What is integrity and what does it have to do with recovery?

Welcome to episode 314 of the recovery show.

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Ingrid, Judy, Gina, Melissa, and Valerie 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 the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand is 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 in this show we represent ourselves rather than any 12-step 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. We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Spencer and I am your host today. I am joined today by my dog who you may be able to hear chewing on his Nylabown in the background.

Let's start with a reading. This is from our daily reader, Courage Change, December 10th.

Many of us come to Al-Anun confused.

We are so focused on our alcoholic loved ones that we may not be able to see where they leave

off and we begin.

We've lost our sense of what is appropriate. How can we

distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior when we don't even

know what we want or need? My fourth step inventory helped me to discover who I am, what my values are, the behavior

I'd like to keep, the things I'd like to change.

With this in mind, I'm working to establish new behavior that reflects my integrity and expresses my true values.

Where in the past I have allowed unacceptable behavior, I now can choose a different response.

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