Embracing Growth: Dropping Life’s Rocks – 449
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🗓️ 1 March 2026
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Spencer and Kathy delve into a concept derived from the book “Drop the Rock.” The metaphor suggests that our shortcomings or character defects are like rocks weighing us down. We explore how dropping these rocks can lead to a freer, lighter life. Learning from Stories An impactful story from the book highlights how defects may...
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| 0:00.0 | Have you decided yet to drop the rock? Welcome to episode 449 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Laura and Dorothy. They use the donation button on our website. Thank you, Laura and Dorothy, for your generous contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a |
| 0:21.9 | path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem |
| 0:26.7 | of addiction understand as perhaps few others can. So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe |
| 0:33.0 | 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. |
| 0:43.3 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 0:46.3 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:50.3 | Take what you like and lead the rest. |
| 0:53.3 | We hope that you will find something |
| 0:54.5 | in our sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer. And our host today, joining me today |
| 1:00.4 | is Kathy. And I want to say, welcome back. Kathy, you were here just a couple episodes ago, |
| 1:05.1 | episode 447 on patience and acceptance when life gets lifey. Before that, you were talking about leaning into |
| 1:13.0 | faith in episode 384, which was July 22. And there was another one before that, a couple before |
| 1:19.1 | that. Yeah. So welcome back. Thanks. Glad to be here. What's with this dropping the rock thing? |
| 1:26.0 | There's a book that's not an official, like, program literature book in any program, |
| 1:32.3 | but it was written by three people who were in AA, |
| 1:35.8 | and it's referenced a Latin AA. |
| 1:38.0 | The topic is actually pulled out of a talk that was given at an AA meeting or an AA conference a long time ago. The book was |
| 1:47.2 | introduced to me early in program by a friend who was in both programs. I read it and really |
| 1:54.1 | liked it. It has really stuck with me, especially some of the stories have just stayed with me the whole time that I'd |
| 2:01.9 | been in program now. So I thought it would be good to talk about and share. So the idea is |
| 2:07.2 | that we carry around defects that are like rocks in our pockets that weigh us down. And if we can |
| 2:14.1 | connect with that and drop the rocks, it frees us. |
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