Welcome to the Recovery Show. 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 as 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 though we may be in a 12-step program, we represent ourselves

rather than the program.

During this show, we will share our own experiences as they relate to the topic of asking for help.

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 Kelly and I will be your host today.

Joining me is co-host Suwatha. How are you Suwatha?

Fine, thanks Kelly. Good. And next to Suwatha is co-host Spencer. How you doing Spencer?

I'm a little under the weather but ready to go.

We're glad you made it.

The first segment of today's episode of the recovery show will be our discussion on the topic

asking for help. Following a musical break we'll talk about our lives and

recovery about what's happening in the meetings we attend and in our lives and

then we'll follow that with a brief news about the podcast before closing

with another musical break. I'm going to start with a reading from the

Al-Anon Daily Reader called Courage to Change.

And we found a couple of great readings on asking for help,

but this was the consensus reading.

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