What does love mean to you? Has alcoholism turned your love to hate?

Or maybe you feel both at once and it's tearing you apart.

Welcome to episode 142 of the recovery show.

We'll be talking about love. This episode was brought to you by

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

Roberto 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 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 your host today. I'm

want to start with a reading from 1 Corinthians chapter 13. You probably have heard

this in one form or another. I found this contemporary English version that I like.

What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others I would be nothing more than a

noisy gong or a clanging symbol. What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge?

And what if I had faith that moved mountains?

I would be nothing unless I loved others.

What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive?

I would gain nothing unless I loved others. There's a statement

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