When do you decide to trust or not to trust someone? How do we trust others in the program and what fears might stop us from trusting?

Welcome to episode 281 of the Recovery Show.

This episode is brought to by Molly, Jamie, Amelia, and Michael.

They use the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Molly, Jamie, Amelia, and Michael for your generous contributions.

This episode is for you.

We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts 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 may be in a 12-step program,

we represent ourselves rather than the program.

During this show, we will share our own experience.

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

the rest.

I hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Spencer and I have your host today.

I'm going to start with the reading.

This is from our daily reader, Courage to Change, April 3rd.

Many of us resisted coming to Al-Anon because we didn't want anyone to know about our problems.

We feared that our boss or our friends would find out or that it would get back to the alcoholic.

These fears accompanied me to my first Al-Anon meeting.

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