Enabling – Episode 11
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🗓️ 18 February 2013
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Swetha, Spencer, and Kelli talk about enabling. We start by defining our understanding of the term, enabling. Early on, Swetha wondered whether anything nice she did for someone was enabling. Her sponsor helped her by giving her this definition: “getting between someone and the consequences of their choices or actions.” Kelli also had this confusion....
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Recovery Show. We are friends and family members of |
| 0:04.6 | alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live |
| 0:08.7 | or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as |
| 0:12.2 | perhaps few others can. |
| 0:14.1 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:19.2 | 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. |
| 0:25.0 | During the show, we will share our own experiences as they relate to the topic of enabling. |
| 0:29.0 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:33.0 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:34.8 | We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 0:37.9 | My name is Swaitha and I'll be your host today. |
| 0:40.1 | Joining me is co-host Spencer. |
| 0:41.5 | How are you today, Spencer? I'm enjoying the sunshine. |
| 0:44.0 | And next to Spencer is Kelly. How are you today, Kelly? |
| 0:47.0 | I'm great, Swayther, thanks. |
| 0:49.0 | The first segment of today's episode of the Recovery Show will be our discussion on the topic enabling. |
| 0:53.2 | Following a musical break we will talk about our lives and recovery |
| 0:56.3 | about what's happening in the meetings we attended in our lives. |
| 0:59.2 | We will follow that with a brief news about the podcast before closing with another |
| 1:03.9 | musical break. I'd like to start today's show with a reading. This is in Hope |
| 1:10.1 | for Today which is Alanon approved, and it's on page 122 for May 1st. |
| 1:16.3 | It says, today I know that I was the perfect enabler. |
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