Prayer – Episode 111
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🗓️ 7 April 2015
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Do you pray? What is prayer? How can it support your recovery? In this episode, Spencer shares his personal journey to and understanding of prayer. I did not grow up with a tradition of prayer. My idea of prayer as a young person: “God, please give me a pony.” It didn’t work! I did not...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 111 of the Recovery Show. |
| 0:05.0 | This episode is brought to you by Michelle. |
| 0:07.0 | She used the donation button on our website at the Recovery Show. |
| 0:11.0 | Thank you Michelle for your generous contribution. |
| 0:13.0 | This episode is for you. |
| 0:15.0 | Do you pray? |
| 0:17.0 | What is prayer? |
| 0:18.0 | How can it support your recovery? |
| 0:20.0 | We have friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. |
| 0:26.0 | We who will they ever have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as perhaps a few others can. |
| 0:32.0 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed |
| 0:35.2 | attitudes can aid recovery. Before we begin we would like to state that though we at the recovery show |
| 0:40.5 | may be in a 12-step program, we represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:44.8 | During this show, we will share our own experience as they relate to the topic of prayer. |
| 0:49.3 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:54.0 | I hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 0:58.0 | My name is Spencer and I'm your host today. |
| 1:00.0 | The first segment of today's episode of the recovery show is a discussion of this topic, |
| 1:04.7 | prayer. |
| 1:05.7 | Following a short break, I'll talk about my life and recovery, about how I practice these principles |
| 1:10.2 | in all my affairs. |
| 1:11.2 | And follow that with your email or voice contributions and some brief news about the |
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