The guest of Ayık Kafa 39th podcast is Kevin. He shares his journey and insights into 12 Step Program, underlining its transformative power for those struggling with addiction. Kevin maintained a solid sobriety since 2002, over 22 years by applying the principles of these steps. He describes the program not just as a series of steps, but as a lifelong journey that facilitates a deep personal transformation. 12 Steps, as Kevin elaborates, are a structured process aimed at achieving and maintaining sobriety but go beyond that to instill a broader life philosophy. 
The 12 steps discussed in detail in the podcast are briefly as follows: 

1. Admission of Powerlessness: Acknowledging that one's life has become unmanageable due to addiction.
2. Belief in a Higher Power: Coming to believe that a power greater than oneself can restore sanity.
3. Decision to Turn Over Will: Deciding to turn one's will and life over to the care of this higher power.
4. Moral Inventory: Making a fearless moral inventory of oneself.
5. Admission of Wrongs: Admitting to the higher power, oneself, and another person the exact nature of one's wrongs.
6. Readiness for Higher Power to Remove Defects: Being entirely ready to have the higher power remove these defects of character.
7. Humbly Asking: Humbly asking the higher power to remove shortcomings.
8. List of Amends: Making a list of all persons harmed and becoming willing to make amends to them all.
9. Making Amends: Making direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued Inventory: Continuing to take personal inventory and promptly admitting when one is wrong.
11. Seeking through Prayer and Meditation: Seeking through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with the higher power, praying only for knowledge of the higher power's will and the power to carry that out.
12. Spiritual Awakening: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, trying to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all affairs.

Kevin’s testimony provides a powerful example of how the 12 Step Program is a guide to living a fulfilling, honest life, grounded in spiritual principles. 

📌 https://youtu.be/mu8qHsfSLzk

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00:00-14:13 Introduction. Acceptance: The start of Kevin's recovery journey.
14:13-22:42 Belief in a higher power: How he began to believe in a higher power.
22:42-28:14 Turn over will: The decision to turn over his will and life to this higher power and the process involved. 
28:14-33:09 Moral inventory: Challenges he faced while conducting a moral inventory.
33:09-36:24 Admission of wrongs: The freedom he experienced in admitting his wrongs to himself, a higher power, and another person.
36:24-38:27 Readiness: How he prepared himself to let go of his defects.
38:27-40:17 Humility: Developing the humility to ask a higher power for help in removing his shortcomings.
40:17-41:34 List of amends: His reflections on making a list of those he had wronged.
41:34-46:13 Making amends: Taking action to make amends.
46:13-51:43 Ongoing inventory: The continuous nature of self-assessment.
51:06-51:48 Meditation and prayer: The healing effects of meditation and prayer.
51:48-54:28 The importance of spiritual awakening, helping others. Conclusion.

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*Ayık Kafa Hakkında*
Dr. Esra Çavuşoğlu, kişisel tedavi deneyimlerinden başlayarak klinik psikoloji eğitimi ile devam eden çalışmalarını, yaptığı Bağımlılık odaklı doktorasını tamamlayarak bir üst aşamaya taşıdı. Ayık Kafa podcast'inde, Bağımlılık Hastalığı hakkında ilk elden bilgiler ve deneyimlerin yanı sıra son akademik çalışmalarını paylaşırken, Biohacking ve Longevity alanlarında dünyanın en yeni teknolojilerini, protokollerini, ürünlerini ve araştırmalarını ele alıyor. 

*Dr. Esra Çavuşoğlu Hakkında*
Longevilab’in kurucusu Dr. Esra Çavuşoğlu, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve uluslararası düzeyde eğitimli bir klinik psikolog ve New York’ta sertifikalı bir bağımlılık terapistidir. Yale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Klinik Danışmanlık Kurulu’nda Uluslararası Gelişim Danışmanı olarak görev yapmıştır. Gaziantep Oya Bahadır Yüksel Rehabilitasyon Merkezi’nin kurucusu ve süpervizörüdür, Çavuşoğlu, Türkiye Rehabilitasyon Modeli’nin tasarımcısı ve uygulayıcısıdır. Dr. Esra Çavuşoğlu Türkiye’nin büyüyen bağımlılık sorunuyla mücadele etmek amacıyla Çağdaş Bağımlılık Çalışmaları Derneği’ni (ÇABAÇAD) kurmuştur.