Sadness and Loneliness – Episode 214
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🗓️ 1 September 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
How were you lonely and sad? Is there a difference between loneliness and being alone? How has recovery helped to relieve these feelings? Eric and Spencer explore loneliness, sadness, and recovery guided in part by these questions. Definitions. Sad, despair, isolated, grief, loss, How did you deal with (or not deal with) sadness before recovery?...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 214 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Anne, |
| 0:06.0 | Diane, Lucy, and Elizabeth. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you |
| 0:11.2 | Anne, Diane, Lucy, and Elizabeth for your generous contributions. |
| 0:15.4 | This episode is for you. |
| 0:18.0 | We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and |
| 0:22.0 | happiness. We who live or have lived with the seemingly |
| 0:25.0 | hopeless problem of addiction understand as perhaps few others can. So much depends on our own attitudes |
| 0:30.4 | and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:33.0 | Before we begin, we'd like to state that the We at the Recovery Show may be in a 12-step program. |
| 0:38.0 | We represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:41.0 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 0:44.0 | The opinion is expressed here, strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:47.0 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:49.0 | We hope that you'll find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 0:52.0 | My name is Spencer and I'm your |
| 0:55.1 | host today. Joining me is Eric. Welcome. Hey good morning Spencer. |
| 0:59.9 | All shows are reading. Not many references in in the indexes for the daily readers but there was one here that are like May 11th from Courage to change page 132. |
| 1:11.0 | I spend more time with myself than with anyone else. Wouldn't it make sense to put some energy |
| 1:15.9 | into making that relationship as fulfilling as possible? |
| 1:20.6 | Another person cannot prevent me from feeling lonely, but my inner emptiness can be satisfied. |
| 1:26.6 | I can come to value my own company. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm a worthwhile companion. |
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