How did your recovery grow in 2016? I don't think it matters if you're just getting started or if you've been in the program for years.

We can always continue to grow on our recovery.

Welcome to episode 184 of the recovery show.

This episode is brought to you by Sarah, Elizabeth, Lucy, Larry, Natalie, and Michelle.

They used the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Sarah, Elizabeth, Lucy, Larry,

Natalie, and Michelle 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 a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand as perhaps a few others can.

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 start with a reading.

A friend of mine posted this poem on a Facebook gratitude group recently.

And it speaks to me of the theme of today's show, which is looking back at the preceding year looking at how my recovery

has supported me and helped me to grow and how it has changed in that year and maybe a little bit about looking forward as well.

The poems titled The Journey It's by Mary Oliver.

One day you finally knew what you had to do and began, though the voices around you kept shouting

their bad advice, though the whole around you kept shouting their bad advice.

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