Welcome to episode 58 of the Recovery Show.

This episode is brought to you by Diane and Ruth.

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Thank you Diane and Ruth 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.

Today's show is an interview with Michelle who wrote to us last week and suggested relapse as a topic. When I talked with her, I found her story to be so compelling and powerful that I wanted to share it with you in its

entirety so we're postponing the relapse topic for another week.

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.

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

Hi this is Spencer and I am talking on the phone with Michelle. Hi Michelle how are you doing today?

I'm fine how are you Spencer? I am good. I am looking out the window at a lot of snow but good. Why don't we start?

Tell us your story about how you came to the program.

Okay, well I guess everything started when my son was right around 13 or 14 years old.

He had had a bench drinking experience at a party and told us about it so we thought to ourselves,

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