Healing through Writing – 369

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🗓️ 3 November 2021

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Lisa grew up in alcoholism, addiction and abuse. She is finding healing through writing a novel. Content warning: Lisa talks about some of the abuse she survived as a child. Here are some of the questions that guided our conversation. Please tell us your story. What inspired you to write? How are your experiences reflected...

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0:00.0	I finally was after writing this story even though it's such a small chart, I was able to say,
0:07.3	okay, this stuff happens to me instead of just constantly brushing it under the carpet or
0:12.0	covering it up. Welcome to episode 369 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by
0:18.4	Michaela, Delat, Chris, Frida, Beth, Christina, and Alba. They used the donation button on their website.
0:25.7	Thank you, Michaela, Delat, Chris, Frida, Beth, Christina, and Alba for your generous contributions.
0:32.2	This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and Attics who have
0:37.6	found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless
0:42.4	problem of addiction understand as perhaps a few others can. So much depends on our own attitudes
0:48.2	and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Before we begin, we would like to state that
0:54.0	in this show, you represent ourselves rather than any 12 step program. During this show, we will
0:58.9	share our experience. The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave
1:03.8	take what you like and leave the rest. We hope that you'll find something in sharing that speaks
1:08.3	to your life. My name is Spencer. I'm your host today. Joining me today is Lisa. Welcome, Lisa.
1:14.8	Hello. I Spencer. Thanks for having me. Oh, thank you for offering to share your experience,
1:20.7	your recovery experience. In our conversation today, there is some mention of emotional, physical,
1:29.0	and sexual abuse. So I want to leave that content warning for you. We like to open with a reading
1:37.3	and you have picked one here. I picked an excerpt from how Alan on works and sent excerpt from
1:44.0	chapter 20 about the fifth step. My fifth step when I admitted to God to myself and to my sponsor,
1:50.2	the exact nature of my wrongs was the most cathartic and most cleansing experience I had ever had in
1:55.0	my life. It was the first time I'd ever been really honest about myself, even though I had grown
2:00.4	up in a religious tradition of which confession was a part. What I learned from the fifth step
2:05.3	is that the shame and judgment that had hampered me for so many years were not necessarily a part of
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