How have you enabled your loved ones alcoholism and what is enabling anyway? How do you know when you're doing it?

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My name is Spencer and I'm your host today. Joining me today is Eric. Welcome Eric. Good morning Spencer. Welcome

from nice chilly morning in Connecticut. I don't even know what it's like out today. Just

can go up take Charlemaid coffee sit down to record the podcast I haven't even

really looked outside. Oh it's crispy and nice here finally.

Yeah, I think I looked at the thermometer. It's about 60 so it should be a nice day.

I think we're supposed to hit 80.

Nice.

So you have a reading, I believe it's from Courage to Change? Yeah so this is on

January 5th. I was terribly confused about the meaning of quote compassion when I came to

Alenon I thought it meant making excuses for the alcoholic covering bed checks

Alenelen helped me to find another word for this behavior enabling I learned that when I cleaned up the consequences of alcoholic behavior I enabled the

consequences of alcoholic behavior I enabled the alcoholic to continue drinking

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