconnecting with our fundamental okayness – what he calls the "pilot light" that can never be extinguished, no matter how dark life becomes.

If you've ever felt that traditional approaches to addiction, trauma, or mental health haven't quite reached the core of your struggle, this conversation offers a refreshing alternative – one that honors your intelligence, recognizes your pain, and never requires you to see yourself as broken to find healing.

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Facebook: Jo Summers
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Website: Breakfastofchoices.com

Urbanedencmty.com (Oklahoma Addiction and Recovery Resources) Treatment, Sober Living, Meetings. Shout out to the founder, of this phenomenal website... Kristy Da Rosa!

National suicide prevention and crisis, hotline number 988

National domestic violence hotline:
800–799–7233

National hotline for substance abuse, and addiction:
844–289–0879

National mental health hotline:
866–903–3787

National child health and child abuse hotline:
800–422-4453 (1.800.4.A.CHILD)

CoDa.org
12. Step recovery program for codependency.

National Gambling Hotline 800-522-4700