Do you have unrealistic expectations of other people or maybe of yourself?

And how does this make your life unmanageable?

Let's talk about it today in episode 186 of the recovery show. This episode is brought to you by

Tim and Holly. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you Tim and Holly

for your generous contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of

alcoholic sonatics who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived

with a 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.

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.

The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave you, take what you like and leave the rest.

We hope that you'll find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Spencer and I'm your host today.

Joining me is Eric. Welcome Eric.

Good morning Spencer.

Greetings from Greenwich, Connecticut.

I wanted to start with a reading from Chapter 10 in the book How Al-Anon Works, Chapter 10 is titled

Change Attitudes, and this section is titled, as you might expect,

expectations. One obstacle over which many of us stumble as we attempt to battle this disease of attitudes is our own expectations.

There is no better way to make ourselves feel victimized and helpless than by harboring unrealistic expectations of ourselves and others, or by confusing expectations

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