How is acceptance a gift of recovery for me?

Welcome to episode 381 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Ashley,

Cindy, Sandy, Delette, Jessica and Teresa. They use the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Ashley, Cindy, Sandy, Delette, Jessica and Teresa for your generous contributions.

This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and

addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the

seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand us perhaps, few others can.

So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent ourselves rather than

any 12-step program. During this show, we will share our own experiences. The opinions expressed

here are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest.

We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Spencer and I am your host today. As some of you have noticed,

I've been silent for a while and has to do with a number of factors that I'll talk about some of

them after this talk that I'm sharing. This is a talk that I gave at an online conference

in March of 2021. Obviously, my life situation has changed somewhat since then, so this reflects

the events of the time. I called this talk, Acceptance is a gift of recovery.

Hi, my name is Spencer and I am a grateful recovering member of Alonon. Thank you for inviting me to

speak today and I hope that what I say touches at least one other person.

It's open with the serenity per God. Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. What I wanted to talk about

today since the theme of the conference is gifts of recovery as one of the gifts that recovery has

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