My Life was Unmanageable – 350

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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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My life was out of control, but I still thought I could control my loved one’s drinking. Cold Wednesday in April. The beginning of the story but also the middle of the story. Where is the beginning? When I learned, as a child, to take care of everyone else first? That I couldn’t be happy...

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0:00.0	My life was out of control, but I still thought I could control my loved ones drinking.
0:05.3	Welcome to episode 350 of The Recovery Show.
0:08.2	This episode is brought to you by Clara, Israel, Cindy, Deborah, Nancy and Karen.
0:13.1	They use the donation button on our website.
0:15.6	Thank you, Clara, Israel, Cindy, Deborah, Nancy and Karen, for your generous contributions.
0:21.8	This episode is for you.
0:24.3	We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and Addicts who have found a path to serenity
0:28.2	and happiness.
0:29.7	We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand
0:33.3	as perhaps a few others can.
0:35.6	So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.
0:41.4	Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent ourselves rather
0:44.9	than any 12-step program.
0:47.2	During this show, we will share our own experiences.
0:49.3	The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them, take what you
0:53.6	like and leave the rest.
0:55.6	We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.
0:59.6	My name is Spencer and I am your host today.
1:02.7	I want to share with you a talk I gave at an online Zoom conference a couple of weeks ago.
1:11.0	This is not exactly the talk I gave because I forgot to hate record before I started talking,
1:16.8	but I think it's pretty close.
1:18.9	It's from the same notes and I did it a day or so after and so it's pretty close.
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