Welcome to the Recovery Show. We are the 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

and understand as perhaps few others can.

So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can

aid recovery.

During this show we will share our own experiences if they relate to the topic of

powerlessness. We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Swaith and I'll be your host today. Joining me is Kelly. How are you Kelly?

Excellent, thank you. Next to Kelly Spencer, How are you, Kelly? Excellent, thank you.

Next to Kelly, Spencer.

How are you today, Spencer?

I'm doing well, thanks.

Great.

The first step in part says that we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol.

In what ways did you feel powerless before you came into the program? that we were powerless over alcohol.

In what ways did you feel powerless before you came into the program?

So before the program for me, I often felt powerless over my own life,

even though I didn't see it as powerlessness.

I felt inadequate, actually, because I used to know

the answer to everyone else's life. I knew exactly what other people should do.

And then when it came to my own life, I really struggled with the correct answer because I thought the correct answer was getting everyone else around me to do what it was that I wanted so that my life would work better and it didn't and when I couldn't make other people do what I wanted to do I felt not powerless I felt inadequate I thought I had the power I just wasn't tapping into it properly. I wasn't doing it the right way.

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