Can you say what your purpose is? How do you decide what to do on a daily basis?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Welcome to episode 156 of the recovery show. This episode is brought to you by Fay, Lucy,

Michelle, and Sharon. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you

Fay, Lucy, Michelle, and Sharon for your generous contributions. This episode is for you.

We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and Attics, so 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'm your host today. I want to start with a reading which

opens a book titled Life on Purpose.

June 20th, 2010, 515 AM

In my kayak, a few miles from shore paddling hard.

Lake Michigan smooth and ice cold. My kayak cutting through a thick

silky curtain of water off the bow. Still in boxers and t-shirt hadn't thought

about dressing for the chilly morning air, wasn't really thinking.

I'd been woken by a dream, climbed out of bed, and a minute later pushed off into the lake.

Not very smart, Lake Michigan owns hundreds of ships and certainly its share of puny kayaks.

Didn't really care. Maybe I'll paddle to Wisconsin, I thought, but the sun stopped my paddling as it broke over the horizon.

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