How has the alcoholic situation affected my sanity in my life? Have I allowed the

alcoholic situation to become my higher power? How? How has my thinking become

distorted trying to handle the alcoholic behavior?

Welcome to episode 222 of the recovery show.

This episode is brought to you by Allison. She used the donation button on our

website. Thank you Allison for your generous

contribution. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of

Alcoholics and Attics who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live

or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction,

understand as perhaps 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 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 am your host today. Today's show is based on three questions from the book Paths to Recovery and the chapter on step two.

With my step study group I looked at these questions last week and there was some very lively

discussion around them and I thought that since I have a short amount of time to record an episode this week that it might be interesting to look at

at least my answers to those questions and how they for me they sort of interlace with each other.

The one leads to the next and leads to the next.

How is the alcoholic situation affected my sanity, my life?

I had to look back for this one.

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