Gratitude – Episode 129
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🗓️ 3 November 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Have you heard someone say they were grateful for the alcoholics in their life? How do you practice gratitude? Can you find gifts in the “punishments” of your life? I reflect on gratitude while walking in the woods on a beautiful fall day. (How) can I say I am grateful for my loved one’s alcoholism?...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 129 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by |
| 0:05.8 | Michelle. She used the donation button on our website. Thank you Michelle for |
| 0:10.0 | your generous contribution. This episode is for you. We are friends and family |
| 0:15.0 | members of alcoholic synatics who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who |
| 0:20.0 | live or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction |
| 0:22.8 | understand as perhaps a few others can. So much depends on our own |
| 0:26.9 | attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Have you heard |
| 0:32.4 | somebody say I'm grateful for my alcoholic? |
| 0:35.0 | What did this sound like to you? Were you able to even conceive of the notion? |
| 0:41.0 | How can we find gratitude for the things that gave us |
| 0:45.2 | pain in our life and how do we maintain an attitude of gratitude? Before we begin we |
| 0:51.9 | would like to state that though we at the Recovery Show may be in a 12-step program, |
| 0:56.0 | we represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:58.0 | During this show, we will share our own experiences as they relate to this topic of gratitude. |
| 1:03.8 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 1:07.6 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 1:09.3 | We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I'm your |
| 1:13.7 | host today. The first segment of today's episode of the recovery show will be |
| 1:18.3 | my discussion of this topic gratitude. Following a short break I'll talk about my life and recovery about how I practice these principles in all my affairs. |
| 1:26.0 | I'll then follow with your email or voice contributions and some brief news about the podcast before closing. |
| 1:32.0 | I want to start with a reading. about the podcast before closing. |
| 1:35.0 | I want to start with a reading. This is from our daily reader, Courage to Change. |
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