Welcome to episode 66 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by

Becky and Jessica. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you Becky and

Jessica 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 as perhaps a few others can. So much depends on our own

attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

If you put your loved ones needs ahead of your own, if you feel that others

happiness is your responsibility, if your response to what do you want for

dinner is well what do you want, then you've come to the right place because today we're going to talk about

codependency. Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the Recovery Show

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 codependency.

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 will be your solo host today. I had a couple other people lined up and things came up for them they weren't

able to make it. I decided to go ahead rather than trying to reschedule or maybe reschedule

with different people. So here we go. I did want to open with a reading

before we talk about codependency our topic today and then after that we'll have a

musical break and then I'll talk about you know what it's like living in recovery

for me this week and then another break and follow that with your email contributions or

voice contributions and a little bit of news about the podcast before we close

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