Do you over complicate your life? How can we keep it simple?

Welcome to episode 181 of the recovery show.

This episode is brought to you by Lucy, Michelle, and Maria. They used the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Lucy, Michelle, and Maria for your

generous contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members

of alcoholic synatics who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction

and 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 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 that you will find something in our

sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I'm a host today.

I'm going to start with a couple of readings because for me they illustrate sort of different aspects of this idea of keeping it simple. First

one is from Our Courage to Change Daily Reader from February 9th.

There was nothing simple about my life before I came to Al-Anon.

My work was highly stressful.

My time was always short and my attention was intensely focused on the alcoholic but I didn't

realize I was under a strain.

During the early days in Al-Anon I shifted my intense focus to the program.

As my denial broke I became aware that I was exhausted all the time.

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