When you've had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, how do you carry the message to others and practice recovery in all your affairs?

Welcome to episode 297 of the Recovery Show.

This episode is brought to you by Mary Ann B.T. Patricia Penelope and Juliet.

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Thank you. Mary Ann. B.T. Patricia, Penelope, and Juliet

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 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 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'm your host today.

Today I'm closing out the series of presentations on the 12 steps by Mary Pearl T from her

wonderful workshop.

Apparently they had to swap the tape right at the beginning of her presentation on step 12.

So step 12 is having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry the message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Mary Pearl starts in the middle of a story here, but I think he'll pick up the thread.

Come on, I said I tried a little bit of everything.

I said, I may be doing a letter to her one month, I may be chairing, I may be this,

that, but I said, and she says, but yes, you go on and I said, I'm just another Alan on and don't you ever forget it.

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