What does September mean to you? How do you handle times of transition?

Welcome to episode 260 of the recovery show. This episode is brought to you by

Shaina, Tim, Anne, and Lucy. Lucy.

Thank you, Shaina, Tim and and Lucy 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 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 want to open with a reading from the book, Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses,

this is from page 102.

Grief is not an orderly process. It is not logical, has no rules, and disrupts our lives.

While in the throes of grief, we may have a hard time imagining that we could feel any differently than we do at this moment, we might feel a certain devotion to our sadness believing it to be a demonstration of our love.

Based on this belief, we may struggle with allowing ourselves to feel

happy. There are some losses we will never get over. We can trust that the Al-Anon principles are still

at work in us even if we don't feel that we have the strength to practice them.

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