About this episode
Chico West is a LPC therapist, coach, and consultant. He works with on-site programs and for Construction companies and has a private practice with over 34 years of continuous sobriety.We discuss:- Common themes around addiction- Marriage- Therapy and Counseling in the C-SuiteWe'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyLinksChico West CounselingChico on LinkedInTopics(00:00:00) - Intro(00:02:06) - Be a Buffalo, not a cow(00:03:19) - Life before sobriety(00:13:03) - Believing in Jesus(00:16:58) - Common themes around addiction(00:22:23) - Following a higher power vs. following Christ (00:24:33) - What does your work look like today?(00:27:34) - What do you tell people who want to quit booze?(00:31:20) - How do you deal with the weight of when people fail at this work?(00:37:28) - Men & Women(00:42:20) - Is addiction nature or nurture?(00:45:37) - Gordon Highlander(00:55:16) - Is mental health overplayed?(00:59:59) - Closing adviceSupport our SponsorsRelay Human Cloud: https://bit.ly/3sjQcaYFort: https://bit.ly/FortCompaniesFollow Fort on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-companies/Chris on Social Media:The Fort Podcast on Twitter/X: https://x.com/theFORTpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefortpodcastLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNXVisit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvysLeave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
